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    throttling even more of an issue with a cooler?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by mrbee33, May 5, 2010.

  1. mrbee33

    mrbee33 Notebook Evangelist

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    I was thinking about buying a notebook cooler, most likely the COOLER MASTER NotePal Infinite Notebook Cooler and i was just wondering if it would increase throttling as it draws its power from the laptop. I have the 130watt charger but still am unsure. I really think this laptop needs a cooler so i will probably buy it anyway and just hook it up to my secondary laptop while gaming lol.

    thanks!
     
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    The main throttle now issue is that when the GPU temperature hits 84C it will greatly lower its clock speeds until it cools off a bit, giving you a major FPS drop in games. You should get a free GPU temperature monitor (I'm using HWMonitor Pro trial), and verify that your card is indeed hitting 84C. If it's never hitting 84C, then you don't have a problem, and the cooler will have no short term positive effect other than keeping your legs cooler than having the laptop on them. I don't think that the power used by the cooler will be significant enough to push you over the 130w limit (assuming you don't have an i7 Quad-RGBLED screen configuration which supposedly easily reaches 130w).
     
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    mrbee33 Notebook Evangelist

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    ya playing empire total war my cpu and gpu are above 80. crazy temps on this new laptop, i thought it would be significantly cooler than my m1530. I have noticed the fps drop while gaming for like 5-10 seconds which i guess is what happens when it hits that 83-84 degree level. I ordered the coolermaster today, hopefully itll help my problem.

    Also, how do you know if your reaching the 130watt limit?
     
    mrbee33, May 5, 2010
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