Rocky Riva

Thanks for pointing us to this link. It does look like the source of the problem I am experiencing. I am now monitoring the cpu cores, temp and fans on my Macbook and reducing the graphics setting and draw distance does not seem to make much difference.

I have been running SL on on various Windows and now a Mac laptop. I lost a graphics card due to overheating a few years back and I am very conscious of the load SL puts on the CPU and GPU chips. I would like to get the best visual experience for processor load, so in order to minimize the CPU/GPU temperature is it just a case of reducing the draw distance and setting graphics the preferences to low, or are some of the custom settings more processor hungry? Also does a busy SIM put more load on the processors so rendering fewer avis would help? Thanks Rocky