MBP running loud and slow-- Help

My MBP seems to be running rather loud and slow whenever I do things that require more usage... is there anything I can do?
I read about this smcfancontrol, but im scared to use it if it may void my warranty.
Thanks

Skype, games and video are CPU hogs and will raise internal temperatures dramatically thus resulting in increased fan speeds. It sounds that you really do not have a problem with your MBP.
If you want to monitor the situation, download from the Internet iStat pro. This will show you the internal temperatures and fan speeds of your MBP which then you can correlate with the data available in Activity Monitor.
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LampmanBrad wrote:
one question I have is, will tthere be less strain on the cpu if I drop the resolution of my new monitor? I dont want to drop it past 1600x1000 (not sure of the exact dimensions) because then it is defeating the purpose of why I bought a new larger screen with a high res.
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