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    Concerned about High Temps while gaming? (DV7T)

    Discussion in 'HP' started by saladin416, Jun 17, 2011.

  1. saladin416

    saladin416 Notebook Guru

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    when i play games on my laptop, i tend to get temps ranging from 80-85C when i play Metro 2033 on HIGH with Max rez


    but then i put my Coolsense control to Coldest, and now my temps max out at 67-69C while playing games


    those are excellent numbers :)
     
    saladin416, Jun 17, 2011
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  2. Winkyeye

    Winkyeye Notebook Consultant

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    With coolsense set to coolest, your cpu performance is reduced and the increase fan speed kicks in earlier. I'm not sure what it does with the cpu exactly, but I get similar temps when disabling turbo boost.
     
    Winkyeye, Jun 17, 2011
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  3. shasta7

    shasta7 Notebook Evangelist

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    does setting coolsense to coolest in fact disable turbo boost?
     
    shasta7, Jun 17, 2011
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    I'm not sure but I do see a performance decrease when running wprime.
     
    Winkyeye, Jun 17, 2011
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    Kahn20 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm not 100% sure myself, but that appears to be the consensus some other folks have reached after more intensive benchmarking. Boot up a single-core game while on Coolest mode and see if your performance drops significantly.
     
    Kahn20, Jun 18, 2011
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