Sup3rKillaX Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I have the m17x r4 with he 7970m. I do enjoy the silence of the fans.. But the gpu heatsink is pretty hot it seems (idle), and the gpu itself on idle is always at 50-56c.. Which to me is.. way to hot for an idle temp. Is this normal? Or should i be worried about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loafer987 Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 My 7970m would hover between 40 and 50 idle depending on whether it was in idle clock mode or if there was animated (or video) things happening. (clock speeds run higher when you watching Youtube for example)The fan profile on the m17x r3/4 doesnt start the fans until 50* if I remember correctly. You much better off checking you max temps with a program like GPUz while you play a game or run a couple benchmarks. The max safe temp id ever let a 7970m see is probably 75*. i believe they start throttling at that temp on certain other models of notebooks. I blew up the memory chips on a 7970m at only 1300mhz because they ran too hot for too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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