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5 years ago

performance

Recently I've been experiencing high temperatures when running apex legends after the lost treasures event update. Even before season 5 I could run on medium settings, after the season change I had t...

EA_Kent

Community Manager

5 years ago

@r4pidHunter

Have you checked to see if you can adjust the fan curve in your BIOS? If you've got the option to do that it might be worth a shot to try speeding up the fan a bit to see if that helps with the cooling. More airflow coming through might help with the high temperatures.

/Kent

Craigscave

5 years ago

Download an app called MSI afterburner and setup a custom fan curve there. It’s really easy to do.

r4pidHunter
5 years ago
There is a shortcut that allows me to ramp up the fans, to what I assume is 100% since it gets pretty loud. Also, initially I had around 200 gb on the hard drive where Apex is located. After freeing up around 300 gb the game seems to be running less in the 90s, and more consistently between 70 and high 80s. Not sure if something had changed when I freed up the space, or I'm just imagining it.
- EA_Kent
  Community Manager
  5 years ago
  @r4pidHunter
  
  Thanks for checking in!
  
  Temps in the 70s and 80s should be more manageable. Have you noticed if the game is running better now that the temps are lower?
  
  /Kent
  - r4pidHunter
    5 years ago
    Yeah, the GPU frame times have been more consistent so it is smooth most of the time, except for the occasional hiccup which I don't mind anymore. But I'm still not sure what happened, I had 200 gb of free space, cleared up so I had 500 gb and it starts running a bit smoother. Not sure if anything else happened on that day, like a small patch or something.