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MaD   08-26-2008 at 09:25:33 PM

Right, so at this moment i am rendering one of my school projects on 3ds Max, and i just found out that i could find out my graphics card temp on the Catayst Control Center. Well, i checked just to see how my 4850's tempreture was doing, i looked at it, it was stabely on 68 degrees. Below that it has a dial for GPU Activity. It reads 0% and occassionally goes up to 1%. Is the graphics card doing any of the rendering (if its meant to) or is it doing 68 at idle? Could someone just explain this to me.

Thanks.

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SirCrono   08-26-2008 at 09:50:02 PM
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The rendering is probably being done by the CPU, there are programs that support GPU rendering acceleration, but mostly betas, not commercial software.

In a few years the story's going to be different.

And yhea, videocards tend to idle at 60~70ºC, it's completely normal (unless you're using an aftermarket cooler)

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coozie7   08-26-2008 at 09:53:25 PM
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^Yep!

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eklipz330   08-26-2008 at 10:49:03 PM
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my 2900xt idles at 50C =]
both of them

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MaD   08-27-2008 at 01:30:51 PM
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Ok, also i was reading something, and aparently gaming GPU's dont work as well with 3d Modelling Programs. For that you will need a specific 3d modelling GPU, or something along the lines of that.

Also, i found a fan fix for the 4850. Apparently the fan doesnt run normally, now im running my fan at 50% and its idling between 46-47. Dunno what it does on games yet, il check it out later.

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