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    M17x R2 GPU temps

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Letdewookiewin, Mar 22, 2010.

  1. Letdewookiewin

    Letdewookiewin Notebook Guru

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    Anyone know a thread or the info on GPU idle temps while sitting blank on the desktop no apps open.
     
    Letdewookiewin, Mar 22, 2010
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  3. Letdewookiewin

    Letdewookiewin Notebook Guru

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    Wow your r1 runs alot cooler than mine. my GPUs are definitely running hotter compared to yours
     
    Letdewookiewin, Mar 22, 2010
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    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    what is your temps?
     
    dondadah88, Mar 22, 2010
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  5. Letdewookiewin

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    Letdewookiewin, Mar 22, 2010
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    don worry about it. as long as you dont break 55c idling your ok. i dont remember if my computer was elevated in that screenshot but tonight i will do it again on a flat surface and see what happens.
     
    dondadah88, Mar 22, 2010
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  7. Letdewookiewin

    Letdewookiewin Notebook Guru

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    See though did you notice both of my gpu, one had a current temp and the other didnt. got any ideas on that?
     
    Letdewookiewin, Mar 22, 2010
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    i dont know. i haven't gotten that error before.
     
    dondadah88, Mar 22, 2010
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    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    Don't worry, your temps are perfect. Mine are never below 50C (room +27C) and that's fine. I'd only worrry if @load they hit 90C+.
     
    Aikimox, Mar 22, 2010
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    my gpus hover at the low forties and goes as high as 69-70 under extreme load (furmark).
     
    mfractal, Mar 23, 2010
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    You're zuba good, Ahi! :)
     
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    :)

    a little OT but how are your CPU temps ? Mine are a little under 50 with just browsing the net.. isn't it a little high?
     
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  13. Aikimox

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    That's fine, mine are slightly lower (38-43C) but I did a good job replacing the thermal paste (it was 50-60c) and now my max never goes over 65C.
     
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    what's your ambient temp, can you compare it to kfar saba ? :)
     
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  15. Letdewookiewin

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    so i called alienware yesterday about external monitor hook up problems and he tested my gpu setup with furmark and it went fine. though he could not figure out why when i connect to an external monitor why it would have problems. the problem that occurs seems to be like a refresh rate problem. 70% of the screen seems to vibrate and shake rapidly and would worsen at certain angles in games at certain resolutions ie 1080p, seems to work fine at 1200p but i have 2 monitors 1080 and 1200 and i like to use both depending on what im trying to do. any ideas?
     
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    i know you're not the only one with this problem so it's not an isolated issue.
     
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    I have a constant 27-28C in my apartment, so yeah it's pretty comparable to Kfar Saba, at least before the summer hits. :p
     
    Aikimox, Mar 23, 2010
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    I had a similar problem happen on my R1 with nvidias. Haven't really had it happen with the ATIs.. With me it was the incorrect refresh rate being applied to the external monitor if the system came out of sleep mode and the internal one activated first or internal one was activated before the external. It would try to do my external monitor at 59 instead of 60 and there would be weird issues.. If I woke the computer up via keyboard with lid closed, so the external activated before opening the lid, all was fine...

    If I cold booted with external on it worked fine. However if I hooked external up after internal was on or the internal activated and then I swapped to external same issue.
     
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    it's HWiNFO32, there's a thread about it, see my sig...
     
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  21. Letdewookiewin

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    see i thought so cause it happened on both of my monitors at different resolutions. I just couldn't find any threads on it. I tried alot of different ideas such as ssetting a specified refresh rate on the monitor but the only options i ever see are 60,72,75 sometimes it shows blank. do you have an idea what the other threads might be titled? I really need this solved because I hook up to projectors and LFD's at school for presentations and have to submit to the lowest res available to make sure its stable and that makes it look like crap.
     
    Letdewookiewin, Mar 23, 2010
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  22. mfractal

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    O think someone mentioned it in the official r2 thread. Try searching it for external monitor maybe (I am on my iPhone so it's kinda difficult now)
     
    mfractal, Mar 23, 2010
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