Alienware Laptop

Off-Topic Games, Gaming and Hardware
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I just bought today a new Alienware laptop to play wow. its running hot, noisy from the fan, only when I play wow. Anything I can do with the settings in game? If not i’ll have to bring it back to best buy…sad puppy :frowning:

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My Asus was 1,600 dollars and it runs HOT all the time. I’ve narrowed down the main culprit to frames per second.

I’d go back and buy a desktop.

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Thats the problem

Laptops will be hot because the way they are, even spending thousands on one

A desktop alternative would be much better and quieter

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If it is only doing it in WoW, its likely because you have your framerate uncapped, and the GPU and CPU are breaking their backs to produce frames you aren’t even seeing.

Cap the framerate in the client. See if that clears it up.

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thank you that worked perfectly!!!

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Yea, I always cap my framerate, no point in stressing components out to display higher then your refresh rate.

Leads to better frame times as well which can actually lead to smoother gameplay.

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Hey Shadow, are you still liking the Alienware laptop? I’m curious how it does in any raids you’ve been in and which model did you get?

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Here is some advice, watch probably a dozen reviews, and written reviews on laptops in the price range you’re looking at.

Anyone can shove an rtx 2080 into a laptop, but how many laptops can actually stop it from thermal throttling? Throttling causes performance degradation. Excessive heat can lead to hard ware failure.

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I purchased an Alienware laptop back in either 2004 or 2005 and while I never tried I’m pretty sure I could have fried an egg on the touch pad with how hot it got anytime I played a game. Haven’t purchased another “gaming” laptop since then and I always highly recommend a full desktop PC for anyone planning to play PC games.

After only a few years the laptop died, and I’ve always assumed the excessive heat was the cause.

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you almost HAVE to have a secondary cooling source with a gaming laptop

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There are ways around it because I do game on my laptop. It’s called underclocking and undervolting. Consistent fps > Higher fps w/spikes.

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I mean, sure, but then you’re under utilizing the hardware. Better to just try to throw as much cooling as you can at it.

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