Journal #6634

Posted 14 years ago2010-07-05 06:08:37 UTC
Captain Terror Captain Terrorwhen a man loves a woman
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mood: = )

And why is my mood happy you may ask? it's because if found a fix to a major problem i was having with my nvidia 9800gts gfx card.

My gpu would heat up to over 100?C when playing L4d on the LOWEST settings, regardless of resolution size. My vid card can more than handle the game, but fsr it would jack up immediately to untenable temperature minutes after stargint the game. Then i found an article about Underclocking your video card

Underclocking to these settings(in () are the original clock speeds):

Core Clock - 400 Mhz (600)
Memory Clock - 300Mhz (900)
Shader Clock - 800 Mhz (1500)

Now, i can run L4D at highest settings at a much more acceptable, breezy-cool 72?C with no noticeable decrease in performance!

Yay! = )

6 Comments

Commented 14 years ago2010-07-05 10:08:49 UTC Comment #55713
Woot?
Commented 14 years ago2010-07-05 10:25:44 UTC Comment #55709
grats
Commented 14 years ago2010-07-05 16:14:45 UTC Comment #55712
Yea leave it there til you need more.
Commented 14 years ago2010-07-05 19:35:59 UTC Comment #55708
Wow. You're cheating yourself out of a good card.

You need to either RMA the card or replace it's cooler. The issue is on the card itself.
Commented 14 years ago2010-07-06 02:52:51 UTC Comment #55711
I had the same problem on my Gateway laptop a year or two ago. I ended up saying fuck it after Gateway customer support was garbage and got a proper desktop gaming rig.
Commented 14 years ago2010-07-06 04:18:04 UTC Comment #55710
luke/naserve: i agree 100% but as long as it performs for me for the games i use it for, i'm gonna stick with it.

I still have a year left in the warranty from best buy, so hopefully it burns up before then and i get a brand-new laptop for free!

)

edit: i just played scII on high settings for over an hour, and the gpu temp never went above 65! (scII was the worst: on medium settings it would send my temps over 110 in like 2 minutes of playing)

) =) =)

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