Quote Originally Posted by tdb View Post
Since both the OP and his friend have laptops, this is also worth mentioning: some laptops have poor thermal design and just plain can't run at full load for long periods of time, even if they are squeaky clean. When purchasing a laptop for gaming, it pays to read reviews for this kind of thing and not just buy the cheapest model with the specs you want.
A can of compressed air is like £5 on amazon. It's simple - Just power down the PC/laptop, blow the can through it a few times, and boom. If they're still having issues in thermals then its their own fault for trying to play on a machine not designed for the task, in which i'll bring up my original argument that that PC required specs are listed on any store page you buy it from. No ammount of lowerered graphical settings is going to stop a PC from overheating it it doesnt pass muster to run it smoothly in the first place.