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    Drop FPS HEAT? acer aspire 5630

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by ksmax, Oct 22, 2007.

  1. ksmax

    ksmax Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi
    When I play any games, i run at very good fps
    day of defeat (constant 60) but after 6-7 minutes, it drops at 15-20.
    It does it every 5-6 min after. Sometimes when I am in firefight, sometime where there is no action at all.
    It does that most of the time when the fans start.
    Is this a heat problem? how can I repair that?
    Thanks you very much
    ksmax
     
    ksmax, Oct 22, 2007
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  2. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    sounds like a heat problem....what notebook have you got? what CPU? what graphics card?
     
    Johnny T, Oct 22, 2007
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    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    What driver you are using?
    Heat can drop your frames,but VGA cards can stay upto 95C without throttling
     
    bigspin, Oct 22, 2007
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  4. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Yes that is a classic overheating problem where your gpu throttles down in order not to fry and lowering your performance.
     
    adinu, Oct 22, 2007
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  5. ksmax

    ksmax Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the last nvidia driver available
    acer aspire 5630
    intel core t5500 duo core 1.66 ghz
    1 gig ram
    gefore go 7300

    I just played nhl 2008 and it does the samething.. every 5-6 min.
    Thanks you for helping me.
    Sorry for my bad English
    Ksmax
     
    ksmax, Oct 23, 2007
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  6. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You should go and check out the Cooling Guide. And the Undervolting Guide (search it :p)

    Cooling down you overall notebook would also means that there is less heat around your GPU :)
     
    Johnny T, Oct 23, 2007
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    ksmax Notebook Enthusiast

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    ksmax, Oct 23, 2007
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  8. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The fan is quite weak on that....i have seen and tested a few before.....

    Check out the cooler in my sig :D
     
    Johnny T, Oct 23, 2007
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    ksmax Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well i am confuse , i don't know which one to chose.
    I will go to a computer retail store tommorow.
    Thanks for everything
    What's important to check on a cooling pad? speed of fan? size of fan?
     
    ksmax, Oct 24, 2007
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  10. Johnny T

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    POsistion of the fan i the most important i think, because if it doesn't cover the srea you want (CPU...etc) then there is no point have it :p, it infinite covers quite a larger overall area!
     
    Johnny T, Oct 24, 2007
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