Laptop fan speeds up when RA is open and in focus?

RetroArch Windows devices
#1

I use the XMB menu driver, and I notice that when RA is open, my laptop’s fan starts speeding up even when idle… this is usually a sign of high cpu usage. When i minimize the window, the fan calms down. Is there an issue with the gui or something? …would using another menu driver fix this? I checked the Task Manager and on average it shows about 10-15% usage. The highest I’ve seen it climb while idle is about 35-40%, but then it calmed back down.

My laptops’ specs: Windows 10 64bit 6GB ram 512MB Nvidia Geforce G105M Intel Core i5 430M @ 2.27GHz

#2

You can try the RGUI menu to see if it treats you any better. My guess is that it’s your GPU that is spinning the fan up.