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    Acer Aspire 5920G fan GPU heat!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by RWR123, Aug 7, 2008.

  1. RWR123

    RWR123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi everyone,

    My System:

    Acer Aspire 5920G
    2.4 core2 duo
    2GB DDR2
    Upto 1280MB Geforce 8600M GT TurboCache 175.80 modded drivers
    Latest Bios from Acer

    When playing demanding games I realise that the GPU is gonna be producing a lot of heat to manage all the processes. But when playing recent games like Oblivion and Bioshock, the heat from the laptop is really becoming a problem.

    The laptop practically acts like a radiator for a room! The fan goes though about three cycle speeds, reaching the fastest in games befor slowly leveling out to a normal spin.

    How can I measure temperatures to see if this is abnormally warm output?

    What are the counter measures?

    Thanks once again for all help.
     
    RWR123, Aug 7, 2008
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  2. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    You can use GPU-z or Rivatuner to measure GPU temp

    & to measure CPU temp use Coretemp
     
    bigspin, Aug 7, 2008
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  3. RWR123

    RWR123 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Im getting almost 90 degrees during game play for Doom 3 and Oblivion.

    Then it drops after gameplay down to 70 / 60 degrees.

    This is okay isnt it? In terms of damagin the unit I think that such temperatures are okay arent they?
     
    RWR123, Aug 7, 2008
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  4. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    It's ok, but keep your temps below 95C. I suggest you to buy notebook cooler
     
    bigspin, Aug 7, 2008
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  5. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    I suggest you check out cooling central, great resource for keeping your laptop cool
     
    X2P, Aug 7, 2008
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