[ltp] Hot GPU

Chris Schumann linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:25:15 -0600


On 03/11/2010 09:54 AM, D. Sen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The GPU temperature seems to always be in the 70 to 80 Celsius range. I
> am using the 'ati' driver (not the proprietary fglrx driver). This seems
> overly high to me. Am I wrong?
>
I have a T400 with switchable graphics, running GNOME on Fedora 12. I'm 
using the "radeon" driver and I have desktop effects enabled.

The sensors applet reports the ibm-acpi GPU sensor is at 45C. I haven't 
checked it before, so this is the only reading I've seen. I just ran 
glxgears full screen for a couple of minutes and it's now up to 47C.

Chris