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As soon as I start Elemental my fans immediately crank up and my computer get very hot. About 30 minutes in I can barely touch the circulation grills they are so hot.  I've had this problem with Tabula Rasa years ago and I quit playing it because I thought it was killing my GPU. And I'm pretty sure ANNO killed my 8800 card on my desktop. Now I'm on a brand spanking new ASUS G53 and I'm afraid to run Elemental. I want to know if there are any special configs to reduce this heavy load on my laptop. This laptop runs all games on high super cool. This is a problem unique to Elemental.

 

Thanks

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

When I played Elemental on my old X1950, the fan speed really took off when the engine was turned on. I was a bit paranoid, so I played with the cloth map on at all times, that may help if you're not certain if you have sufficient cooling. Also, in regards to the 8800 series, League of Legends burned mine, they weren't the most reliable cards ever made, especially not the gas guzzlers at the end of the run.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

I tried cloth mode but fans still turn on immediately, which does not make any sense. I also tried XP compatibility, no change.  I installed the game on my desktop computer which is an older AMD dual core machine with on board graphics. The game runs in cloth mode and cpu remains cool.

On the upside, SOSE and Galciv2 run flawlessly and effortlessly. I won't be playing Elemental though and I'm pretty bummed out.

As for that 8800, I got 6 extra months out of my card by cooking it a couple of times. I was about to cook a third time and felt pretty silly. So I finally trashed it.

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