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Originally Posted by DustyElbows
I've just started to play all of my games out and am really enjoying the new 3D features! However, my poor laptop (MacBook Pro) has to turn it's fan on all the way up whenever I play 3D. I'm wondering if there are any settings I change to make the workload a little more manageable for the computer?
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The fan will kick on when the cpu is under load. The fan will kick in 100% when it hits a certain temp thresh hold.
Besides settings of an individual game or program the 2 things you can do is keep the fans free of dust and debris. If it is more then 2 years old replace the thermal paste on the processor. The factory thermal paste is awful yes even at apple. New high grade thermal paste might save you 15 degrees. And if your fan is clogged up you can lower it even further.
The thing about dust is if you are not blowing it out all of the time. It becomes super dust which is extremely sticky. And usually requires 91% rubbing alcohol and a brush. Sometimes metal bristles if its that bad. I've seen plenty that bad.
Depending on the year of your Macbook Pro some of them are easy to take apart and perform this maintenance. Plenty of youtube and ifixit videos/guides.
So changing the settings might put less load on the cpu but necessarily doesn't mean you can skip maintenance. And fans and thermal paste are usually the last 2 things anyone thinks about.
good luck