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    Worried about NP5793 GPU Temps

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by xosag, May 17, 2008.

  1. xosag

    xosag Newbie

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    Hello, everyone! I received my Sager NP5793 about two weeks ago, and, since then, I've been a little concerned about the temperature of my 8800M GTX. It idles around 40C, goes to 45-49 under normal OS usage (web browsing, word processing, watching movies), but under extended game usage with fans on high, it can spike up as high as 89C, which seems a mite toasty for my tastes. Testing with FurMark for an hour shows an asymptote at the 90c mark, but I was too nervous to leave it running any longer, so it might go higher for all I know.

    Is this normal behavior, and, if not, are there any steps which I can take? For the record, I'm using the notebook on a hard wooden table and monitoring temps with RivaTuner 2.09 on Vista x64, if that's pertinent to my situation. Additionally, the CPU temps are very cool, and they never go above 55C (even after 2 hours under Orthos). The ambient temperature is around 28C.
     
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  2. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    It`s the highest I`ve heard for the 8800M GTX in the 5793.
    Now , it`s not actually a cause for concern , the m15x users have it running even hotter .
    Although the temps are pretty high, somehow, maybe they`re not accurate.
    Try HWMonitor and see how much that one gets,since it has a min/max option built in.
    If this keeps up, you might have to contact Sager or your reseller,since the temps are much higher than everyone else`s.
     
    eleron911, May 17, 2008
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  3. jmanrob

    jmanrob Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thats seems pretty high on load, good idle though. Highest mine reaches is 60c in vista with stock drivers.

    BTW I never have to use the Fn+1.
     
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    Nirvana Notebook Prophet

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    ^^^agree, even my overclocked 8800m never passed 74C
     
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  5. Thug21

    Thug21 Notebook Evangelist

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    Mine is 48C with web browsing etc, on WinXP (no notebook cooler, no elevating the back fans). On Crysis without max fan mode, my GPU gets to the low 60's. From what I've read, 90 is the absolute max for the card without damage.
     
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  6. jmanrob

    jmanrob Notebook Enthusiast

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    These temps are using zalman NC2000, never have to use Fn+1.
     

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  7. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Wow, the Zalman really comes through for your system. I must get that one, even if I don`t really need it :D
     
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  8. xosag

    xosag Newbie

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    Thank you very much for the advice, everyone! I'll try some different monitoring software and probably refrain from heavy gaming until I get a chance to contact XoticPC.
     
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  9. jmanrob

    jmanrob Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes it helped out alot compared to what I was getting before :) I was mainly concerned with my hd temp it was always above 52c in xp, the cooler droped it to like 48-49. But now it goes even lower now that I switched to vista ultimate.
     

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  10. ghostbear

    ghostbear Notebook Guru

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    My GPU temp is 45 C at start-up, and it idles at between 50-60 C. Could something be wrong with my GPU? :confused: I'm on XP, with fn+3.
     
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  11. eleron911

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    No, some systems behave differently.
    Even similar specced laptops had different temps than me.
    60C is still ok, as long as you don`t go over 75C you should be fine.
    Some even go upto 85C , but they clean the laptop,use a notebook cooler,force Fn+1 and keep it raised a tad.
     
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  12. jmanrob

    jmanrob Notebook Enthusiast

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    Its because your using Fn+3, try normal fans it will lower your temps.
     
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  13. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    First get a cooler and see if that helps.Is the vents cleaned?

    You do have high temps.
     
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  14. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    The cooler should not be required in the first place.
    His temps are abnormally high...
    I sugest contacting XoticPc thirst thing Monday morning.
     
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  15. Rich.Carpenter

    Rich.Carpenter Cranky Bastage

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    Is this the Zalman cooler you are talking about? I'm always concerned about powering such devices from the notebook's USB port. Is that not a concern here?
     
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  16. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    That`s pretty much among the best coolers yet.
     
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  17. Rich.Carpenter

    Rich.Carpenter Cranky Bastage

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    Good to know. A friend of mine had a laptop cooler burn out one of his USB ports, so I'm kinda paranoid about it.
     
    Rich.Carpenter, May 18, 2008
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  18. eleron911

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    I think you can get them with a separate power cord also.
     
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  19. ms500

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    Mine doesn't go much over 65c, after gaming and running 3dmark06.
     
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  20. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    3dmark,ran at 1280x1024 is hardly GPU stressing.
    Crysis,and pretty much any newer game at high resolutions,now that will give you a gpu max temp.
     
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  21. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    Yeah my gpu is getting really hot these days, i need to clena my vents, reinstall my drivers too.




    update: I cleaned the bad boy out, there was so much gunk build up. I need to do that more often.
     
    naticus, May 20, 2008
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  22. xosag

    xosag Newbie

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    As an update, I called Sager support, and they said they would look into. I'm still waiting for the phonecall at the moment, but I think I may have resolved the problem for the time: I uninstalled the 175.70 from LV2G and installed the official Clevo 174.90 drivers, and, since then, my temps haven't gone above 76C. I'll do some more testing tonight, but, as of now, things are looking up.
     
    xosag, May 20, 2008
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  23. eleron911

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    There you go ... some drivers are bad ideas,running hotter than others.
    Oficial Clevo ones? I might want to try those myself...
     
    eleron911, May 20, 2008
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