I am always fiddling around trying things. One was the setting for the frames-per-second limiter. I usually ran it at 1/2 (30fps). However, I was curious about how fast Trainz was running when a live TV window was also open. Didn't want to miss the Covid-19 news. I would start a session and then open the TV window for 75% of the screen while watching the frame counter in the other window. It became a habit to have Trainz up and notice the clock and then bring up the TV program to run them concurrently.
Out of curiosity I turned on a little free APP (Core Temp) and saw temperature hitting the thermal cutoff of the CPU chip. Now this was after about 2 months of this type of operation. FPS for Trainz always over 100 so no damage YET. Vacuumed the inside of the PC but the temperatures remained high.
Then I recalled that I had turned off the frame limiter in Trainz to see those +100 fps. I set it to 1/2 (30 fps limit). I ran Trainz and a TV program. Now the temperature dropped from 98f (thermal limit) to the 65deg range. So now I can watch Governor Cuomo and Trainz at the same time after a close call with disaster.:wave:
Out of curiosity I turned on a little free APP (Core Temp) and saw temperature hitting the thermal cutoff of the CPU chip. Now this was after about 2 months of this type of operation. FPS for Trainz always over 100 so no damage YET. Vacuumed the inside of the PC but the temperatures remained high.
Then I recalled that I had turned off the frame limiter in Trainz to see those +100 fps. I set it to 1/2 (30 fps limit). I ran Trainz and a TV program. Now the temperature dropped from 98f (thermal limit) to the 65deg range. So now I can watch Governor Cuomo and Trainz at the same time after a close call with disaster.:wave: