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playing fifa 2009 - laptop fans go nuts

  • 05-04-2009 11:07am
    #1
    djt0607
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I have a dell xps M1530 laptop. The specs are as follows:

    Intel Centrino C2Duo 2.0Ghz
    3GB RAM 667Mhz
    Nvidia 8600M GT
    250GB HDD


    I installed fifa 2009 on my laptop and when I play a match, after a few minutes of playing, my fans kick in and go nuts.

    I'm wondering why, if the recommended specs for fifa 2009 are below the spec of my machine, why do the fans go nuts when playing the game?


    cheers

    dan.


Comments

  • #2
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    djt0607 wrote: »
    Hi,

    I have a dell xps M1530 laptop. The specs are as follows:

    Intel Centrino C2Duo 2.0Ghz
    3GB RAM 667Mhz
    Nvidia 8600M GT
    250GB HDD


    I installed fifa 2009 on my laptop and when I play a match, after a few minutes of playing, my fans kick in and go nuts.

    I'm wondering why, if the recommended specs for fifa 2009 are below the spec of my machine, why do the fans go nuts when playing the game?


    cheers

    dan.

    Why do You think? .................Cos You're knocking the shít outa it. When the graphics chip heats up the laptop has gotta get the heat out somehow. Make sure You don't block the ventilation holes and maybe invest in a laptop cooler


  • #3
    djt0607
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭djt0607


    what do ya mean "im knocking the **** outta it". If the recommended specs are under the specs of my system, shouldn't my system be able to run the game with no real problems?


  • #4
    snappieT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭snappieT


    When it comes to games, they will always utilise the hardware you have to the best of their advantage - improving the resolution, frames per second, polygons per frame or whatever.

    The minimum specs are just that - minimum. The game won't look great, but it'll just about run. You have a better PC, so the game tunes itself to be better also - and uses all the resources at its disposal - generating heat.

    If you want, you can probably go into graphics settings and move all the sliders down to their lowest value. The fans won't go mad, but it will look like ass.

    A fan running is not a "problem".


  • #5
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Laptops don't use the same graphics cards as desktops. But an 8600m is above avg GPU power for a laptop, but it's still lower-mid range. You should be able to run any current games at least on low, older games on high and next years games may not even run. When You launch a game You change from 2D mode to 3D mode and all the fan settings (set by the Nvidia driver) would change. You could monitor the temperatures and manually set the 3D fan speeds with Rivatuner, getting a laptop cooler would help even more.


  • #6
    Sparkicks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭Sparkicks


    Laptops get very hot don't mind the fan. If you want to help it put it on a desk instead of on your lap. Its natural. Theres very little room and a lot of hardware packed up in that small case that gets very hot. Its nothing about minimum specs. If it was pushing your specs then the game would get laggy and choppy and slow and some of the graphics wouldn't render or there'd be flickering and odd shapes going on or the game would just crash.


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