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    Problem with M17, Hd3870 xfire

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by stevenxowens792, Oct 3, 2009.

  1. stevenxowens792

    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hey everyone. I am having a strange issue. I think one of my cards are overheating due to the GPU fan profile not being aggressive enough. Example, I play FEAR for about 4 minutes and my frame rate drops from 170-200 to 30-33 fps. I also noticed a weird phenominon in ARMA 2, when the game autosaves, it's like crossfire stops working. So I booted into safe mode and completely removed all my ATI drivers (driverclean) and installed the stock driver from alienware. Below are my temps... Can you please give me your opinion if these are ok or too hot? These were encountered during 3dmark06. How can I better control the fans? Rivatuner will not install. Gives me a driver signing error. Thanks for all your time and help!

    date, gpucore, gpumem, gputemp, fanspeed, gpuload
    2009-10-02 23:16:17 , 654.0,846.0 ,84.0 ,30 ,99 ,

    2009-10-02 23:16:18 , 654.0,846.0 ,84.0 ,30 ,99 ,

    2009-10-02 23:16:19 , 654.0,846.0 ,84.0 ,30 ,99 ,

    2009-10-02 23:16:20 , 654.0,846.0 ,84.0 ,30 ,99
     
    stevenxowens792, Oct 3, 2009
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  2. EviLCorsaiR

    EviLCorsaiR Asura

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    Those GPU temps should be perfectly alright and probably aren't the cause. I'd make sure with HWMonitor after about 10 minutes or so after playing a game to see what they are exactly.
     
    EviLCorsaiR, Oct 3, 2009
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