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Thermal Paste Help
When I play computer games (especially UT2004), I often experience a
bit of horizontal tearning and jittery graphics. I thought that it was my video card, but its benchmarks are in the correct range, so it might be my CPU. When we purchased it, it had no thermal paste, so we didn't bother putting any on, and its average temperature is 130. My config is as follows: P42.8Ghz 512MB RAM GeForce4 Ti4200 64MB (yes, I know it isn't the best, but I assume that it should run UT2004 on the lowest seetings at at LEAST 50-60fps average) My question is: if I apply thermal paste to my CPU, will these disturbances go away, or is it a problem with my video card? I was planning on upgrading it, but if this is a problem with my CPU, it could prove to be unnecessary. |
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Not putting any thermal paste on may have been a mistake, then again maybe
not. Try some and see whether it makes a difference. If you're curious about what to use as thermal paste, check this out: http://www.dansdata.com/goop.htm You'll never worry too much about it again. -- "I have a large seashell collection which I keep scattered all over the beaches of the world... maybe you've seen it?" Steven Wright |
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"archagon" wrote in message om... When I play computer games (especially UT2004), I often experience a bit of horizontal tearning and jittery graphics. I thought that it was my video card, but its benchmarks are in the correct range, so it might be my CPU. When we purchased it, it had no thermal paste, so we didn't bother putting any on, and its average temperature is 130. My config is as follows: P42.8Ghz 512MB RAM GeForce4 Ti4200 64MB (yes, I know it isn't the best, but I assume that it should run UT2004 on the lowest seetings at at LEAST 50-60fps average) My question is: if I apply thermal paste to my CPU, will these disturbances go away, or is it a problem with my video card? I was planning on upgrading it, but if this is a problem with my CPU, it could prove to be unnecessary. I would try and see if you have an option to enable Vsync, when I have this problem in games I just enable Vsync and it goes away. |
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