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yo_john117 on 11 October 2017
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4gotpaswrd said:
yo_john117 said:

What's G-Sync do? I've heard of that term but never was really sure what it does.

I've heard good things about Pillars of Eternity. After I beat Divinity 2, I'll definitely look into that game.

Roger that! This laptop has great fans and I'm making sure it's in a completely vented area. Plus there's a button on the case that supercharges the fans to expel heat (sounds like a jet engine when it's going full bore!). BTW, what is an ideal temperature for a gaming machine? I should probably get a temperature program so I can monitor and make sure it doesn't overheat.

I think it has some problems because it was in native 4k. I think if I had it set to  1440P, then it would probably run just fine.

Thanks for the suggestions! I always wanted to play Total War games but before this, I never had a good enough computer for that. Cities: Skylines also seems like it would be right down my alley as well!

Should run fine in 4k. Assuming your drivers are up to date.

Well, I messed around with the settings and I guess I can run it just fine at 4k with everything except the AA on max. And at 4k resolution, I noticed no difference when the AA was at max or the lowest setting. Those graphics are insane though!

Farsala said:
yo_john117 said:

Roger that! This laptop has great fans and I'm making sure it's in a completely vented area. Plus there's a button on the case that supercharges the fans to expel heat (sounds like a jet engine when it's going full bore!). BTW, what is an ideal temperature for a gaming machine? I should probably get a temperature program so I can monitor and make sure it doesn't overheat.

 

 

I downloaded Speedfan which is free. I am not an expert on Laptop temperatures, but this is just my observations of my own laptop as it overheats.

Since you have an i7  like me, I feel it will be somewhat similar as they are pretty efficient, for others it might be much worse.

30-50C: Probably ideal, my computer doesn't do this anymore except for the HD0.

50-70C:  If playing a game that is pretty intense, this is what it will probably run at. Shouldn't harm it, but during the summer with no AC there could be problems.

70-90C: This is what my computer runs at 90% of the time now,  it is too hot but no problems with non games, and if I can keep the temp at this area I can play some games.  Fans are kinda noisy but not too bad.

90C-100C: Shouldn't do anything but cooling down your computer at this point, once my GPU hits 100C my computer automatically turns off to prevent damages. If it gets this hot, there are some serious problems I fear. Fans are ridiculously loud. If it is cool enough in my room I can play one 50 min game of League of Legends on the worst settings and it will stay at around 91C, if it is too hot my computer will slowly creep up to 100C and I have to disconnect  and reconnect to keep it cool.

Thanks for this, I appreciate it! I downloaded Speedfan and noticed afterward that I have a program called MSI Dragon Center that monitors all of that. At idle just doing web browsing the GPU is about 49C and CPU is around 42C. But with the GPU being fully used, it ranges between 76 - 80C, which apparently is pretty typical of GTX 1080 cards since they run fairly hot. I haven't played a game that uses more than 40% of the CPU (which appears to be overclocked since the CPU clock was in the 3.5GHz range during gaming) so the highest I've seen that go is in the low - mid 60C range.

darkenergy said:
It's nice to see you post again, John.

Why thank you, kind sir! :)

morenoingrato said:
I remember you.

I got a gaming laptop a few years ago, making sure it was lightweight. It was a good decision.

Hey, I remember you too! :D

Mine was not so lightweight but yes, good decision indeed!