The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Does the new drivers fix the temp issues with 8600m GT??

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Modesty, Jul 23, 2008.

  1. Modesty

    Modesty Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    28
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hello i am new on this forum and new to this laptop aswell, A 1530M with 8600m GT ddr3, i was trying to look for a right answer but couldnt, so my quastion is very simple i have this computer with vista bussnies and i am just not so happy about the idle temp of 65C just wodering are there any new drivers else from the ones that came with my computer the 154 (dell approved) that lower or fix the temp of my card, if you can just write down the version of the driver that fix my issues i will be gladful.

    Thanks
     
    Modesty, Jul 23, 2008
    #1
  2. rubenvb

    rubenvb Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    10
    Messages:
    224
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Just check the drivers for the m1330 (they work perfectly with WHQL and everything), there's a new 175 and a semi-older 174.31. The latter runs pretty hot on my m1330 but haven't tried the newest one.

    BTW an idle temp of 65 is perfectly normal for an m1330/1530... as long as it doesn't rise above 93°C under load everything is fine. I know its high, but you can't do anything about it.
     
    rubenvb, Jul 23, 2008
    #2
  3. dampfnudel

    dampfnudel Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    45
    Messages:
    495
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    An idle temp of 65c is too high (compared to some other notebooks), Dell should work on getting that idle temp. lower on the next XPS models.
     
    dampfnudel, Jul 23, 2008
    #3
  4. Tolkannn

    Tolkannn Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    358
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I read this post about 45seconds after playing Assassin's Creed on Maximum everything for 2 hours and my temp is already only 54c according to HWMonitor and RivaTuner...

    I got ArticSilver5 in my system but surely that wouldnt provide me 11c less heat should it and after 2 hours of gaming... :/ His temps are way too high
     
    Tolkannn, Jul 23, 2008
    #4
  5. Modesty

    Modesty Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    28
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Well i have installed the 174 drivers now the idle temp is 57C according to GPU-Z from some strange reason the SpeedFAN shows me that the temp is
    38C but i feel that the keyboard stand is much warmer.
    The GPUZ seansors also indicate that the Temp' is 57 when the core speed are in the min 170mhz i noticed that when they raise to 350mhz the Temp raises up to 62C and when working on full power (3dmark06) it raised up to
    67C, does it good? can i trust this program? or you recommand using other software, i remind you the the SpeedFAN showed other Temps.
     
    Modesty, Jul 24, 2008
    #5