Vortex IV 8970m temps

[mrmrdolph]

Hi. i recently revived my Vortex IV 17inch.
so far im overall pleased with build quality and performance and not to mention the glossy 90% gamut screen that is truly in another league compared with previous laptops ive owned(g55,ge70).

what is a bit alarming is the temps i get on my 8970m.
before ordering my computer i reed on notebokcheck that it would push 72c after 30min battlefield 3.

but for me playing Bioshock infinity will push me up to 77-80c with a U3 cooler max, and beyond if i turn it off.
other games lite WOTR and FC3 also give me around 78c.

where the notebookcheck test faulty or is my pastejob poor?

what are other owners seeing?

 

[keynes]

where the notebookcheck test faulty or is my pastejob poor?

It is probably an estimate, different chassis, room temp........
Have you try pressin fn+1 when gaming?

what are other owners seeing?

Similar but I got a 780m

 

[mrmrdolph]

It is probably an estimate, different chassis, room temp........
Have you try pressin fn+1 when gaming?

Similar but I got a 780m

the notebookcheck test was done in the same chassis, the p170sm.
And im in Sweden so its not blazing heat hehe.

they did run the 780m in the same test and reported it hitting 86c.
so one would think that the 8970m card should run cooler then 780m.

 

[kylhan]

Don't worry those temps are completely normal for a laptop GPU. If it keeps hitting 90+oC then there might be a problem, but I wouldn't worry about the current temps

 

[SmokeDarKnight]

Don't worry those temps are completely normal for a laptop GPU. If it keeps hitting 90+oC then there might be a problem, but I wouldn't worry about the current temps

Yeah i agree those temperatures are fine, i sit about that on the 6990m and not had a problem.

 

[One-Half]

What Thermal Compound you use?Stock or Acrtic MX 4?My temp gtx 780m +U3 on medium after 4hours Battlefied3 never over 70c.

 

[SmokeDarKnight]

Yeah battlefield 3 on Medium isn't that demanding, i'm about 70 degrees on that too + or - 2

Im using Arctic.

 

[mrmrdolph]

so i decided to do a repast and was shocked when i removed the heatsink to find this
its obvious that pcspecialist did not repast the system with the mx-4 they so gladly charged me for.
the paste was overflowing and hard like clay.
worst paste job ever.
probably done by a machine in Taiwan.
hope they will reimburse me for this.

 

[keynes]

so i decided to do a repast and was shocked when i removed the heatsink to find this View attachment 3969
its obvious that pcspecialist did not repast the system with the mx-4 they so gladly charged me for.
the paste was overflowing and hard like clay.
worst paste job ever.
probably done by a machine in Taiwan.
hope they will reimburse me for this.

Did you repaste the GPU and CPU? was it difficult to access them?

 

[mrmrdolph]

only the gpu.
not harder then to remove 4 screws for the backplate, then 7 screws for the heatsink.
not sure i did a topnotch pastjob though. have never done it before so will probably redo it again just to see if i used the right amount the first time.
it is cooler but only by 2-3c. one would expect more when the old one looks like that.

 

[keynes]

it probably needs some time for the new paste to kick in.

 

[One-Half]

No i mean Cooler master U3 was on medium air flow game was on Full HD + High set 72 +-3 , right stock paste looks like chewing gum easy to remove mx4 or any other paste must beat stock in -10c

 

[mrmrdolph]

soo according to pcspecialist the 11euro repaste is for the cpu only..... makes... sense...