[Dev] Overtaxation of PC Hardware

[bsphil]

umm you sir are full of it Asus laptops naturally run hot, so unless you made some massive modifications I dont see how this is physically possible. Especially when every tech forum tells you from the get go on a Asus laptop crack it open and replace the horrid GPU paste they install on the systems. Please post some pictures of MSI afterburner video card specs etc. I would bet you that your video card is running 73C in game when playing XIV.

As someone who owns a G73 (well, owned) and played FFXIV on it, I'd say that 73C is pretty lowball. I could regularly hit 90C+ when playing FFXIV on it.

[Anty]

As someone who owns a G73 (well, owned) and played FFXIV on it, I'd say that 73C is pretty lowball. I could regularly hit 90C+ when playing FFXIV on it.

They should just code it like most other games that the gpu never gets the 99%/100% usage, rather stop at 97 or 98% that usually gives you -10degrees or better and the fps is the same. Games who use my gpu to the "capped" 97% all the time dont get even close as hot, some are like 20 degrees cooler even. Its the coding or something (im no programmer but should be fixable).
I would also rather see at least an option to limit fps below the 60, if that is done right the mmo would be playable and still look smooth, getting fps between 40 and 60 causes much more feeling of none-smooth gameplay.