Fah Client Recommendation

[Neosymbio]

my gpu temp is way too high running the gpu version of F@H, I'm reading 108C, which is continuing to drop after I terminated F@H.

I'll have to stick with the CPU clients, I guess. Thoughts?

Also, with F@H off, my GPU temp sits at around 80, should it ideally be lower?

Should I attempt to run SMP, instead of regular CPU clients?

[MtM]

Yeah it should.

I think it's fairly certain you got some dust in your case, probably on your gpu fan. Did you adjust the fan rpm with preccision? That's another option, it might blow it clean even if you put it to 100% for awhile ( not very likely but since you already said you could not open the case it's one suggestion I got left.. ).

In any case, you should contact best buy and make them aware of this situation, they might ask you to bring it in so they can remove the dust for you ( and under no circumstances accept anyone claiming thesen temps are fine and that f@h is the bad apple so to say, if it hits these temps both idle and load I want to bet gaming isn't really fluent either! ).

Edit: nah I would run the uni processor client for a couple of weeks just familiarizing yourself with f@h. The smp clients can be abit of an headache and it wouldn't be the first time someone quits because they choose to skip the classic clients I'm afraid. Not saying that would be you, just an indication about the problems some people have. Classic clients in service mode = fire and forget ( unless you got awfull cpu temps as well offcourse ).

[Neosymbio]

Well gaming has always been fine, but I will contact them and ask them about it. Beforehand, I'll try blowing into it with an airduster.

I've been using F@H for a long time now, I've just never delved into the more advanced clients

Two last things, if I run CPU clients should I have them all set to all 4 cores, or 1 each? And how would I go about running multiple instances anyways?


By the way, you'll find it interesting to know that along with England, the Netherlands have the highest concentration of PS3's running F@H in Europe.

[jrweiss]

Cooling is one thing I'm not very learned in. I know my graphics card has a fan on it. I haven't been able to open my PC's case because it's under bestbuy warranty. It's a Gateway FX gaming PC, so hopefully it's properly cooled.

How would I go about monitoring my temp, and what's an acceptable range? I figured this out from another thread, I'm using CoreTemp. What's the maximum safe temp I should look for?

CoreTemp or SpeedFan for CPU temp; GPUz for GPU temp.

I would agree 108C is too hot for the GPU. Supposedly they are good to 100C, but I wouldn't do that constantly. My ATI 4670 runs in the low 60s.

Most current Quad-core desktop CPUs have a max core temp of about 70C (100C for laptop CPUs). You will likely see full-load temps in the 40s and 50s, which are fine (my Q9650 runs in the high 40s in a 70F room). You might see as high as 65C in a hot (80F+) room, but I wouldn't run them any hotter than that (my Q9650 got to 63C in a real hot spell in Seattle, no A/C).

If you run 4 x CPU clients on the CPU instead of the SMP client, you'll likely see more temperature difference by running all the clients at reduced CPU load, rather than running only 3 clients at full CPU load. I see only 1-2C difference when I shut down 1 of my laptop CPU clients. BTW, don't mess with core affinity; use the default "unlocked" setting.

If you try the SMP client, the Deino client supposedly is more robust (fewer errors with LAN outages, etc), but 64-bit requires the MPICH client. You'll have to download the 6.23 client of choice, install it, then replace the executable with the updated 6.24 version.

[Neosymbio]

Hm, SMP keeps crashing when I press enter, for no passkey. Trying to find a solution. Nevermind, I got it.

So, running SMP now. Easy enough.