[Mac] Extreme heat, very rapid battery drain - 27/07/14 08:26 PM
Game version: 1.0.78.0
Computer: MacBook Pro 15-inch, Late 2011
Processor: 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB
Operating System: OS X Version 10.9.4
Other Software: avast! Free Antivirus
Divinity: Original Sin at its default settings makes my computer unusually hot. After a few minutes of playing I hear the internal fans spin up to very high speeds and feel intense heat radiating from inside the machine. It get's almost hot enough to burn my fingers, much hotter than any other game I've played.
I can play for about 1 hour 10 minutes before my battery is drained completely. For comparison, I can play other games for 3 hours or longer with a fully charged battery. When not gaming, I can start with a fully charded battery and browse the web and watch videos for most of the day.
I have made changes in the options menu to address these problems, but the results are not much better. Here are the new settings I customized in Options attempting to address these problems:
Video ->
Full Screen Display: Color LCD
Resolution: 1024x640 (16x10)
Display Mode: Fullscreen
V-sync: Off
Alternative Video Mode: not checked (disabled)
Frame Cap Enable: checked (enabled)
Frame Cap: 30
Quality Preset: Very Low
Model Quality: Low
Texture Quality: Very Low
Texture Filtering: Trilinear
Shadows: not checked (disabled)
Anti-Aliasing: none
Ambient Occlusion: not checked (disabled)
Screen Space Reflections: not checked (disabled)
Depth of Field: not checked (disabled)
Motion Blur: not checked (disabled)
God Rays: not checked (disabled)
Bloom: not checked (disabled)
Audio ->
Sound Quality: Low
I would appreciate some suggestions as to how I can extend my play time on battery and reduce the heat. Thanks for reading.
Computer: MacBook Pro 15-inch, Late 2011
Processor: 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB
Operating System: OS X Version 10.9.4
Other Software: avast! Free Antivirus
Divinity: Original Sin at its default settings makes my computer unusually hot. After a few minutes of playing I hear the internal fans spin up to very high speeds and feel intense heat radiating from inside the machine. It get's almost hot enough to burn my fingers, much hotter than any other game I've played.
I can play for about 1 hour 10 minutes before my battery is drained completely. For comparison, I can play other games for 3 hours or longer with a fully charged battery. When not gaming, I can start with a fully charded battery and browse the web and watch videos for most of the day.
I have made changes in the options menu to address these problems, but the results are not much better. Here are the new settings I customized in Options attempting to address these problems:
Video ->
Full Screen Display: Color LCD
Resolution: 1024x640 (16x10)
Display Mode: Fullscreen
V-sync: Off
Alternative Video Mode: not checked (disabled)
Frame Cap Enable: checked (enabled)
Frame Cap: 30
Quality Preset: Very Low
Model Quality: Low
Texture Quality: Very Low
Texture Filtering: Trilinear
Shadows: not checked (disabled)
Anti-Aliasing: none
Ambient Occlusion: not checked (disabled)
Screen Space Reflections: not checked (disabled)
Depth of Field: not checked (disabled)
Motion Blur: not checked (disabled)
God Rays: not checked (disabled)
Bloom: not checked (disabled)
Audio ->
Sound Quality: Low
I would appreciate some suggestions as to how I can extend my play time on battery and reduce the heat. Thanks for reading.