7970m temperature idle high?

hi all! i receive my sexy m17x last week and this laptop is amazing i really love it!!

but when i game the gpu get to 65 celcius which i think is good, but when i stop gaming , the gpu stay at 59-60 after?

Its this normal?

Thx!

 

Yup. Sounds about right. Lowest GPU temps you should get at idle are 55C. 65C when under game load is pretty good too, but you might not be stressing the GPU much. Under near full load, GPU should hit 70C-75C.

 

Ok looks good at least i was thinking it was too high at idle a ~60 !

thx for the advice!

Tidoy

 

Mine is 58c at idle and my card is 1.075v so your'e doing fine.

 

About where my 5870 sits too, 58C-63C.

 

my idle temp fluctuates from 59 to 65 and it concerns me a lot now, waiting for a repaste

 

those temps sound ok...because when you are gaming, you are running the 7970m...getting mid 60's with the 7970m while under load is good.

When you are not gaming, you are running the HD4000 integrated graphics which idles high

 

SlickDude80 , when i make the swithc i always need a reboot.... normal?


im trying a laptop cooler if that make a difference in temp, im gonna post the result here!

 

just get yourself a few bottle caps and your temps will drop 5-7c

Tidoy, i never had to reboot when i switched, but maybe things are different in the R4

 

lol, gonna try that!

for switching i need too make FN + F7 and i got a pop-up that tell need a reboot....

maybe its me, im noob on alienware stuff,coming from Asus G50... i love this new machine.

Can't wait for install my ssd for OS,im on raid 0 for now too see that!

 

ah yes, the infamous bottlecap mod lol

it will drop your temps a lot...

 

lol sweet man!

 

I used two small wooden blocks. Works great, but eventually I will get a notebook cooler.

It doesn't seem right to have to reboot after switching graphics to the discreet card. Investigate it further.

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Love the bottle caps! I used to have some vintage ones xD

The M17x R4 doesn't need to restart if the card is Nvidia; for AMD you might have to.

 

I'm also getting the reboot prompt, so maybe it's an R4 thing.

Slick, where should I apply my bottlecap.mod file? All 4 corners, or just the back?

 

LOL...such a simple thing, but is so effective

lol @ bottlecap.mod file lol

I only have it on the back two corners...that gives me a comfortable typing angle

 

I use these

Laptop Cooling Feet Notebook Leg Cooler Stand Foot Heat Reduction Pad LZ-783GREY | eBay

I have overclocked the card and running on 899/1350, higher settings worked but these seem to improve enough for me without pushing the card ....

Msi recorded my highest temp as 55 playing dcs a10, laptop stays nice and cool to the touch on the underside.

 

My Idle temp is around 33-35'C - LOL
when i play diablo 3 temperature jumps to 61
when i play metro 2033 1920x1200 ultra, after 5 minutes i get 85'C

but it stabilizes on this temperature and fan remains at 70%
this is with cooling pad sw-OFF, didnt test with it ON lol.

I really dont know if it should reach 85 in metro 2033 at all, what if i would run furmark ?

I use ICD 7

i may used too much thermal paste but i saw clearly that heatsink sits on the metal bracket perfectly. So paste spreaded nicely...i donk know...another repaste ???

Are this tems normal ?

i am R2 owner ofc.

cheers

 

Very creative....