On Nov 23, 4:50 pm, Koolsk8boar...@excite.com wrote:
> On Nov 23, 5:23 am, "GT" <ContactGT_remo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Hello, I am looking for any kind of insight on an issue I am having.
> > > My cpu seems to be throttling very often when playing a game, world of
> > > warcraft, but I cannot figure out what the cause is. My system specs
> > > are as follows:
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> > > Processor: Intel(R) Core(tm)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs)
> > > Memory: 2046MB RAM
> > > Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 320mb
> > > Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream OCZ600GXSSLI ATX12V 600W Power Supply
> > > Hard Drive: Western Digital Raptor X WD1500AHFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB
> > > Cache Serial ATA150
> > > Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel
> > > Motherboard
> > > Operating System: Windows XP Professional 32 bit
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> > > My cpu runs at 34 C idle, and about 40 when gaming. It is surely not
> > > an overheating issue, and I do not have speedstep or anything of the
> > > likes turned on in the BIOS. I will have stuttering type lag, causing
> > > the game to freeze for a second basically, and it happens often. My
> > > fps is also being cut by this. By monitoring my CPU with rightmark, I
> > > have noticed that both cores of the cpu are throttling a bit,
> > > basically whenever a pause occurs. It throttles from 2.4 to maybe
> > > 2.2, but its enough to cause the lag. Sometimes it will spike as low
> > > as 1400 and return right back to normal.
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> > Your problem has to be heat. There are several temperature values for the
> > Core 2 CPUs. Each core has a temperature sensor and there is a sensor in the
> > middle of the 'gap' (I forget what this 'gap' sensor is called). If you are
> > seeing 34C idle and 40C under load as the 'CPU' temperature, then this might
> > be the 'gap' temperature, for which 34-40 is quite high.
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> > With a 'gap' temperature of 31C, I get both cores around the 40C mark. When
> > my 'gap' temperature rises to mid-high 30s, the core temperatures go to the
> > low 50s, so if your 'gap' temperature is reaching 40C, then your core
> > temperatures could be reaching mid-high 50s which, I guess, must be in the
> > throttle zone.
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> > Download Speedfan or Everest (both free) and look at the temperatures in
> > there. You will find you get temperatures for your Hard disks, a temperature
> > for each CPU core and 2 other temperatures. One of these other temperatures
> > is your CPU 'gap' temperature and the other one is probably the motherboard
> > chipset temperature. You may of course have other temperatures in there, but
> > they are not labelled helpfully, so you have to figure out which is which
> > yourself - when the CPU moves from idle to load, the temperature that
> > changes by several degrees, quickly is your 'gap' temperature.
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> > That graphics card will generate plenty of heat too, so your case is
> > probably pretty warm, so one thing you could try immediately, is remove the
> > case/side from your computer and make sure there is a fan or some airflow
> > pointing into the case, then see if it overheats. If it still overheats and
> > throttles down the CPU, then your CPU fan/heatsink is not fixed on or
> > perhaps not working properly. Check the fan and heatsink for dust - perhaps
> > it has all become clogged.
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> Hey, thanks for the advice. I have downloaded speed fan, and after
> looking at the temps, I have found it displaying both my cpu cores at
> about 33 C, but there is Core 0, Core 1, and then just plain Core.
> The plain core, which I assume may be the gap temp you speak of, is
> sitting at 53 C. So assuming that this in fact is the gap temp, I
> suppose this needs to be looked in to. I just find it odd, as I use a
> Zalmans fan/heat sink on my cpu, it has a good deal of fans in it too,
> so overheating hasn't been a problem. There isn't much dust either,
> as I regularly clean it out with compressed air. I suppose the best
> thing I could do is remount the zalman fan?
Hmm, forget what I said
That is actually my video card, and thats a
pretty normal temp for this card. I actually can't exactly see a temp
that would be the gap temp. The only other temp thats somewhat high
is the one labeled as Temp 1, part of the ISA bus, at 41 C. Other
then that, the only thing that strikes me as odd is the Vcore
voltages. I noticed Vcore 1 and Vcore 2, with vcore 1 having a 1.22V,
and vcore 2 having 1.90V. Just curious why the 2nd one is so much
higher, as I don't know what it pertains to. Just from looking at
this, it really doesn't seem like an overheating problem, even tho the
cpu is throttling :[