Yes, I am aware of how DirectX 11/12 works.

These were pretty much the default settings.

I did enable VSync afterwards and even went in to Nvidia console and limited FPS to 20.  This did help to reduce GPU usage to around 75% - still too high for a 2D game.

There is more graphics being rendering in Civ VI and never notice these issues.

Thank you.

I know the pain and have used MSIAfterburner lots.

I stopped playing GC4 SN IE because of the intense overheating issue.

I am playing a cartoonish 4X game and the max temps are at least 10C lower.

I can't afford to cook this laptop like I cooked the prior one playing GC4 SN IE.

Well what do you say?

I have a Lenovo LOQ and I replaced my Klim Ultimate with a Thermaltake Massive 20 RGB but it has not provided a noticeable decrease in the max temps as shown by the Core Temp app.

This is after playing 60+ minutes of the cartoonish 4X game.

This is after 25 minutes of playing the latest Insiders Edition of GC4 SN.

I just started a new game and played for 26 minutes and the highest max temp was 76.

Quoting perrya555,

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Well what do you say?

I have a Lenovo LOQ and I replaced my Klim Ultimate with a Thermaltake Massive 20 RGB but it has not provided a noticeable decrease in the max temps as shown by the Core Temp app.

This is after playing 60+ minutes of the cartoonish 4X game.



 

This is after 25 minutes of playing the latest Insiders Edition of GC4 SN.



 

I just started a new game and played for 26 minutes and the highest max temp was 76.

As a quick note if high temperatures are causing a problem with your pc when not using external cooling then I would recommend contacting the manufacturer as it would appear to have inadequate cooling for the hardware specification.

I believe Brad has posted in this thread about the performance and suggested some tweaks are coming but please do remember different games use hardware differently and sometimes little things use a lot more GPU than might first be expected.  Also generally low end GPUs will be worked harder.

Finally vsync is something I would personally always recommend on a laptop as it reduces load on the system assuming it is fast enough to render quicker than the screen refresh rate.

Quoting perrya555,

reply 10

Well what do you say?

I have a Lenovo LOQ and I replaced my Klim Ultimate with a Thermaltake Massive 20 RGB but it has not provided a noticeable decrease in the max temps as shown by the Core Temp app.

This is after playing 60+ minutes of the cartoonish 4X game.



 

This is after 25 minutes of playing the latest Insiders Edition of GC4 SN.



 

I just started a new game and played for 26 minutes and the highest max temp was 76.

Those aren't particularly high.   The CPU is warmer than the cartoon game because GalCiv is a multithreaded game.

It's NOT the CPU that is the issue anyway.  It's the GPU.  Take a look at your GPU temp. That is what you hear the fans going on about.

Why though? Modern CPU's and GPU's are built to stand the heat. Both can handle averaging 80 - 85 degrees while gaming and not have any damage done to them.

Additionally, if you are going to get powerful specs like a 8 core + cpu and a top of the line gpu it would be silly to undervolt those as they are built powerful to begin with. As long as you are not approaching the actual danger zone with heat then your hardware should be enjoyed in my opinion. If your are seeing constant temps at 85 or more degrees then yes undervolting is probably a good idea.

Nebula IZ sets the point where the on map nebula that can contain Thulium or elirium never can remember which can be seen.

Neb Opacity controls the background clutter that has no function in game set to zero it is gone set to 100 it is there blasting your eye balls.

Get the idea I dislike N.O.? 

Thought AI ship tracking was another selection choice, anyway glad it helped.

Hey Willivan0706, looking at that screenshot the first things that comes to my mind is: have you tried setting the grid option so that it turns off when zoomed out far enough ? Under the interface menu, it's the "Show Grid When Far", it should be unchecked.  See what happens. Also, you should turn on Point Lights on a 4090! Graphics are gorgeous with it on.

Besides, I'm eager to see what Frogboy may come up with on this front...