Hi, I have an NP2096 notebook with an nVidia GeForce 9600m GT graphics processor. I have recently noticed the GPU running extremely hot. Off-load idling is almost always over 60C, and on load it can approach 85C. I've looked around the web quite a bit, and some people seem to say that the 9600m GT is just a very hot card, and that anything below 90C isn't worth worrying about. Of course, many others say that such temperatures are dangerous.

I want to find out: 1) Is this a dangerous temperature for my machine to be running at, and 2) If it is, what further steps can I do to help the cooling.

What I have tried so far:
Using bottled air to blow out the dust from the heatsink, (This helped but not a lot)
Using a Targus Chillmat to cool off my system.

I should mention that my CPU temps aren't unusually high (at least I don't think so), they idle around 40C or lower, and under heavy load might climb up into the mid-50's. The CPU is an intel core 2 duo P9500.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

That is a pretty high temp for a GPU. I am not an expert on Sager so I can't say for their specs, but with the ambient heat from the GPU to the surrounding is quite crazy.

Have you talked to the Support gang at Sager? A driver update maybe?

cheers ...

I have not heard back from their tech team yet (Only sent them a message recently). One thing I was wondering about is fan control, if there's something I could do to take control of the fans on my laptop. I use SpeedFan to read the temps, but it doesn't give me a reading on the fans at all.

You might want to look into NHC or RMClock to see if you can do something with the fan.

What with BIOS update? Have you checked into it as well?

cheers ...

The GPU temperature is in the normal range for this model Sager notebook.

Thanks! I'd heard some people saying that, but I wanted to make sure.