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    6970m temperatures: Should I repaste

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by RedStarRising, May 21, 2012.

  1. RedStarRising

    RedStarRising Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have been getting rather high maximum temperatures with my m17x R3's 6970m in extremely graphics intensive applications. The highest I have seen has been 79 C and this is not uncommon for me in games such as Crysis with the graphics turned all the way up. My card idles around 58-65 degrees when I am doing normal stuff such as browsing or word processing. I recently did my first repaste ever of a desktop CPU and I was wondering if I should a. be worried about these high temperatures and b. would it be worth it to use the tube of arctic silver x 5 I have laying around to do a gpu repaste. Thanks in advance.
     
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  2. Xonar

    Xonar Notebook Deity

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    Your idle temps are high but under load they are great. Don't see a reason to repaste other than lower your idle temps.
     
    Xonar, May 21, 2012
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    Xenn0X Notebook Evangelist

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    +1 with above, it's well within acceptable range.
     
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    mark_j Notebook Consultant

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    My 6970m idles in the low 60's and sometimes hits 80c during long gaming sessions if I do not prop up the back of the laptop.

    Find something to lift the back 1/2" to 1" and temps will drop 5c to 8c.
     
    mark_j, May 21, 2012
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