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[mazirik]

Hey,

I've got a MBP and currently am running at 73C on the CPU, 63C on the GPU while gaming online (World of Warcraft). During play, I will notice a significant loss in performance, including jerky cursor movement and jerky framerate. I currently have a cooling pad underneath my notebook running at this temperature. Is this normal, or would this be something I would need apple to take a look at? I'm not quite sure what is a "normal" temperature I should be seeing, but I don't recall it getting quite this hot when I first got the notebook. Can someone provide some feedback on this? It would be greatly appreciated

Also, as far as system performance is concerned...is it good to format/reinstall the mac os every year or so?

Thanks.

 

[samh004]

Also, as far as system performance is concerned...is it good to format/reinstall the mac os every year or so?

There should be no need for that.

 

[mazirik]

Cool. As far as heat is concerned, anyone have some feedback on that?

 

[durija]

This is in the iMac, eMac, Mini section, but I think you might find it worth a look: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/417512/

 

[Jiddick ExRex]

For gaming it seems totally normal. Your GPU might even run a little cool compared to others'.

 

[mazirik]

Thanks for the feedback, does take a load off my mind knowing this is typical for gaming. Appreciate the help