GPU Shadows and GPU Temps

[thephantomposter]

<p>I have an ATI 4850 and an AMD Athlon X2 processor</p><p>When I turned on GPU Shadows from CPU, my system shut down after a bit.</p><p>So I checked my Temps after my reboot while running EQ2, GPU Temp was at 115 and climbing and my CPU temps were both low 50s.</p><p>So today I switched back to CPU Shadows and my GPU Temp is at low 90s with fan at 100%(it used to run at this temp with fan at 80%) and CPU temps are at low 50s.</p><p>Question 1 anybody else experience a big rise in temp using GPU Shadows?</p><p>Question 2 I am curious why my CPU temp went up.</p><p>Question 3 Is this a sign that my ATI card is acting up?</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>thephantomposter wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Question 1 anybody else experience a big rise in temp using GPU Shadows?</p><p>Question 2 I am curious why my CPU temp went up.</p><p>Question 3 Is this a sign that my ATI card is acting up?</p></blockquote><p>1) I didn't notice much of a rise, but I'm running a fairly new GTX280 that vents out the back of the PC.</p><p>2) Not sure about this one specifically.  Temps will correspond to the load on that chip, and I don't know exactly how the code changes worked with this update.</p><p>3) If it got to the point where it automatically shut down, then yes.  I would advise making sure the fan and vents aren't being hindered by dust or debris.  Also, is the graphics card overclocked in some way by the factory or yourself?  If so, that could definitely lead to overheating and you might want to scale it back some.</p>

[thephantomposter]

<p>Not overclocked but does get may hours :0)</p><p>I think I will look at buying some new thermal compound and start saving for another system.</p>

[Theramor-GoV]

<p>Once I enabled GPU Shadows, my video card starting warming up as well.  I never had that issue before while playing EQ2.  Personally, I think it means that EQ2 is now using more of the card (finally!!!  Its great to see it become less CPU bound).</p><p>My advice is to google a program called "EVGA Precision" (I know it works on nVidia cards and I'm not running an EVGA branded card for the record.  I'm not 100% sure f it will run on ATI cards but I'm guessing there are similar utilities out there). </p><p>What I do is manually clock my fan to run at 75% of normal.  On my card, it defaults at 40% until a certain temp threshold then slowly ramps up.  By starting it at 75%, it keeps the card running very cool and the extra air flow helps keep CPU and Mobo temps lower as well.</p><p>This is something I've done since I started playing very GPU stressful games such as Fallout 3.</p><p>Hope this helps....</p><p>T</p>

[TSR-KenC]

<p>Great advice, Theramor! I'll have to check that out for my home system.</p>