Warning: Hdx Gets Warm

alright so i got my new hdx and i decided to buy a game for it as well. I popped in warhammer:dawn of war 2 and it played well on mostly ultra-high settings. however the machine gets HOT after playing for about and hour. i also experienced this while playing crysis. it could have something to do with my cpu running at 45w but idk. anyways so i continued to play a little more warhammer and then i started seeing artifacts on my screen. before i knew it my screen was unviewable as the artifacts took over. I thought i was buring up my gpu so i quickly logged out of the game. my screen was still artifact filled so i turned off the computer and rebooted. everything seems to be fine till this moment and i think im very lucky. now i have my hdx raised up on all 4 corners with small business cards and i have my fan blowing at the bottom of the laptop from the right side. (This fan is blowing the same direction that the laptop fan blows). i also put my battery in front the of the fan so that would kool as well. so i decided to give warhammer another shoot. i played it for 2.5 hrs straight and the computer remains cooler that i expected. the battery too is way cooler. i would say my cheap cooling system worked after all.

 

This is true, but normal considering that you have a fast GPU. I too experienced this playing crysis warhead for 2 hours but it wasn't super hot. But my left palm did sweat. I got the 12cell battery so it lifts up the laptop a bit. If this is a real issue, then buy a notebook cooler.

 

yea i have the 6 cell battery. the 12 cell does give it some lift for ventilation. i think im going to stick with my cooling technique for now because it works and it didnt cost me anything. =)