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What settings? Like the simpler graphics settings (low->medium->high), and things like AA?
I don't really know what working a computer to hard is. The main thing I watch when doing something new that might be using my hard drive,ram ect. more than usual is the temps. If you temperatures stay normal then I don't worry about it. I turn my computers off when their not in use; I don't know of a good reason to leave them on when not is use. All that happens is they create heat and use up electricity and may shorten your computers life. If you temps. go up give your computer a good cleaning and extra cooling if need be.
Mines always on as well.
Back when I was recoding a bunch of my BluRays movies, I would Queue up a bunch of stuff and get it started encoding.
There were a couple times this machine was running full bore 100% load for 2-3 days straight.
I work mine to death and it keeps right on along no problems.
As long as nothings overheating, there should nothing to worry about.