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    Fallout 3 and T61p

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by amoeba, Dec 10, 2008.

  1. amoeba

    amoeba Notebook Enthusiast

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    How's this running for you guys? I can only run this on low, at 1280 resolution. At that point I get 60fps (capped) and drops to 30fps in extra dark areas.

    It also runs extremely hot. TPfancontrol reports 92 degrees when playing, christ.
     
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  2. elfroggo

    elfroggo Notebook Evangelist

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    I run it at 1440 rezo, but I think I have a higher tolerance for framerates than most. Are you using modified drivers? If I'm playing 3d intense games I usually use a cooler.
     
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  3. amoeba

    amoeba Notebook Enthusiast

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    stock drivers, no overclocking (don't even know if it's possible on this card). Stock drivers were good to me in bf2, so never bothered to change it. If I can see a 10% fps increase then I'll be inclined to do the drivers mod.
     
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    elfroggo Notebook Evangelist

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    I haven't done any overclocking either, drivers are here:
    http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/

    they all seem a little different but see which one works for you. Honestly I'm not sure if there was a performance increase with these drivers, I didn't do any substantive tests :p
     
    elfroggo, Dec 11, 2008
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    miro_gt Notebook Deity

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    force the fan to run on max in tpfancontrol.ini ... cause your temps are very high.

    mine, overclocked, has never reached over 87 deg C. With the help of tpfancontrol now it doesn't go above 72 deg C.
     
    miro_gt, Dec 11, 2008
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    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    Miro-GT.
    Tell me about tpcontrol.
    Renee
     
    Renee, Dec 11, 2008
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    miro_gt Notebook Deity

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    awesome stuff :D

    it allows you to control the fan speed at whatever temperatures you want. It starts at windows start up for me now.

    I've made it to turn the fan off at 45 deg and keep it that way until it hits 50 deg, at which point the fan starts working at lower speed than the original BIOS speed, thus the laptop runs quieter now. Also, above 70 deg it sets the crazy fast fan speed to cool my overclocked GPU, so it runs way cooler that if the fan was controlled by the BIOS.

    highly reccomend it. Last version is 0.50 , as far as I know
     
    miro_gt, Dec 11, 2008
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    ambientmf Newbie

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    Don't mean to bring up an older thread, but what speed do you have tpfancontrol run above 70 deg? Currently I always use manual mode 7 but my laptop is running a little hot and was wondering if using mode 64 (extremely fast) would be safe.
     
    ambientmf, Mar 13, 2009
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