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Old Aug 09, 2010, 05:43 AM // 05:43   #21
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Was it a Powerbook? Catching fire when gaming is a design feature to ensure that Mac users who try to game never breed.
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Old Aug 09, 2010, 06:32 AM // 06:32   #22
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to quote the indomitable Inspector Gadget "Wowzers!" --- That must have been some intense gaming action you had going on there....
I was actually loading the ascension mission in the desert when it started smoking...

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Was it a Powerbook? Catching fire when gaming is a design feature to ensure that Mac users who try to game never breed.
I am offended that you would even suggest I would use a mac product other then an ipod...
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Old Aug 09, 2010, 09:05 AM // 09:05   #23
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I was gaming on a laptop for about a month before it caught fire...

Regardless, this doesn't mean that laptops are unsuitable for gaming...
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Old Aug 09, 2010, 09:28 AM // 09:28   #24
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Regardless, this doesn't mean that laptops are unsuitable for gaming...
Maybe not for you
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Old Aug 09, 2010, 11:09 PM // 23:09   #25
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When is my Dell XPS M1730 going to catch fire? Core 2 Extreme processor and GeForce 8800GTX w/SLI. With all that horsepower in a laptop you'd think it would have burnt up by now.

The processor gets up to 58 degrees under heavy load and idles at 38. The GPUs get up to 78 under heavy load. Perfectly fine temps...
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Old Aug 09, 2010, 11:16 PM // 23:16   #26
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When is my Dell XPS M1730 going to catch fire? Core 2 Extreme processor and GeForce 8800GTX w/SLI. With all that horsepower in a laptop you'd think it would have burnt up by now.

The processor gets up to 58 degrees under heavy load and idles at 38. The GPUs get up to 78 under heavy load. Perfectly fine temps...
For now....I never claim that it will happen...I claim its possible, more likely then a properly cooled desktop
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Old Aug 10, 2010, 12:07 AM // 00:07   #27
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lol end what kind of computer were u running..a dn were u restricting the air flow? o.0
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Old Aug 10, 2010, 07:00 PM // 19:00   #28
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For now....I never claim that it will happen...I claim its possible, more likely then a properly cooled desktop
The chance of a properly cooled laptop overheating are the same as a desktop properly cooled. It's properly cooled after all . Now the chances of dust restricting airflow to a critical level is higher for a laptop obviously. The chance of bedsheets/couch/lap or w/e might restrict airflow causing overheating is also higher for a laptop. Same with the chance of getting a laptop with poor cooling design.
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