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    GPU Heat an GPU Driver Impact

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by iafzal3, Jul 25, 2011.

  1. iafzal3

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    So I have 1558 with ATI 4570 GPU. Tha a few months back started to hit 100C when playing SC2.

    I endedup doing copper mod and the result was GPU temp went to 90-95C range. I was running 11.4 GPU driver and CCC package from AMD ATI site all along. With 11.4 driver game play is good (40+fps that drop to high 20fps after GPU temp is above 90C)

    I saw that ATI had updated to 11.6 CCC package and driver. I have downloaded to package. In th eprocess of uploading I happended to downgrade to the dell driver that comes with 1558. I played the SC2 wth that old driver and guess what I can only manage to take the GPU temp to 85C. I also notice that my idle temps are little lower as well. Only downside is that I also noticed the SC2 game play is not as smooth as and fps are lower than with ATI's latest driver.

    So I thought I pass thsi along if someone is more concerned with the temps than the abasolute best performance then Dell's GPU driver can help lower temps by 5-10C.
     
    iafzal3, Jul 25, 2011
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