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I’m taking a survey and was wondering what type of game or software causes a CPU to really heat up?

What do you guys think???

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Look in the distributed computing section.

Those programs keep a CPU at full load for as long as you like.

<b><font color=blue>~ BIOS SETTINGS: Fast, Hot, Unstable...That ought to work. ~</font color=blue></b> :wink:

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Strangely enough, Mechcommander 2 was extremely CPU intensive

"When there's a will, there's a way."

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EverQuest will do it.

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for an amd chip? just boot up :D

masturbation is the first step towards self-awareness.

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It’s not a game, but for me <i><b>TOAST</b></i> it’s the best to heat a CPU up

<b>(<font color=yellow>as good as it looks</font color=yellow> )</b>

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or you can take off the hsf :smile:

or running benchmarks.

<i><font color=blue>The only difference between 200 fps and 300 fps is the blink of the eyes.</font color=blue></i>


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