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    Another video card question.

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by dell.scares.me, Jul 26, 2008.

  1. dell.scares.me

    dell.scares.me Notebook Consultant

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    My m1530 has the 8600gt that is supposedly having issues. I updated the BIOS and my GPU temp never gets above 67C during my use.

    So my question is, even if I have a gpu affected by the defect - could I just never see an adverse result because I never game on my system? The most load I ever put on my GPU is probably wathving movies.
     
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    Well if the GPU on yours fried you wouldn't be able to use the screen on it ... so you will know if it goes. It should never have a problems since you don't play games on it. I will be playing games but I will make sure to stress it out at first so if it fries they will replace it for free under warranty.
     
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    u should run a movie on your computer full screen on repeat for a few hours to see what the highest temp under stress would be
     
    RedBaronK, Jul 27, 2008
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    A movie won't really stress his system that much...
     
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    So what should I do to stress it?
     
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    Download and install 3dmark05 and run it a few times then check your temperatures.
     
    Ttime20, Jul 27, 2008
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    Or 3dmark 06 ;)
     
    Oppermann, Jul 27, 2008
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