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    So many questions, little help please.

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by BluesJD, Jul 21, 2009.

  1. BluesJD

    BluesJD Newbie

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    Hi everyone

    1.

    WITH MY LAPTOP UNPLUGGED FROM THE ENERGY POWER (battery mode)

    My GPU average temperature is 49 C
    my CPU average temperature is 43 C.


    WITH MY LPATOP PLUGGED-IN TO THE ENERGY POWER

    my GPU average temperature is 59 C
    My CPU average temperature is 51 C


    i got this temps using everest, i was not playing any game or anything, just plugged and unplgged the laptop.

    Is it normal that change of temperatures in my laptop??



    2.

    I got a problem playing Americas Army 3 and Killing Floor is basically the same problem: during the game play my screen freezes like 20 sec then unfreezes with a colourfull texture party i see anykind of colors in the walls, floor, buildings or sometimes some geometric changes in the weapon, all of this followed by a game crash. I chek the GPU temp after the game crash and it was 70 C.



    My laptop is a MSI GT627-216US
    My graphic card is NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
    My graphic card driver is the 185.85
    My operative sistem is Windows XP 32 bit

    Can you help me telling me what is the problem how to fix it and if it is a driver problem please tell me where to download a good one for my graphic card.

    Thanks
     
    BluesJD, Jul 21, 2009
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  2. CTLVR

    CTLVR Notebook Geek

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    I am not sure what causes your temperature difference but regarding the video card try following :

    1 Get the newest driver from www.laptopvideo2go.com ( search by what kind of OS you have )
    2 Open up your laptop and clean vents + fans

    70c is not too bad . How old is your laptop , perhaps your video card is going bad , this would explain artifacts .

    Maybe try using an external laptop fan .
     
    CTLVR, Jul 21, 2009
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  3. narsnail

    narsnail Notebook Prophet

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    Well when its not plugged in it downclocks to save power, so that would also make it cooler then when its plugged in

    Those temps are fine and normal, nothing to worry about.
     
    narsnail, Jul 21, 2009
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