GeForce 8600M GT - Idle Temperatures

If you have a GeForce 8600M GT in your Vaio (e.g. AR series) please take a moment to help us collect some information.

This is a sister thread to the 8400M GS and 8400M GT polls. If you have a SZ go here instead. If you have a FZ go here please.

After you vote please answer the following in a reply. Thank you!

1. What model Vaio?
2. What is your idle GPU temperature (in Centigrade)?
3. What software was used in measuring your GPU temperature?
4. What was the temperature in the room during measurement?
5. What video driver was used and where was it obtained? (If applicable please indicate if you've over/under clocked the GPU as well.)
6. What operating system was the temperature measured under? 32bit or 64bit?
7. Please indicate the power scheme in use when the temperature was measured. Was Powermizer enabled or disabled?
8. Where any modifications used to obtain the temperature? (e.g. Software Fan Control, Hardware Modification, External Cooler, etc...)
9. What has been the highest temperature you've seen on your card? What application/game was used when this was obtained?

 

Mine is at 77 right now...wait, nevermind...lol, this is for SONY. Blah, my bad.

 

50°C to 55°C when idle, but when play 3D games, the GPU in my AR easily reaches 75°C.

Edit: 60°C to 65°C idle in fact

 

I have the 8600GS DDR3 in my Vaio and I have to say, I'm very dissapointed with its temperatures.

New: GPU Idle Temp = 65C. Gaming = 85C.
1 Year on: GPU Idle Temp = 75C. Gaming = 90C. Max = +95C seen.

Offcouse temperatures will go up as dust accumulates but even when new, my gaming temperatures are very high. I'm pretty sure my card has quite a bit of overclock potential but, I can't since I'll cook my GPU if I try.

 

Hello !

You can remove dust, most laptops are easy to clean inside... but this will not always help. Did you hear about Nvidia's defective chips ?

Cleaning and cooling and powermizing and underclocking will help and extend the lifetime of your GPU for a few days or months. If you're gaming you should really use a notebook cooler.

But there's no long term solution.

If you want to know why your GPUs are dying, just read this:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/703/1028703/nvidia-g84-g86-bad
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/378/1004378/why-nvidia-chips-defective (read also part 2 and part 3).
People said TheInquirer is only publishing rumors but... how old is your GPU ? Is it OK for you to have a laptop that will not reach 2 years ?

Replacing a laptop motherboard is very expensive (if you don't have a MXM chip)... you may want to buy a an extended warranty, but customers have also rights. Just check also your local laws.

Apple extended their support for the same problems:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/education/news/index.cfm?newsid=23121&pagtype=samechandate

HP notebooks have also this problem:
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/...es-hewlett-packard-and-nvidia-screwing-users/

Same is for Asus, Acer, Packard Bell...

So if your notebook is idle or only running office programs or web browsers, your GPU should not exceed 65°C. If you're gaming your GPU should not exceed 85-90°C. If you're above, expect your GPU is near the end.

Nvidia told this to their shareholders:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1215037160521.html

And later they told this to their partners:
http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-...ve-gpus--buy-our-new-chips/6351.html?doc=6351

Good luck.