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[zmatt]

If you put on too much it can hurt temps.

 

[Wildside]

how much did you apply to the gpu?!

a dime size of it. Seriously, that is how big the GPUs are, dime size!

i should clean it up a bit then huh?

UPDATE:

loading is actually lower! Instead of around 58 C, it is now around 52 C.

 

[NosBoost300]

hrmm... you only need a small pea size

 

[Wildside]

hrmm... you only need a small pea size

errr alright then i sould clean it up lol. It's all over the GPUs. What's ur recommendation?

 

[NosBoost300]

just the size of a pea... (not like the whole ball.. lol) but just a good small glop in the center.. don't spread it.. the heat will do that for u...

but of course i think you should let ur paste now settle for a good 30min to 1 hour.. then check temps again

if its still hot.. then repaste that baby!

 

[Wildside]

just the size of a pea... (not like the whole ball.. lol) but just a good small glop in the center.. don't spread it.. the heat will do that for u...

but of course i think you should let ur paste now settle for a good 30min to 1 hour.. then check temps again

if its still hot.. then repaste that baby!

alright. Still 45 C now. I took out 1GB of RAM to see if 1GB of VRAM can be used or seen in GTA4 (listed in the game as Resource Usage). It only is using 502MB, when i started it up, it still only shows 502MB, however performance was the same, Crysis Warhead went lower though with only 2GB of RAM in my computer. I'm gonna shut down the computer n put back the 2 x 512MB of RAM i took out.

 

[NosBoost300]

i remember fear hated anything less than 2 gb... well at least paired up with an x1950xtx

i remember i would get stuttering issues with only 1gb... bought the 2nd gb and the problem was solved!

i don't know if it still works that way these days though.. with graphics cards having such large amounts of vram

 

[Fat.Clown]

yup.. i get the same message

that just ruined my night

have you gotten a bag of carp before?

I really wanted a bag to see what would actually be in it

 

[Wildside]

i remember fear hated anything less than 2 gb... well at least paired up with an x1950xtx

i remember i would get stuttering issues with only 1gb... bought the 2nd gb and the problem was solved!

i don't know if it still works that way these days though.. with graphics cards having such large amounts of vram

i remember Rockstar saying that GTA4 can benefit from using 2GB graphics cards, aka HD 4870 x2. Right now, im stuck using medium settings in Texture Quality. It's locked unless i play the game in something called "Safe Mode".

 

[NosBoost300]

wow thast weird.. i need to get gta4.. i might do so tomorrow since i get paid!! wooo