Re[2]: [ltp] CPU Temperatures on a T42p2373GTG

Winsley von Spee linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:41:47 +0100


Am Donnerstag, den 27.01.2005, 16:20 +0100 schrieb Steffen Dreise:
> WvS> Mine goes up to 84° ... guess its fine ... 
> 
> Nice to here that it is normal ;)
> Im wondering why the cpu goes up to 80-85°C while playing some opengl
> games. Maybe my xorg istn setup correctly that some opengl stuff is
> software emulated or something like that.
> 
> 
> 

Check "glxgears -info" output for something like that 

GL_RENDERER   = MOBILITY FIREGL T2 Pentium 4 (SSE2) (FireGL) (GNU_ICD)
GL_VERSION    = 1.3.4769 (X4.3.0-8.8.25)
GL_VENDOR     = ATI Technologies Inc.

to be sure that you are using gl.

But even if you are using gl the cpu might be busy too.

Greetz