Q: Early 2011 MacBook Pro windows 10

I also have a Macbook Pro 17inch Early 2011 with Mavericks and used a special guide to install Windows 7 Professional 64bit. I have 16GB RAM and did this to be able to play old Windows Games like Sim City 4 from 2003 or Civilization 3 without the overheating from high CPU and GPU usage in Steam on OS X or a Virtual Machine like Parallels.

But also with Bootcamp the idle CPU has about 50 degrees celsius on all four cores. Simple tasks like browsing google fire the CPU and GPU up. The macbook aluminium body is much warmer than in OS X idle state.

There is a guide to update the AMD Radeon 6750M drivers, but I suspect this wont solve high CPU ( ! ) temperatures.

Are you experiencing the same or do I have a wrong setup somehow? I

applebv wrote:

 

 

But also with Bootcamp the idle CPU has about 50 degrees celsius on all four cores. Simple tasks like browsing google fire the CPU and GPU up. The macbook aluminium body is much warmer than in OS X idle state.

Have you checked the Power Options -> Advanced Settings and looked at Minimum and Maximum processor states and Cooling policy. Do the fans run constantly? If yes, a SMC Reset may also help.

Thanks for your fast reply! I put it to 99% in battery mode and while beeing idle temperatures are about 41 degrees now on the cores (Battery 26, Memory Slot 55). This is still higher than in OS X, I think. Is there an option to deactivate a core totally? I use Macs Fan Control to control the fan speed. But I would like to reduce temperature generation in the first place. While installing Sim City 4 from CD and beeing in power supply mode I now already have a pretty warm spot on top of the keyboard and CPU Core temperatures are about 56 degrees although I changed all the settings to the lower modes and 99% of CPU maximum.

Can you try 85-90% as maximum and test?

I adjusted the fan settings (starting at 35 degrees and maximum temp of 60) and played Sim City 4 for a while now. I would say that the macbook does not get as warm as with playing the same game in Mac OS under Steam. So it's already a progress. With fans starting at core temperatures of 35 and maximum of 60 degrees the fans keep the system under 50 degrees. However, battery life is much shorter now which also indicates that it is running under heavy load. I just dont understand how the game from 2003, played on a massive laptop of 2011 does get it so highly used. Also, with the highest display settings, the game does not scroll as fast as under Steam. I will try 85% next time but I think that wont change much, except it might reduce performance further. I might take the time to upgrade the AMD Radeon 6750M drivers but it's a complicated process with having to alter files and sign them with kernel certificates and I am not sure it will influence CPU temperatures at all.