asus g73jh-x1 gpu temperature reaches 105c

was playing crysis at 1920x1080, all high setting for 10 mins or so and gpu temperature shoot up to 102c on hwmonitor(though it didn't go beyond that point for next 30 mins of the game till i turned it off). frankly, i heard about super high gpu temperature problem with g73jh b4 so i was hesitating buying one but since next nvidia gpu equipped laptop aren't coming out this month or probably till in next month and this g73jh-x1 was only $1000, i just bought it. so my question is, will this thing hold? i mean my gpu idles at 65c or something and when i play crysis to test gpu temperature, it's over 100c.
is this normal for everyone or is something wrong with mine? i am not using any notecooler.

 

Wow that is hot. Since I don't have an answer, would you mind if I ask where the G73JH-X1 is $1,000.00? THat is an insane price. Did you buy it used or off eBay to get that kind of a deal? Sorry to hijack the thread with a semi-related question.

By the way, some threads around here give complete how-to guides on taking the lappy apart and using a better thermal paste in generous amounts. Although I am not sure what this does to the warranty, if you are even concerned about that. One member even posted a video of him doing it, I believe and ge got excellent results as did the people who followed his instructions. Before you go taking the PC apart, though, maybe it is a driver, setting, or software issue, so wait for someone far more knowledgeable about the unit than me can answer you.

 

According to ATI spec sheet, working temperatures under 111C are considered as normal before shutdown occurs at 114C.

Will it hold?, i would think so. However a few users incl my self has done the "repaste" routine and replaced the stock cooling paste with new one.

 

how much does this repasting help? i mean, from my experience on desktop or my previous gateway laptop, it only lowered temporature by 3c-4c at max over regular stock thermal paste. i am not so sure if it's worth doing it cuz if under 111c is fine, i think i wouldn't bother doing it cuz this laptop seems more annoying to open compare to other laptops. so far.. yeah.. it went up to 102c after playing 10 mins of playing crysis for a test but never went beyond that for next 30 more mins.


as for first question, i grabbed open box one from newegg. it came in like new condition. no scratches on body or screen, no dead or stuck pixel. it just look like brand new.

here are some temperature i measured

cpu temperature
idle - 45-50c
3 hours of prime 95 test - 71c at max
overclock mode during prime 95 test - 78c and i turned it off at that point.

gpu temperature
idle - 65-69c
40 mins of crysis 1.2 patch at 1920x1080 all high setting- 102c(averages about 30fps)
30 mins of bio shock 2 at 1920x1080 high setting - 100c(averages about 60fps)

even though temperature seems very high compared to my previous laptop, everything works just fine. no performance issue. what do u think? is this normal? cuz if it's not, i am just going to send it back to newegg for full refund cuz they offer 100% full refund within 30 days for open boxed laptop they sell.

 

If you would have just searched the forum you would have read why the laptop does this and why repasting helps.

 

you need to repaste the thermal paste on GPU and CPU.. do it urself on risk of voiding warranty or RMA it.

 

yeah, but how much does it help? is there any topic saying how much temperature it lowers when u repaste it with quality one? i've searched it but no one say anything about their b4 and after temperature comparison cuz if i am going to open this laptop, i might put better cpu and blue-ray drive in as well cuz i am only planning to open this thing once.

 

I have another model of ASUS (F8Va-C1). ASUS' factory applied paste was a disaster. Some of the CPU portions were not covered at all. I wish I had taken a pic of that. And the covered portions were as hard as a stone. Something completely dried up.

Idle CPU temp with the factory applied paste was around 53C-55C. I have applied IC7 Diamond and now the idle temp is around 45C. Temp under load went down from 88C to 72C.

That should address your question.


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ok.. i just did furmark stability test(1.82 version) and it reached 106c b4 my gpu threw a towel. it lasted 5 mins 20 seconds to reach that temperature. i think i will try bio upgrade now and see if it helps any. now i am updating from bio 205 to 211.

 

Mine hits 105C and black screens during FurMark. Usually around the 5 min mark. I decided to RMA mine due to too many GSOD's and my screen starting to get dead pixels.

 

ok. now i updated my bio to 211 and it crashed during 3 mins of furmark test at temperature of 103c. it's even worse than b4 but there was some good side too. when i play crysis now, it doesn't go 102c like b4. it only goes up to 96c at highest which is good.

i don't know whether i should send this to rma or not cuz everything else is just perfect otherwise. it has perfect screen with no dead or stuck pixel and laptop body is like brand new. i am not concerned about cpu temperature cuz it never went beyond 71c during 3 hours of prime 95 stress test unless i use overclock mode which i will never need to use while i am having this. i will play some more gpu/cpu demanding games and see how it goes for next few days. and if it fails, well.. i will just RMA it. if i get lucky, they might send me better model cuz i heard some ppl received A1 instead of X1 when they send it for RMA. still, RMA is risky cuz there's no guarantee i will have perfect screen like the one i've got.

also no games actually push gpu like furmark does cuz furmark's purpose is frying ur gpu.

 

Hi,

Since I'm also researching this lappy I read on some reviews that the stock VGA drivers suck big time and should be replaced with the latest from ATI's website. Try this and see if there is any change in the temperatures.

Good luck!

 

i already have updated my ati drivers to latest.
i think i will try to RMA it and especially tell them to repaste thermal paste on cpu and gpu.

 

You guys should hit the Asus Gaming Notebook forum. All the info you need is there.

Now, if your temps are idling in the high 60's, and hitting 100s in gaming, then your GPU paste job was subpar, and NEEDS to be redone.

My gaming temps after a repaste are in the low to mid 70s vs 96C previously. Even Furmark maxes at 77C on BIOS 211 fan speeds. (85C with 209) I'm currently idling at 45C @ 200/500, and it creeps up to 50C with 700/1000.

 

ok. i've decided to RMA mine. i don't want to risk avoding warranty cuz opening this laptop seems rather painful. i have spare one so i think i can live without this laptop for few weeks. besides, i don't think i can find this laptop for such low price anywhere anymore anyway.

 

Unfortunately what you didn't realize is that you will more than likely get as good of a repaste job that you got originally, since it will be done by the same bugbear techs.

 

even if i specifically tell them to use better thermal paste and do it better?

should i just take it to local tech and let them do it?

 

I would, then you have more control over the quality of the job. Use the IC Diamond 7 while you are at it.

 

Anyone else notice a 6C drop if you also running something that stresses the cpu, I found that if I ran Furmark only I got up to 106C, but if I am running furmark and OCCT linepak the gpu hardly gets above 100C.

I notice that when OCCT is running the left fan kicks in (cpu fan) which must increase ventilation also for the GPU as a side effect...

 

106C eh? Try 77C

 

What resolution did you use ? Cause that doesnt seem 1920x1080... Could be me though, its late

Edit: Whats ur ambient, catalyst and euh favourite color ?
Cause i max out at 86C..... and I did my pasting bout a month ago .

 

Screen size isn't all that important. The smaller the size, the more fps you get, same max load, same temps. I ran several @ 1280 x 1024 vs 1920 x 1080 and get the same temps. Every time.

BIOS 211 with 10.7a hotfix, ambient 23C. On 209 it's about 85C.

 

Edit:

never mind just did some reading, you repasted your GPU, looking at the video indicates you pretty much have to disassemble the whole laptop to do it too :S. Not so crazy about the keyboard part. I have taken apart MANY laptops before and applied thermal, but never before one that still has 2 years of warranty left.

I was able to get my G73 to lock up tonight when it hit 109c on furmark

 

RMA opened with Asus, 14 day turn around :S , not to crazy about being without my laptop for 2 WEEKS, make me miss my old macbook where I simply took it into the local repair depot and had it fixed same day

 

i am waiting for my RMA confirmation. i mean i could open it up myself or probably go to local computer tech to do it for me and give him $30 or something but oh well.. i don't wanna void my warranty.

who knows, if i complain a lot, they might send me like A1 instead.

 

Is the hotfix the same as the one on the top here ?

CCC Driver Details | AMD Developer Central

Else i might try and install the hotfix ^^

 

ok. i repasted my thermal compound with IC Diamond. I didn't send it but took it local computer technician and let him do the job for me. when he opened my laptop, seal to my heatsink was already broken and found out previous owner put lots of white thermal compound on both cpu and gpu and they were pretty much dried up. so he removed them and put IC Diamond that i brought with me. Now, my idle temperatures for both cpu and gpu are about same as b4 but my load temperatures are considerably lower than b4.
my cpu load temperature on turbo mode prime 95 was exceeding 80c less than in 2 mins b4 but now it runs at 79c even after 30 mins of consistant running. as for my gpu, instead of 105c in 2 mins during furmark, now i get 91c for 30+ mins of furmark test without notebook cooler. i suppose i no longer need to RMA this unit cuz it runs just fine now. here are some pics i took for my furmark after repasting thermal compound. i am using lastest ati driver + bio 211.

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now.. i have another question. if i ever get any sort of trouble with this laptop, will i be able to RMA it with broken seal? i mean they gave me RMA # but if i send my laptop with broken seal, what would they do? just send it straight back to me? also i am looking for place to buy blu-ray driver for this model for cheap.. and surface panel(front cover u take off after keyboard). also what kinda backpack fits this laptop good? i bought 17 inch targus swiss guard backpack but this one hardly fits in there. i want something bigger.

p.m. i flash installed windows 7 ultimate 64bit but it keeps saying camera is being used by another program even though no program is using it. anyone know how to fix this?

 

This is why Desktop Gaming rocks and laptop gaming sucks.

 

91C on Furmark with 211 bios with ICD7? That still seems high to me. I get 76-78C depending on ambient temps. What are your idle temps? Did he use the drop pea method, or spread it?

 

I want to know the answer to that too? Any one been through this before? and where can you get the IC7 thermal paste from and for how much?

Is it better to just buy the product from Xotic PC and give them $75 to get the pasting done, thus the seal will still be there and warranty too!

 

Wow... i getting 95C on 211Bios and 10.7 Catalyst (of course no ICD7) ...
I want to know-if i repaste i dont miss warranty ?
I think i repaste only when warranty end (not full 2 years)