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    Two unrelated questions

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Danja, Dec 23, 2008.

  1. Danja

    Danja Notebook Evangelist

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    1: Is it possible to replace the internal speakers on the FX? I have spare desktop speakers but their adapter is huge and a PITA to carry around. Is it possible to upgrade?

    2: Will games always push a gpu to its maximum temp? When I play STALKER with standard clock settings, I get 60-80 FPS and a gpu temp around 70-72. When I play LOMAC with OC, I get roughly 20-35 FPS (depending on camera angle) but the card never heats up beyond 59 ish degrees. I tried playing around with the OC settings and anything beyond 610 core or 900 memory is unstable... even with those settings it crashes occasionally. Is Lock On fully utilizing my gpu?
     
    Danja, Dec 23, 2008
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  2. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    1. Not sure, but it wouldnt be easy if possible,

    2. Those temps are normal. Anything below 90C is fine. ;)
     
    ahl395, Dec 23, 2008
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  3. WILLY S

    WILLY S I was saying boo-urns

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    When you're getting 60+ frames in a game enable "Vsync" to cap your fps @ 60. It'll stop image tearing, and stop your gpu from over-rendering frames which will reduce your gpu temps and probably your cpu temps aswell.
     
    WILLY S, Dec 23, 2008
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  4. Danja

    Danja Notebook Evangelist

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    I think I'll do that for STALKER, thanks. I was wondering if maybe my gpu was underperforming in LOMAC for driver or optimization reasons, but judging from the replies it looks like that's not the case. Thanks for the replies!
     
    Danja, Dec 24, 2008
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