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    Vista Upgrade + new Nvidia Vista Drivers causing overheating

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Fishy, May 17, 2008.

  1. Fishy

    Fishy Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey I just upgraded my laptop to Vista..(Dont ask why) and the new nvidia vista drivers are causing the Graphics Card temp to stay at around 75degrees. The fan just doesnt come on the way it use to and before the gpu never went above 60degrees as the fan kicked in as soon as the gpu reached 60degrees.
    Has anyone heard of such problems and what I can get to control fan or what new nvidia drivers should solve the problem..??
     
    Fishy, May 17, 2008
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  2. StormEffect

    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    That temp really isn't all that bad. Mine never really goes below 75.

    You might try some different drivers, some cause much more heat than others. I find the 165.25 to be lower temp than 174.74 at the cost of a few FPS. Maybe you should try the new 175.16 driver, that might be the best of both worlds.
     
    StormEffect, May 17, 2008
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  3. Tusin

    Tusin Notebook Evangelist

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    No that is not that "hot", and will not do any damage to your card. But dang, that extra heat would drive me a little crazy. Like StormEffect suggested try some different drivers from LaptopVideo2Go. Or just Upgrade to XP ;) Actually I consider it a crossgrade.
     
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  4. Valleybacker

    Valleybacker Notebook Consultant

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    My 8400 has reached 205 degrees before. It won't be hurt.

    You have to remember that vista is a more visually demanding os than XP.
     
    Valleybacker, May 17, 2008
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  5. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    205F , you mean.
    He was thinking 75C =167F , but 96C(205F) is pretty high.
    According to Asus G1S users, Asus said the 8600M GT can go upto 120C (~250F) safely. Although I`d take that with a grain of salt.
    Vista uses the GPU , and that`s why the temps are bigger even in desktop mode.
     
    eleron911, May 17, 2008
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  6. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    I agree with StormEffect about 174.74 will run a bit warmer. Try 169.28, very stable. On my video card, the 169.28 runs a few degrees cooler than the 174.74 at idle, and the 174.74 had a matching OEM INF too.
     
    stewie, May 17, 2008
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  7. mamikel

    mamikel Newbie

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    My laptop came with XP Media Centre and I had been using it as a media centre for around 10 months. Following general consensus that Vista Media Centre was a marked improvement I bought a copy of Vista Home Premium. Within a couple of weeks, my laptop died. The company replaced the inards of the laptop (all parts) under warranty and I installed vista again - after all, the laptop was vista certified, surely an operating system couldn't kill it.

    The laptop died again within a month. The company again repaired the system but I'm sticking with XP now. I also noticed the vista certified sticker had been replaced with a designed for windows xp sticker.

    In light of this, I'd probably check with whoever you bought the laptop off to ensure it is able to deal with the greater demands of vista - if you really wish to stay with vista that is. I have also heard of warranties not being honoured if Vista is installed on an XP system - whoever heard of an O/S voiding warranty? Despite the positive reviews on Vista media centre, I couldn't find a single reason to adopt it over XP other than it was prettier. On the other hand, I had plenty of reasons to stay with XP - certainly I feel a lot more in control of the system.

    Not exactly what you were asking, but perhaps somethings worth thinking about
     
    mamikel, May 30, 2008
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