[Dev] Overtaxation of PC Hardware

[Vanguard319]

I recently bought an ASUS G73W Gaming laptop, and I'm kind of impressed at how beautifully the game runs on it. Even after a few hours, this machine is still running cool. Are you guys sure your machine settings are correct?

[Elkwood]

I recently bought an ASUS G73W Gaming laptop, and I'm kind of impressed at how beautifully the game runs on it. Even after a few hours, this machine is still running cool. Are you guys sure your machine settings are correct?

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.

[Impulse]

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.

G73's are the ones with the giant jet vents on the back. My friend played on one back in beta and rarely hit 60C.
My G60 however has a standard side vent, and can run a bit hot. It used to run at about 74~89C until I updated drivers.

Just chiming in to say that I recently upgraded my nvidia drivers to version 270.61 which reduced the temps about 20 degrees. I'm beginning to think the problems are more on the driver end than SE's.

Same results here, more or less. Went from the above temps to running 60~72C.
There is work to be done on both ends, as Square needs to further optimize the engine and NVidia needs to optimize drivers.

[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.

[Vanguard319]

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.

No, I am not "full of it". I stand by what I said. Compared to my older G50, this laptop does not run hot, probably because it has twin fans. (or in the very least, it has twin heat vents along the back, meaning better air circulation) Just because ASUS PCs are know to run hot doesn't mean they don't have heat-effiicient models. Considering I listed the model number, maybe you should have done your research instead of just opening your mouth.