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    Battlefront on GT70 2PC

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Xanius, Oct 11, 2015.

  1. Xanius

    Xanius Notebook Consultant

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    Hello All,

    I have been playing the Battlefront beta this weekend and have noticed that my cpu is reaching temperatures I have never seen before during gameplay. I have reached as high as 95c and have noticed extremely bad gameplay due to throttling unless I have my fan manually set to max. Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this? This has not been and still is not an issue with any other games. My computer is clear of dust and is using the stock thermal paste. With the fan at max my cpu sits at a steady 80c.

    Would there be any issue with running the fan at max for extended periods of 2-3 hours of gameplay? I have never really had to enable it before.

    Thanks
     
    Xanius, Oct 11, 2015
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    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    No, there is no issue with running max fans.

    The problem is that GT70 and 60 have very modest fan speeds at stock (I think up to 60% instead of 100% like max fan), which result in high temps. I recommend you downloading MSI's Silent Option and tweak the settings for additional air cooling. I used to tweak mine to run at 80% fan speed and I had much better temps.
     
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  3. Xanius

    Xanius Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you ryzeki this program seems to have done the trick. I am going tweak to fan settings to get it just right, but I am no longer getting the throttling issues.
     
    Xanius, Oct 12, 2015
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    Might be worth opening it up and cleaning out the fan/heatsink if you have not done so since getting it.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 12, 2015
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  5. Xanius

    Xanius Notebook Consultant

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    I blew it out last month, but I might as well open it up and do it again to make sure that it fully clean.
     
    Xanius, Oct 12, 2015
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    Yes, make sure there is not a matt of dust forming where the fan meets the heatsink.

    If you feel comfortable doing so you may want to consider a re-paste too.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 12, 2015
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  7. Xanius

    Xanius Notebook Consultant

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    I am comfortable doing a repaste, but I have been trying to avoid it while I am still under warranty. I do not want to give MSI any reason to deny me of warranty in case a part fails. I was just playing for a bit and noticed that my cpu hit 94c even with the fan at 100%. I am starting to wonder if Battlefront has some kind of issue as I have never seen temps in the 90s especially while running the fan at 100%.
     
    Xanius, Oct 12, 2015
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    Zar Notebook Geek

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    Do you use a notebook cooler? You can drop some temperatures of CPU and GPU using it.
     
    Zar, Oct 13, 2015
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  9. Xanius

    Xanius Notebook Consultant

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    I tried both with and without while playing. I used the u3 cooler and did not see much difference.
     
    Xanius, Oct 13, 2015
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