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    Symptoms of Overheating???

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Nocturnal310, Dec 1, 2007.

  1. Nocturnal310

    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hey i notice my laptop has also started reaching high temperatures while long gaming sessions...

    Can you please tell me symptoms of my GPU or system overheating?

    I mean when to know if it has reach critical temperature & is going to give serious trouble?

    See signature for specs
     
    Nocturnal310, Dec 1, 2007
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    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Try downloading something like rivatuner so that you can monitor your GPU temp while gaming. If it goes over 90C, yea your GPU is running pretty hot.
     
    SmoothTofu, Dec 1, 2007
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    Nocturnal310 Notebook Virtuoso

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    oh...that i can do in NVmonitor also...

    what i was asking was of physical symptoms....what exactly happens when your GPU is about to undergo meltdown??? the screen goes blank?? the fps drops sharply??
     
    Nocturnal310, Dec 1, 2007
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    ingame and on screen artifacts; shadows that shouldn't be there (like bad analogue tv reception) on desktop; freezing.. thats what i get when i overclock too high -> overheats
     
    namaiki, Dec 1, 2007
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