Hi, need some help here. Currently testing out a Lenovo Z480 laptop that someone traded in. Comes with i5-3230M and NVIDIA 640M.
Testing under furmark, it is faster than a 740M (Average 8 frames vs 640M's 12 frames), but temperature hovers around 86-89 degree celcius vs 740M's 76-78 degree celcius.
Now, I know for a fact that the 740M uses the gimped GK208 vs the faster GK107 for the 640M, but what I need to know is if the running temp for GK107 at almost 90 degree celcious is normal.
Edited :-
Updated NVIDIA to the latest drivers, and retested.
1. Under just Furmark, temps are now around 85-86, which my research indicated that this is normal under Full Load.
2. With Prime 95 running at the same time, temps go up to 89-90 and held pretty much the whole half-hour that I tested.
3. Tested with room temps.
So it seems that 640M is meant to work that way.
It depends also the 740 is what laptop. Cooling system/design within the laptop itself determine the the heat dissipation. But other than that you could try to re-paste the thermal on your 640 see if it is still high as that. I am running GTX 660M and usually it hovers around 80-82C before re-paste, after re-paste around 75-77C which is quite good. Also i clean the fan and the vents every 3 mnths as my place is super dusty =.= too many vehicles, restaurants and stuff~ damn