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    Why do GPU temps differ per game?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Heksar, Nov 30, 2011.

  1. Heksar

    Heksar Notebook Enthusiast

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    When I'm playing TF2 for 2 hours on my G73 my GPU temps are 77 - 80 celcius max.
    But while playing Skyrim for 30 minutes it reaches 100 degrees...

    (I play both games on high settings)

    Does this have to do with the engine/graphics, do I need a repaste?
     
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    hockeymass that one guy

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    The obvious answer is that Skyrim taxes the GPU much more than TF2 does. That doesn't explain why the G73 can't dissipate the extra heat. Are you blocking the vents? Are the fans clear and clean? Repasting might help bring it down 5 or so degrees, but those Skyrim temps would concern me.
     
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    Skyrim is not massively GPU intensive because it is a console port but if you are using other such features that stress the GPU for instance anti aliasing that is going to be why.

    Even so your temps are very far and wide between I have never seen a 20oC difference between games unless the TF2 which I do not know what game you are referring to is not stressing the GPU.

    As Hockey said your first point of call is to clean out those vents/heatsink radiators by blasting them with compressed air as you should not be hitting 100oC at all.
     
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    Heksar Notebook Enthusiast

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    The problem is that I've just cleaned the vents and I never use AA in games on this laptop...
    My idle temp is 68 degrees C

    I'll try another contemporary game and report,
    thanks
     
    Heksar, Nov 30, 2011
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    TF2 stands for Team Fortress 2, which is a very popular class-based online shooter based on the Source Engine. As such, it's an older game and is probably more CPU dependent on modern graphics cards.
     
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    Read here first: http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-gaming-notebook-forum/540077-chastitys-thoughts-repasting-read-here-first.html

    I'm very concerned about your idle temps, and even more about your load temps. I idle at 51 C and load at 73-80 C. That includes running FurMark Xtreme Burn-in for hours. Those numbers you've posted definitely aren't good.
     
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    Doesn't matter you GPU should not be idling anywhere near 68oC you either have blocked vents or degraded thermal compound.

    You should be idling below 60oC max.
     
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    68 is way too high for idle.
     
    hockeymass, Nov 30, 2011
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