Posts by mfractal

Quote: Originally Posted by ghazgull013 Drivers can influence how vid cards deal w/ clocks. Alot of times theres reports for some drivers not allowing a clock to 'stick'. Perhaps try another video driver. I used the...

Quote: Originally Posted by dave-p 90 is getting high IMO, but still within the tolerance limits. I would suggest applying some AS5 to the GPU and may as well do the CPU while it's open, Will do, did not want...

Ok, after playing gears of war i saw that the temperature peaked at 90 degrees, is this ok or should i start worrying ? Can you guys with the same setup tell me your temp ? Does your card reach 90 at GOW/Crysis ?

Just finished, ran ATITool 3dView and waited for the temp on the card to stabilize (about 10 minutes), it stopped climbing at 80 degrees. I am pretty happy with the result, don't think i am going to bother with the m.b. Thanks for the...

I've been having problems with my video card. (M1710 with a 7950GTX card). The card was overheating and even after applying AS5 and cleaning the vents it was reaching around 100c in games. After about a year, i started to also get memory...

I don't see what's wrong with selling your 7900gtx off ebay, buying the 7950GTX,another 2 gigs of memory and the T7600 CPU. That would max out your options for your E1705. This upgrade wouldn't cost you too much (comparing to buying a...

So you guys recommend it, right ?

Quote: Originally Posted by Altoid I've got the exact drive - a 160GB Passport, and my e1705 powers it fine, as does every port that I've put it in (including a 10-year-old desktop). Thanks for the info!

I am considering it but i saw some negative reviews on amazon about the usb ports of notebooks not being able to power up the drive. (it does not have a power cable, it powers itself from the usb port) So, has anybody used the WD...

@ShnikeJSB did the temps improve dramatically after you as5'ed the gpu ?