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    acceptable temperatures

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by person135, Oct 29, 2008.

  1. person135

    person135 Notebook Evangelist

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    what are acceptable temperatures for the GPU and CPU?
    mine normally are 37C CPU and 61C GPU EDIT: the GPU somehow downclocked and now its at 58C

    I ran crysis and the GPU went up to around 76-77C

    Is that normal?

    I want to overclock my GPU, and so when I overclock, what are acceptable temperatures?

    This was done with a sager NP2096 by putting it on a wooden desk surface. (I thought the np2096 was supposed to have good cooling?)
     
    person135, Oct 29, 2008
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  2. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    Go read at cooling central
     
    X2P, Oct 29, 2008
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    Second the above suggestion, also if you see CPU temperatures in excess of 90 degrees and the GPU doing over 80 you need to move quickly if you wish to keep a working notebook.
     
    Harleyquin07, Oct 29, 2008
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    wojtek_pl Notebook Consultant

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    GPU over 80 C dangerous?

    From the thread mentioned above:
     
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    Fittersman Wanna trade?

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    well, ive seen my GPU go up to around 91 celcius... It died after a year and a half (last week) but who knows what caused that, could be the high temps, could be the known defect in most of the 8xxx series nvidia GPU, could be anything that caused it to die. I dont overclock, I use the notebook as it was originally designed to run so i dont see there being any problem in getting above 90C since asus designed it like this.
     
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  6. person135

    person135 Notebook Evangelist

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    ok thanks

    i think 85 is a limit for me. i wonder how high i can get my clocks to without going past 85.
     
    person135, Oct 29, 2008
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    Ignasass Notebook Guru

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    my gpu gets to 82~ C when playing... in Windows Vista Aero environment it gets to 64 - 60 C.
     
    Ignasass, Oct 30, 2008
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    checkmait Notebook Consultant

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    In short, because no one has come out and said it, those temps are fine.
     
    checkmait, Oct 30, 2008
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    my gpu hits 100, although i have a g1s (bad cooling design + 8600m GT + overclock = lol for cooling). But i've never had any problems due to the card overheating. running almost 15 months now.

    im sure 77 is fine
     
    brian.hanna, Oct 30, 2008
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