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    Winter's good for gaming?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Sephye, Jan 25, 2009.

  1. Sephye

    Sephye Notebook Guru

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    Sigh! My temps are killing me, here in Singapore, where its hot all year round! 96C for GPU when gaming!

    Its great to have winter. I bet gaming out in the yard beats any notebook cooler heheh.

    Oh btw, does the GPU downclock at around 93C-96C? I've noticed I can run the game at 1028x720 when I just start playing, but a few minutes later it becomes a slideshow! GPU downclocking possibly?
     
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  2. Hirohata

    Hirohata GBF Danchou

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    I don't think my temps ever went that high in Brunei last summer. Max it went to was around 85C without a cooler (but w/ a/c on of course :D). Try cleaning out your fan and vents. Hopefully the temps will go down significantly.

    GPU does downclock if it's overheating (which is what's happening).
     
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  3. Sephye

    Sephye Notebook Guru

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    I'd gladly suffer in the cold just to be able to play my games at anything more than 800x600!

    The vents are quite clean, I only got this notebook for half a year, plus the techie replaced my mobo once, so I kinda cleaned the fan a little.
     
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  4. Hirohata

    Hirohata GBF Danchou

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    Which XPS and GPU do you have?
     
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  5. Sephye

    Sephye Notebook Guru

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    1330 with the 8400M GS.

    I should have gone with the 1530 though, since my 1330 stays home 90% of the time.

    Running the games in an air-conditioned room at 22C(what I'm doing now) doesn't help the temps much. Just 1C reduction in GPU temp!
     
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    Hirohata GBF Danchou

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    Could be a defective GPU. You may wanna try contacting Dell if it's still under warranty.
     
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    i've lived in singapore and USA....

    believe me, its not much difference.... the GPU will still stress itself out... im at a 20C room, GPU still goes to 97C when i play CS:S(not a very demadning game)...
     
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    frodobagins Notebook Geek

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  9. Sephye

    Sephye Notebook Guru

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    Nice frodobagins.

    Unforturnately sawing out the table isn't an option for me. I'm looking to get a cooler though, and I hope it can at least keep it below 90C. At what temps do the GPU downclock?
     
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  10. Koer

    Koer Notebook Deity

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    in my case, winter means high temps, because the heater on my house is always running, but in summer ( still cold in mexico city) we dont turn it on, so its cooler.
    i would say saw the table!!! hehe, or simply call dell to have that issue fixed :D

    cheers
     
    Koer, Jan 26, 2009
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  11. theshort

    theshort Newbie

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    yea but is that, eastern states its 30 but 70% humidity summer or the western its 40 and like 15% humidity?
     
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    mar_tin1 Notebook Consultant

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    Wow man my temperatures never go that high even after hours of playing ( the last game on my list ) MAx is 75C
     
    mar_tin1, Jan 26, 2009
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  13. Sephye

    Sephye Notebook Guru

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    You're running a 8600! Either the chassis is much better for cooling or the card just isn't as hot.
     
    Sephye, Jan 26, 2009
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  14. dmacfour

    dmacfour Are you aware...

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    Doesn't make much of a difference in my case. I usually lift the back up and direct a fan at my laptop in the summer, just in case.
     
    dmacfour, Jan 27, 2009
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