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True, but both should effect how hard it is on the system. A 2560*1440 at 60fps will be harder on the system than 1920*1080 at 60fps.
It's all a matter of lowering the graphical settings as far as you can until you reach a threshold you're not willing to cross. Like 2560*1440 is optimal, 1920*1080 is tolerable, but 1280*720 is unacceptable.... etc. (IMO)
Windowed mode is definitely harder on the system but if you have a tendency to Alt-Tab out of the game frequently, then having windowed mode OFF will tend to crash the game. Most games have that problem. If you're really having trouble getting a cooler system, then turn OFF windowed mode and try to refrain from Alt-TABbing out.
Setting the FPS cap will help immensely. The rest of the settings are just up to you. The more you can turn off, the better (and cooler) it will run... but it will also LOOK worse. Just need to find that happy median you're willing to live with.
Thank you both for the info.
So far I've capped the fps to 60 and turned off the online origin features in-game and it's made a difference. The fans only kicked into their higher speeds a couple of times within the space of about 2hrs, and only briefly. Apart from that they were running more quietly while playing than I think any computer I've ever had. When I finished I checked the hardware monitor program I had running throughout and temperatures were at a max of 94, which I'm guessing is when the fans went up a gear, across the separate cpu cores temperatures maxed out at between 93 and 88, which is an improvement.
I got it wrong before - I'm on 1080p - are you saying that lowering the resolution would help?
If so I could try that next. My graphics settings are on ultra, and since I finally have an rtx I'd rather keep those graphics as they are.
@babysquare There should be an option called CoolerBoost. I recommend turning it on if it isn't already. Be sure you don't block any of the cooling vents under the laptop. And if your running any graphic demanding games I recommend having the power brick plugged in. As I said before the laptop seems to be running normally.
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