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Perryy
Profile Joined November 2011
54 Posts
January 20 2012 16:08 GMT
#781
Do I need to apply the thermal paste to the top of the processor before putting this fan/heatsink over the processor?
Rannasha
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Netherlands2398 Posts
January 20 2012 16:13 GMT
#782
On January 21 2012 01:08 Perryy wrote:
Do I need to apply the thermal paste to the top of the processor before putting this fan/heatsink over the processor?


Unless the heatsink has some thermal interface pad on it already (like the Intel stock coolers do), you have to apply thermal paste. Drop a rice grain sized blob of paste on the processor and install the heatsink according to the instructions. The pressure of the heatsink will spread the thermal paste.
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Perryy
Profile Joined November 2011
54 Posts
January 20 2012 16:27 GMT
#783
On January 21 2012 01:13 Rannasha wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 21 2012 01:08 Perryy wrote:
Do I need to apply the thermal paste to the top of the processor before putting this fan/heatsink over the processor?


Unless the heatsink has some thermal interface pad on it already (like the Intel stock coolers do), you have to apply thermal paste. Drop a rice grain sized blob of paste on the processor and install the heatsink according to the instructions. The pressure of the heatsink will spread the thermal paste.


Is it extremely noticeable if the heatsink already has the thermal pad on it?
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9056 Posts
January 20 2012 16:40 GMT
#784
On January 21 2012 00:20 Rannasha wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 20 2012 20:27 Garnet wrote:
So I just got a 19'' widescreen monitor, but it can only display properly in 1280x960, which I think is not a widescreen resolution since it's 4:3. The monitor say "optimum 1440x900" but I can't even find that resolution in Windows settings so I tried the Nvidia custom resolution thing to get 1440x900, but it didn't fit the screen. Is 1280x960 considered widescreen?


No, 1280x960 is 4:3 like you said. Widescreen generally means 16: 9 or 16:10. SC2 gives you the best field-of-view with 16: 9.

You should be able to see if your monitor is not running at its optimal resolution, because the rescaling it has to do should make fine details like text quite blurry. If the monitor runs at the native resolution, everything should be sharp.

Post the model of the monitor if you need more info.

It's a Dell SE198WFP.
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
January 20 2012 16:50 GMT
#785
On January 21 2012 01:27 Perryy wrote:+ Show Spoiler +
On January 21 2012 01:13 Rannasha wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 21 2012 01:08 Perryy wrote:
Do I need to apply the thermal paste to the top of the processor before putting this fan/heatsink over the processor?


Unless the heatsink has some thermal interface pad on it already (like the Intel stock coolers do), you have to apply thermal paste. Drop a rice grain sized blob of paste on the processor and install the heatsink according to the instructions. The pressure of the heatsink will spread the thermal paste.


Is it extremely noticeable if the heatsink already has the thermal pad on it?


Yes it is. You either see metal or you don't.
Womwomwom
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
5930 Posts
January 20 2012 17:52 GMT
#786
On January 21 2012 01:40 Garnet wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 21 2012 00:20 Rannasha wrote:
On January 20 2012 20:27 Garnet wrote:
So I just got a 19'' widescreen monitor, but it can only display properly in 1280x960, which I think is not a widescreen resolution since it's 4:3. The monitor say "optimum 1440x900" but I can't even find that resolution in Windows settings so I tried the Nvidia custom resolution thing to get 1440x900, but it didn't fit the screen. Is 1280x960 considered widescreen?


No, 1280x960 is 4:3 like you said. Widescreen generally means 16: 9 or 16:10. SC2 gives you the best field-of-view with 16: 9.

You should be able to see if your monitor is not running at its optimal resolution, because the rescaling it has to do should make fine details like text quite blurry. If the monitor runs at the native resolution, everything should be sharp.

Post the model of the monitor if you need more info.

It's a Dell SE198WFP.


Are you using VGA or DVI. nVidia's Flat Panel Scaling, which should solve the issue, doesn't work with VGA.
Garnet
Profile Blog Joined February 2006
Vietnam9056 Posts
January 20 2012 18:07 GMT
#787
On January 21 2012 02:52 Womwomwom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 21 2012 01:40 Garnet wrote:
On January 21 2012 00:20 Rannasha wrote:
On January 20 2012 20:27 Garnet wrote:
So I just got a 19'' widescreen monitor, but it can only display properly in 1280x960, which I think is not a widescreen resolution since it's 4:3. The monitor say "optimum 1440x900" but I can't even find that resolution in Windows settings so I tried the Nvidia custom resolution thing to get 1440x900, but it didn't fit the screen. Is 1280x960 considered widescreen?


No, 1280x960 is 4:3 like you said. Widescreen generally means 16: 9 or 16:10. SC2 gives you the best field-of-view with 16: 9.

You should be able to see if your monitor is not running at its optimal resolution, because the rescaling it has to do should make fine details like text quite blurry. If the monitor runs at the native resolution, everything should be sharp.

Post the model of the monitor if you need more info.

It's a Dell SE198WFP.


Are you using VGA or DVI. nVidia's Flat Panel Scaling, which should solve the issue, doesn't work with VGA.

I'm using VGA.
Apparently someone else also had this problem and he said the monitor only work in XP and Vista. Windows 7 did install the driver but it didn't seem to do anything. Still can't use the optimum resolution. So anti-climatic when my dad finally get me smt and it doesn't even work.
Womwomwom
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
5930 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-20 18:24:48
January 20 2012 18:11 GMT
#788
Monitors are OS agnostic. You could run MS-DOS on it and it wouldn't care.

Ditch the VGA, use DVI, and the problem will be solved. I have no idea why people are still using analogue video outputs in this day and age.

Edit: I am very certain that DVI (and if required, Flat Panel Scaling in the nvidia drivers) will solve the issue unless you've screwed some video setting in the monitor's OSD or GPU driver. Its a very old monitor and I don't have a Dell monitor anymore so I can't help you if the DVI cable doesn't work.
Perryy
Profile Joined November 2011
54 Posts
January 20 2012 20:50 GMT
#789
Can you OC a 2nd gen Intel i5 Processor from 3.3 Ghz to 4.0 Ghz using the stock fan/heatsink that comes with it without worrying about overheating? If not, what's the most I can do with this?
Medrea
Profile Joined May 2011
10003 Posts
January 20 2012 22:02 GMT
#790
On January 21 2012 05:50 Perryy wrote:
Can you OC a 2nd gen Intel i5 Processor from 3.3 Ghz to 4.0 Ghz using the stock fan/heatsink that comes with it without worrying about overheating? If not, what's the most I can do with this?


Not really. The stock solution is really shitty and even 3.3 to 4.0 will heat the processor up quite significantly.

With that fan 4.0ghz sounds reasonable.
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TuckFexas
Profile Joined July 2011
United States154 Posts
January 20 2012 22:03 GMT
#791
i was wondering if overclocking this would be a good idea. It could void my 3 year warranty if my computer is damaged because of it but i could use the few more fps for skyrim. Is there a good enough chance that overclocking would ruin my computer or should i overclock? card is 6990m btw.

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skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
January 20 2012 22:11 GMT
#792
Overclocking a 6990M doesn't sound like a good idea unless your temperatures at stock are amazing.
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
January 20 2012 22:15 GMT
#793
Hopefully the laptop has a GTX 580M as an alternate configuration option and uses the same cooling for the HD 6990M. Otherwise it's probably screwed trying to handle the extra heat.

But really, what are temperatures under load?
Nabutso
Profile Joined April 2011
351 Posts
January 20 2012 22:25 GMT
#794
I've successfully overclocked my laptop's GPU within safe temperatures, just be careful and make sure you watch temps. For most cards you want load to be around 70c, so if you're in a cool room or have good airflow in your laptop you may be able to overclock a little bit.

You could try setting a manual fan speed if you don't mind the noise.
LilClinkin
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Australia667 Posts
January 20 2012 22:55 GMT
#795
Can the Intel Core i7-2630QM notebook processor run videos at 1920x1200 on an externally connected monitor?
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
January 20 2012 23:01 GMT
#796
On January 21 2012 07:55 LilClinkin wrote:
Can the Intel Core i7-2630QM notebook processor run videos at 1920x1200 on an externally connected monitor?

Yeah, unless the video is some insane (non-standard super-high-def) bitrate/resolution/fps/encoding monster. Typical content should be easily no problem and no problem for most any modern laptop or desktop processor.
Alryk
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2718 Posts
January 20 2012 23:06 GMT
#797
Will the 7000m or 600m series have any 28nm cards, or are they ALL redone 40nm?
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Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
January 20 2012 23:25 GMT
#798
On January 21 2012 08:06 Alryk wrote:
Will the 7000m or 600m series have any 28nm cards, or are they ALL redone 40nm?

At the moment announced models are all 40nm, but my guess is that the highest-end models released later will be 28nm to match the desktop parts. That's just a guess and may be wrong.

e.g. 7990M may use the chip used in the desktop 78xx. Desktop 77xx should also be 28nm so maybe 78xxM will correspond to those. Or maybe they'll just recycle old designs.
Alryk
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2718 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-20 23:39:42
January 20 2012 23:36 GMT
#799
On January 21 2012 08:25 Myrmidon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 21 2012 08:06 Alryk wrote:
Will the 7000m or 600m series have any 28nm cards, or are they ALL redone 40nm?

At the moment announced models are all 40nm, but my guess is that the highest-end models released later will be 28nm to match the desktop parts. That's just a guess and may be wrong.

e.g. 7990M may use the chip used in the desktop 78xx. Desktop 77xx should also be 28nm so maybe 78xxM will correspond to those. Or maybe they'll just recycle old designs.



Hopefully not. And if the 79xxM uses the 78xx chip from the desktop, that doesn't mean that you can expect 78xx performance right? It will still be lower I would assume?

I have a non tech related (in a way) question for our know it alls on the forum, (people like Mymidon, Skyr, and Medrea) - what do you do in real life? And what brought you to know so much about computers etc? Is it just a hobby, or does it have something to do with your career?
Team Liquid, IM, ViOlet!
TuckFexas
Profile Joined July 2011
United States154 Posts
January 20 2012 23:50 GMT
#800
On January 21 2012 07:15 Myrmidon wrote:
Hopefully the laptop has a GTX 580M as an alternate configuration option and uses the same cooling for the HD 6990M. Otherwise it's probably screwed trying to handle the extra heat.

But really, what are temperatures under load?


Under load as in playing skyrim, or somthing like prime95?
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