2011 MBA, i5 256GB.
Might be tricky to explain clearly, but I have installed SC2 and it runs absolutely fine, but I noticed strange temperature behaviour in iStatPro.
Basically, as soon as I open Starcraft 2, to the main menu only, the i5 temperature shoots up to 94 degrees C within maybe 30 seconds; CPU load is pretty low at this point - say 15-18% - why is the i5 getting so hot?
Temperature stays around 94 as the fans ramp up, regardless of whether CPU load is at 10 or 90%. It stays there until I exit the game.
Now, normally it would make sense if the temperature was high under load - and outside of games, the MBA behaves pretty much as I'd expect, more CPU intensive processes generate heat, and web browsing etc doesn't. So why does the simple action of opening a game cause the i5 to lock in at full temp and full fan speed until I close it? Is this a hardware/software fault or am I missing something?
Might be tricky to explain clearly, but I have installed SC2 and it runs absolutely fine, but I noticed strange temperature behaviour in iStatPro.
Basically, as soon as I open Starcraft 2, to the main menu only, the i5 temperature shoots up to 94 degrees C within maybe 30 seconds; CPU load is pretty low at this point - say 15-18% - why is the i5 getting so hot?
Temperature stays around 94 as the fans ramp up, regardless of whether CPU load is at 10 or 90%. It stays there until I exit the game.
Now, normally it would make sense if the temperature was high under load - and outside of games, the MBA behaves pretty much as I'd expect, more CPU intensive processes generate heat, and web browsing etc doesn't. So why does the simple action of opening a game cause the i5 to lock in at full temp and full fan speed until I close it? Is this a hardware/software fault or am I missing something?