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    World of Warcraft causing Overheating

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by weinstein888, Feb 24, 2011.

  1. weinstein888

    weinstein888 Notebook Evangelist

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    Whenever I run WoW my CPU spikes temps 85 celsius +. It never used to do this. I cleaned out my fans, and nothing is overclocked. What could possibly be going on? It's so frustrating :mad:
     
    weinstein888, Feb 24, 2011
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    JaiaV Notebook Evangelist

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    In single GPU (windowed) mode WoW tends to run a bit hot on my PC these days too. I have an inkling it has to do with the newer drivers + CAP + DX11 support Blizzard added in recently (that was when it started). This is even with DX11 disabled in the cfg. No idea really, but it's not just you. I quit last week again anyways, I have better games to waste my precious time on :D
     
    JaiaV, Feb 24, 2011
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    youngeno Notebook Enthusiast

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    Are your video settings set to medium/high or set to custom?
     
    youngeno, Feb 24, 2011
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