GTX 460m, 63 degrees IDLE temp When "Prefer Maximum Performance" is Enabled!

[kimiraikkonen]

Hı guys,
Since using R300 drivers starting from 301.42, i get random and absurd TDRs while my GPU is not throttled and when it's quite idle with simple tasks like browsing, typing text in Ms Word etc. I'm trying to get rid of silly TDRs by means of suggested trick here:



But the problem is, when i disable "adaptive" power management and select "maximum performance", and if Firefox or WMP is running (the setting is applied to those programs as global you know), my idle GPU temp is almost 63 degrees (celcius) as a result of having clock speed at 675 mhz and VDDC voltage at 0.9620 as maxed out:



If i turn back to "adaptive", my idle temp is about 50 degrees which is fine and my GPU can downclock as low as 0.8120v and 50 mhz GPU clock as expected.

That implies about 13 degrees difference because of that setting by means of keeping Windows stable without TDR (still testing).

Is 63 degrees of idle temp too much because of that power management setting?

What do you think?

My maximum (gaming) temp is about 82 degrees with no crash or reboot anyways.

Any comment is appreciated, Thanks in advance.

[Rarius]

I hate to hijack a thread, but I really did not want to clog up the forum with another, my Idling temp seems to be in the same area, but recently, probably because of the ventilation in my new place or some crap like that, my load temps have reached 90ish degrees and the framerate dies as my GPU seems to downclock to prevent itself from burning out from what I can tell. It's like, I start up a game, it runs well, then anywhere from a couple of minutes, to maybe like ten or so minutes later, my frame rate plunges.

If I alt-tab out, then a bit later alt-tab back in, my framerate returns to normal, as it's cooler (I think?) then the problem occurs again.

[Zygomorphic]

Try cleaning out your heatsinks, and if you're feeling brave, repaste the GPU and CPU. Repasting isn't a simple task, but there are tutorials on how to disassemble your notebook. Redoing the apste job will drop your temps dramatically, since the stock paste isn't that great to begin with.

[kimiraikkonen]

@Zygomorphic, thanks for your reply, i appreciate. I somehow read somewhere that Asus had shipped my G53JW with modded VBIOS (maybe for OC capabilities) and 314.22 unclocked a bit more potential by raising VDDC (based on VID) 0.008v higher. I don't think it's really bad as i was having difficulties with old voltages before 314.22.

Another possibility that 314.22 is reporting correct voltages whereas previous WHQL couldn't. Can this be possible?