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    Furmark results analysis

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by mortalcombat, Aug 1, 2012.

  1. mortalcombat

    mortalcombat Notebook Consultant

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    I have attached a short Furmark run.

    Is 43 fps for the normal test okay?

    Also my temp is reaching 95 degrees.

    I have bought thermal paste and washers to tighten the GPU heatsink.

    Should I repaste and tighten the screws? I also have aluminum tape but the GPU fan is pretty close to the heatsink so it shouldn't be a major improvement.

    Any opinions?
     

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  2. Donald@Paladin44

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    Your FPS and temperature are fine.

    I would be very careful with both adding washers, and tightening the heat sink. I doubt that either will consistently improve your temps.
     
    Donald@Paladin44, Aug 1, 2012
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  3. james_het

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    same temps here sadly, my ambient temp is 35° Celsius btw....im planning to hear from the call center if i can repaste etc without losing the 3 yrs warranty.
    Yesterday i called them and they said that these temps can be normal cause it s very hot outside, and that the warranty covers any damage due to the hotness of the VGA/CPU.

    So ill just seat and wait if any damage happens, if not im happy, if any damage occurs ill just RMA :rolleyes:
     
    james_het, Aug 1, 2012
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    Is there a safety feature where when your temps reach 100c the system will shut down?
     
    rmmrolf, Aug 8, 2012
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    Yes there is a high-temperature thermal shutdown threshold. Not sure what the exact values are though...
     
    arg8, Aug 8, 2012
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    Threshold for thermal shutdown should be 110C.
     
    Heihachi_1337, Aug 8, 2012
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  7. arcticjoe

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    those temps are a little high. 10 minute run in furmark barely touches 80c for me. My temps looked similar to yours before repaste, even though I had ICD7.
     
    arcticjoe, Aug 8, 2012
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  8. apollo21

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    can someone explain why my fps locks at 30? was trying same test with 7970m.
     
    apollo21, Aug 8, 2012
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    are you running on battery power? if not what GPU frequency do you see?
     
    arcticjoe, Aug 8, 2012
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    no i am pluged in and made on max performance , where can i see it? or you mean gpu usage? its 90%
     
    apollo21, Aug 8, 2012
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