N10J - GPU >100degC when using VLC

Hi,

The n10 was purchased less than a week ago. Atom CPU overclocked to 1.8GHZ, no oc changes to the GPU.

Very disturbingly, I find that GPU temperatures SOAR when using VLC to play video. (AVI, MPEG, etc). For the past two nights, max recorded temperature is greater than 100 deg C. Temperatures also rise when using WMP, but less so ( ~ 70 deg C)



VLC Settings - Video Output Module has been tried with 'Default' and 'DirectX'
options, same results.

I have also tried playing GTA San Andreas for > 1 hour, max temperatures recorded are < 60 deg C.



Given that this n10 is brand new, i dont think its dust issues. Any other suggestions / ideas would be very much appreciated!

(Yes I should be able to run Videos with GPU turned off, but thats kind of besides the point)

 

The high temps when using VLC is because you have hardware acceleration turned on which lightens the load off the CPU and channels it to the GPU. Try disabling hardware acceleration and see if that helps.

 

Thanks David,

Okay, that seems to do it, turning off 'overlay video output' keeps both CPU and GPU temperatures < 60.

However, I noticed that the quality of the video is also significantly worse - jaggies and frame paging when only the Atom is crunching the video. (720x304 XVID)

So, not a fatal error, I have a few options - lower quality video, or reboot and use the integrated graphics.

I remain quite curious why VLC's HW acceleration would cause such significant loads on the dedicated nVidia card, since other gaming / video applications do not seem to have the same effect. Anyone?

 

No problem joe

Yea, the Atom is not a very powerful piece of hardware hence it may have difficulty playing high quality videos. I would suggest trying different media players and see if they turn out better.