acceptable temp for a mobile GPU??

[moose517]

got a question guys, tonight for some reason my laptop GPU is running at around 95c, its a 9500m GS, is that way to hot to take the chance with it, earlier i was checking emails and the screen was showing major artifracting. What is the max temp for them. BTW the laptop is an asus g1sn-a1, the GPU is connected to the CPU's heatpipe but the CPU is still running at only 55 which is about normal for it. Any ideas?

[Martijn]

If it is on the same heatsink, it can only be bad contact. I had the same issues in my own laptop. After remounting with different thermal paste I managed to get 70C load temps instead of 100C+.

Then again, 95C shouldn't really be an issue for modern GPUs, but if it's bad contact it could well be that a part of the chip is a lot hotter then that since it isn't in contact with the heatsink.

Hope this helps :up:

[TRF-Inferno]

got a question guys, tonight for some reason my laptop GPU is running at around 95c, its a 9500m GS, is that way to hot to take the chance with it, earlier i was checking emails and the screen was showing major artifracting. What is the max temp for them. BTW the laptop is an asus g1sn-a1, the GPU is connected to the CPU's heatpipe but the CPU is still running at only 55 which is about normal for it. Any ideas?

There's a serious issue going on if your 9500M GS is running at 95C and artifacting, especially if you are just checking e-mails. Unless you're running a 3D application, it should only be at 50-60C. I would call ASUS and consult them about it, or if you trust yourself enough, open it up and see if the heatsink is making proper contact with the GPU die.

[inCore]

My GPU idles at around 55 degrees in my Dell XPS M1210. I prefer not to tinker with my laptop, it's usually easier to rely on warranty with laptops.