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Anderson256 · 19 Feb 2011 at 15:01

Hey folks, so im running Metro2033 on max and im getting GPU temps of 80-95. Is that too high or normal for being under load?

Thanks

powelly · 19 Feb 2011 at 15:34

Anderson256 said:
Hey folks, so im running Metro2033 on max and im getting GPU temps of 80-95. Is that too high or normal for being under load?

Thanks

thats quite high
if i were you i would download msi afterburner and set fan speed to around 50-60% and save a profile so it stays like that, you should then get temps of about 70c at full load hopefull which is good or you could get lower

Anderson256 · 19 Feb 2011 at 18:05

Cranked the fan up to 60% using EXPERTool that came with the 570. Now it runs at around 78 under load. Is it safe to put your GPU fan on 100%? Or would this shorten the lifespan or something?

LEUVEN · 20 Feb 2011 at 15:25

Anderson256 said:
Cranked the fan up to 60% using EXPERTool that came with the 570. Now it runs at around 78 under load. Is it safe to put your GPU fan on 100%? Or would this shorten the lifespan or something?

May shorten the lifespan of your ears.

bhavv · 20 Feb 2011 at 15:50

Anderson256 said:
U always find just the right answer stulid Thanks again. Now the thermal grease? Just a pea sized amount? Or a thin line?

For a quad core CPU, you want two thin lines 1/3 of the way in from the top and the bottom of the CPU.

Pea sized blob in the middle wont spread well, and might miss some corners. The two line method will give the best coverage over each of the CPUs cores.

I've tried lots of reseats on my I7, and found the two line method better than a blob in the middle or a single line. It also worked wonders on my graphics cards too.

Anderson256 · 20 Feb 2011 at 17:27

Ahh thanks bhavy I will do that in future!