Guild Wars 2

I think the biggest complication with running hot on these laptops is that the fans might not be able to keep up. I was running my feb2011 13" on a 1680×1050 external monitor for 4 hours straight on time and when I got off, I heard that the fan inside the laptop was clicking against the case. Luckily I was under warranty so a local Apple authorized dealer was able to fix it for me for free and I haven’t had any trouble since.

My rule of thumb is to stick with the native resolution or below since resolution has a huge impact on performance.

On an slightly unrelated note, movement speed is reduced while health is low, correct? Or am I crazy? Because I’m under the impression that even with swiftness applied, if your health is low enough, then your movement speed won’t actually increase.

Swiftness is a boon that increases in duration, so as expected, after running through a Symbol of Swiftness, I am granted 8 seconds of swiftness and then can add another 20 seconds when I use “Retreat!”. 28 seconds of +33% speed before traits.

So why is it then that if I use “Retreat!” before I run through Symbol of Swiftness, I don’t get the extra 8 seconds of swiftness? The visual boon timer resets but the duration of the boon counts down to the same time as it did when I initially shouted.

A great way to increase ventilation is to prop of the back of the laptop off of your desktop surface, this way there’s more space for air to enter and exit through the back hinge. My CPU sits around 75-80C while doing this, which isn’t completely bad considering many rigs hit 90’s.

For what it’s worth, I’m experiencing this too. It’s most noticeable when levels peak and around higher frequency sounds like the hiss of the Asura gates (this is particularly noticible).
As Xellahmai mentioned above, playing with with the slider doesn’t fix the low bitrate. It may be important to note that this doesn’t happen when I’m on the Bootcamp partition, but I’m sure that’s a given.

Thanks for the port!