Running at full capacity- Good for MacBook?

[danthorburn]

Hey, I would appreciate any advice as i am new to this whole thing.
I am currently using a 2013 MacBook Air with 8GB RAM and a HD 5000 graphics card. Ive started trying out a few games and ramping up the settings on the graphics quality. However when I do this my fan starts going crazy as you'd expect and the laptop heats up. It seems to be able to cope running games at this capacity however is this good for the laptop? (it sure dosnt sound it)
Any advice would be welcomed, thanks in advance
Dan

 

[PBG4 Dude]

If the laptop thinks it is too hot to operate, it will shut down by itself. The fans are going full speed so the CPU can work full speed.

 

[2IS]

"GOOD" to me implies you're better off doing it than not doing it, in that sense, no, it's certainly not a good thing. The machine won't think you for it, it won't extend it's life or run better for it.

Better question would probably be, "is it bad" and for that, I'd answer... "It's certainly not good for it"

 

[ZBoater]

I just got done with multiple multi-hour marathons of X-Com Enemy Unknown. MBA was running hard. No issues. No problems. All is well.