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Nova Praetoria + alt-tab = Graphics driver crash sometimes

Master-Blade

By Master-Blade,
Posted on: 2010-09-01 18:46 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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Using the 10.8 Catalysts on my Mobility Radeon HD5850. Granted my GPU temperatures do reach 104C, but they do that in other areas in the game as well with no crashes.

 

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running that high im surprised you don't crash more often. try rolling back a driver set and see what happens.

 

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Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm View Post
my GPU temperatures do reach 104C
I rarely see mine above 60. I'd certainly check into that.

 

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Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
I rarely see mine above 60
I hover around 108 in Furmark. I haven't tested other Praetoria areas yet, but maybe tomorrow when I level up some more. Just a bit miffed I have to NOT use MSN Messenger while playing in Nova Praetoria.

Perhaps I'll adjust my Windows visual settings... I keep them at the bare minimum when gaming.

 

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Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm View Post
I hover around 108 in Furmark.
I just realized this was for a laptop. You are certainly bound to have higher temps but you might want to look into getting a cooling pad or something to pull heat away from the system. I would think you would want to try to get that number down at least below 90 for sure.

 

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Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
I just realized this was for a laptop. You are certainly bound to have higher temps but you might want to look into getting a cooling pad or something to pull heat away from the system. I would think you would want to try to get that number down at least below 90 for sure.
already use such a thing.

 

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Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm View Post
already use such a thing.
I'm afraid it doesn't seem to be working well if you are regularly running at over 100C. The fact that it seems stable and runs fine in some areas doesn't mean it should or will operate at that temperature in all circumstances.

It's like speeding on the highway... you could go miles and miles and days and days, but you never know when a cop is gonna show up and ruin your streak.