GW and the least CPU usage

Mordiego

Mordiego

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2007

Pozna??, UTC+1

We Are From Poland [Pol]

N/A

30 Jan 2010 at 19:37 - 1
I'm currently doing LDoA and thus I leave my PC on for the night each day. My concern is how can I possibly limit the CPU usage by guild wars (basically to reduce the noise caused by CPU cooling fans)? I launch the game with -noshaders, -nosound and -dx8 streaks and on the lowest possible graphics settings, but is there any othyer way to decrease GWs CPU usage?

blackbane

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

new york

Korean Gawd Mode

Mo/A

30 Jan 2010 at 20:23 - 2
Minimize the game

Braxton619

Braxton619

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2008

A/W

30 Jan 2010 at 22:59 - 3
Just minimize it. That will use a lot less power to run it.

Bob Slydell

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2007

31 Jan 2010 at 00:59 - 4
Quote:
Originally Posted by Braxton619 View Post
Just minimize it. That will use a lot less power to run it.
Pretty much this. I used GWML running two clients to AFK on Wintersday and minimized, the comp ran cool. Also set the screen to shutoff in windows power settings, this will sleep the graphics card as well to keep cool.

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

31 Jan 2010 at 15:20 - 5
One question - does your computer make less noise when GW isn't running?

Some fans in your computer may be running all the time, no matter what is happening.