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    GPU heat issue with games (SLI)

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by spradhan01, Oct 1, 2010.

  1. spradhan01

    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Need a small suggestion:
    While I do some gaming like BFBC2,FIFA11 and some other games, my one 280 heats upto 68 while other one is idle at 35 and integrated at 70.
    So, I was wondering is something wrong with 2nd 280m or what?
    Also, I believe SLI is defaultly on and can't be turned off.
    So any idea?
     
    spradhan01, Oct 1, 2010
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  2. reborn2003

    reborn2003 THE CHIEF!

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    BFBC2 should heat up both ur cards chief. However for FIFA 11 I believe that is only a single GPU game. I play both of them and FIFA 11 runs like cow u noe wat on the dual 5870s if I have crossfire running. Its like 30 - 40 fps however much better when I disable Crossfire. But still no where near as smooth of super duper than on my R1 with Nvidia GPUs. So I will have to wait for new AMD drivers 10.10 or something and hopefully that adds better performance and support. Cause right now my dual 5870s are getting their butts kicked lol. Max like 60 - 70fps on one 5870.

    However on my R1 with the Dual 260s I get over 100fps in FIFA 11. It runs awesome with Nvidias new beta 260.63 drivers.

    Have you tried any other games. Are they working fine with SLi on?

    Also if you run FRAPs in FIFA 11 what FPS do you get chiefs?

    I'm not 100% sure how I'm pretty sure games like FIFA still don't support dual GPUs. THey only run on one still unfortunately. There is a profile for fifa 10 and FIFA11 but if you check it and the setting it is set to only use one GPU and not SLi. Its default setting.

    Cheers. :)
     
    reborn2003, Oct 1, 2010
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  3. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If only 1 GPU is rising in temps its most likely due to the SLI Profile (or lack of one). The game isn't utilizing SLI and is only running on a single GPU. Update your SLI Profiles.

    NVIDIA DRIVERS SLI PROFILE UPDATE 5
     
    BatBoy, Oct 1, 2010
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