Well I recently bought a new laptop for school. It's an acer 7741g-5877. Here are the relavent specs
2.26 Ghz core i3
4 gigs ram (I don't know the speed)
320 gb hdd
ati mobility 5650
1600x900 monitor
I bought it off of newegg. I chose this laptop because it had a relatively good price given the specs. It cost $700. Most laptops in this price range that I looked at had graphics cards that are not as good as the one in this laptop. My question is this: can you recommend a program that would allow me to change the gpu fan speed? I tried rivatuner, evga precision, and msi afterburner and for all of them the fan control is greyed out. I guess it's possible that the laptop doesn't have a fan controller, but I don't know. When playing games (the only game I've tried out so far has been Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2) the gpu shows usage of 100% according to evga precision/msi afterburner and temps as high as mid 70's C. Is mid 70's too hot for this graphics card? Will it shorten the longevity of the laptop? Any hints you could give would be helpful. I was just worried because these temps seem much higher than the temps I've found on my desktop. On my sli gtx 260's, the temps rarely get past the low 60's... Any help is apprieciated. Thanks!
2.26 Ghz core i3
4 gigs ram (I don't know the speed)
320 gb hdd
ati mobility 5650
1600x900 monitor
I bought it off of newegg. I chose this laptop because it had a relatively good price given the specs. It cost $700. Most laptops in this price range that I looked at had graphics cards that are not as good as the one in this laptop. My question is this: can you recommend a program that would allow me to change the gpu fan speed? I tried rivatuner, evga precision, and msi afterburner and for all of them the fan control is greyed out. I guess it's possible that the laptop doesn't have a fan controller, but I don't know. When playing games (the only game I've tried out so far has been Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2) the gpu shows usage of 100% according to evga precision/msi afterburner and temps as high as mid 70's C. Is mid 70's too hot for this graphics card? Will it shorten the longevity of the laptop? Any hints you could give would be helpful. I was just worried because these temps seem much higher than the temps I've found on my desktop. On my sli gtx 260's, the temps rarely get past the low 60's... Any help is apprieciated. Thanks!