perhaps,
after some thinking, even if I tried on my acer, I can't measure the temp since none for intel gpu
and trying it on others laptop, not feasible...

this is my earliest reporting in since like v8 i think.... hahahahahha
oh yea, are you sure can measure the 9600 temp when on intel? cause i can't

Only in macs you can (macbooks and such). On PC laptops the graphics card does not include any sensor on mac , it uses alternate sensor to get GPU temperature. Its optional , by default to cut down cost its not included

@prasys
Care to elaborate more about this, kinda confused with this statement ...what do you mean by :

"on pc laptops the graphics card does not include any sensor on mac'

Enlighten me bro

Report for v20~
gotten a damn busy week..
anyway~WC back high/faz/evo and ahem* mia..

BB, i will email mr.yap tomolo when i get back to office,
what you want to ask? thermal paste application on GPU?
i'll tubang ur question when i email him my purchase receipt, also want to ask him about 2nd year warranty things..

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Added on February 1, 2010, 6:39 pmone more thing.
i always wonder how do you people count the post of individual for the previous V??

This post has been edited by wanttobuylaptop: Feb 1 2010, 06:39 PM

@ astria,
Tried to install the catalyst 10.1 modded with ATI mobility Modder but fail to install....back to 9.7 again...

oh right...

so that means it's not me...

Just did a check on ATI Mobility Modder's forum...Catalyst 10.1 is current not supported..They are working on it...And they say that ATI is helping in the Modder project...Wow...
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/hardwareheav...yst-10-1-a.html

This post has been edited by highwind85: Feb 1 2010, 06:55 PM

..ATi is also doing modding ..this way good ...seems like even pros need the non-official pro to make it works

en, is normal ati is helping with modder project
same goes in linux driver. ATI is more willing than nvidia in developing gpu driver for linux..
which is maintained by community

Never thought ATI would lend a hand to the modder community...I used to use Omega Drivers last time...But they have stopped coming out with new drivers...Thought the manufacturers wouldn't care about lappy graphics...

wow, i never knew this fact..thanks for sharing want...btw, ATi always seems way generous that NV if comes to drivers ...even their pricing also cheaper

haha...
normally in linux distro, if the card is ati, there will be ways to come around the restriction
if the card is nvidia...
normally the community will say: sorry, cannot help..
however, there are rumours saying nvidia will make the driver become open source,
but dunno when..and is only a rumours

oh great, finally some non-official official support from AMD...

i guess AMD is frustrated with the lack of driver support from the laptop makers themselves.. .since they are the one who requested ATi back then not to release driver for mobility cards in their site...

Inside ur graphics card there is a diode , it measures the degree of hotness and reports to the system , thats how you get temperature. On graphcis card with onboard video from Intel , there is no such thing as this 'thermometer' because intel graphics card are soo cool (and soo useless) they rarely ever get hot.

Anyway , those who asked about thermal paste - Get Tuniq-TX3. Its thick but its non conductive or artic silver 5. Some say its non conducive , but others do say it is . When getting a thermal paste , MAKE SURE ITS NOT CONDUCTIVE. If its conductive , abit of paste in othe component ,poof short circuit occurs and your laptop will be 'BBQ'ed'

prasys, what about Tuniq TX-2? Currently using that. Would TX-3 make any changes?

This post has been edited by lee_what2004: Feb 1 2010, 11:14 PM

info from these sites: they all say it's not conductive...looks like imma getting one soon

http://hardwarebistro.com/index.php?option...Compound-Review

http://www.overclockercafe.com/Reviews/oth...isc/Tuniq_TX-3/

http://www.tuniq.com.tw/accessories/tx3.html

Yes, now i understand what actually prasys mean by his statement

Well, right now using TX-3 non conductive as i read before that conductive paste would fry the board if any of the paste make contact with the board

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Added on February 1, 2010, 11:33 pmJust like BBX posted, TX-3 is a non-conductive thermal paste which is

This post has been edited by monza84: Feb 1 2010, 11:33 PM

plus, as reviews already mention, it's better then TX-2, which is already damn freaking good in the first place...

so, i'll order 1 and apply to just the GPU...the processor one i think gap too big, cos i see the layer of thermal sticker being pressed down, the processor part still quite thick, means having quite big gap, i don think it's suitable for thermal paste...

Yup, used TX-2 before and i really can say that quite impressive as i use TX-3 ...maybe i should do what BBX want to do, applied some onto my GPU...but the CPU one, i think need sticker as you mention the gap is quite big

This post has been edited by monza84: Feb 1 2010, 11:40 PM