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    7805u -- Fallout 3

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Habitat31, Jan 12, 2009.

  1. Habitat31

    Habitat31 Notebook Enthusiast

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    So i can put everything up to Ultra settings with Anti Aliasing 4 and Anisotropic 8 on 1440 x 900 rez... With no problem what so ever! smooth frame rates even during firefights! :D
    Sooo I was wondering if maxing it out is bad for my laptop? Oh and a lot of heat was coming out so i was worried that was a bad thing so i quit out. I dunno though this is my first
    gaming pc so im a complete noob. Oh and im using Nvidia latest drivers
     
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  2. AW794

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    I downloaded speedfan http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php to monitor my CPU and GPU temps. It works okay. Doesn't seem to show the fan RPM however, just the temps.

    Rivatuner http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=rivatuner can also monitor your temps. I see you can DL a CPU monitor addon as well.

    Check your temps when playing. Im not to sure what a safe temp is (i think anything under 75C?) Maybe someone else can chime in.
     
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  3. Big Mike

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    90C is the thermal safety for the 9800M, anything under 80 is probably acceptable, 75 is probably better. I use HWMonitor from cpuid.com, has max, min and current temps for all the important sensors on this machine so you can check the max when your gaming session is done instead of trying to alt-tab and quickly read it before things cool off since the game is no longer loading the system.
     
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    I wasnt even aware of that one. Ill check it out when i get home. Thanks Mike
     
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    Nvidia's system tuner thing (assuming they carried it over from Ntune) should also have a graphing temperature monitor available that is pretty nice, but I like HWMonitor as it's pretty compact and made by the same guys that make cpu-z who I trust.
     
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    I believe the fans themselves are two wires (when I sneaked a peek)...hence no fan speed monitoring.
     
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    I tried using Ntune, and it kept blue screening. I read something about Ntune not working well with vista64 (what i have). I lost interest after several failed attempts and stopped researching it.

    Do you have a link to HWMonitor?

    That would explain why i dont see the fan RPM's then.
     
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    Big Mike, Jan 15, 2009
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