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    Furmark Temp over 100 C. Is this normal?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by funkymillah, Nov 6, 2010.

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    This is really starting to frustrate me. My computer has been freezing up while playing games a lot lately so I decided to do a hardware stress test to see if the freezes were related to overheating.

    For my first test, I run Furmark and I am astonished to see my GPU tempratues reach over 100 degrees celsius (I saw it get clocked at 106, got scared and closed Furmark).

    I am startin to think there is something seriously wrong here. Can someone please provide their input.

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    You should get a laptop cooler that seems super d duper hot.
     
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    Obviously not having a laptop cooler is not he reason for the overheating. I would like some more input on this. Do a lot of people experience temperatures in this range or am I the only one?
     
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    Well either way, go on ahead and get a cooler. A cooler will help lower your tempature and keep you in a good range. Just my thoughts.
     
    Collegekid2k, Nov 6, 2010
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    FurMark is a worst-case scenario that absolutely roasts video cards. That is it's only job in life. Those temps are too high, even for FurMark. If you clean the GPU heatsinks and apply new thermal paste, I guarantee this problem will resolve itself. How long has it been, if ever, since you cleaned the heatsinks? What are your temperatures hitting during normal gaming? In GPU-Z, click on the little boxes where your temperatures are and you will see tiny green letters appear. Click each box until they say 'MAX'. This will keep your max temperature in the box. After you exit out of a game your GPUs start to cool immediately, so it's hard to get an accurate reading. If you have dual GPUs, open two instances of GPU-Z and do the same thing. Or you could just get HWiNFO32 that records MIN/MAX/CURRENT temps for everything.
     
    TurbodTalon, Nov 6, 2010
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    Handsomerob, Nov 7, 2010
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