Long gone are the days when the main components of the system unit of a personal computer were relatively low-power and cost only one small metal radiator. To make the components that are being produced now efficient and competitive, they are made high-frequency.
For example, you will not surprise anyone with memory microcircuits operating at a frequency above Gigahertz. The same can be said of computing cores. A direct consequence of the increase in power is an increase in the level of heat emission of devices. In the framework of the existing electronic technology, this is not yet possible to overcome.
The hot temper of the video adapter
In the case of the computer system unit, the main heating elements are the central processor, video card and electronic voltage converters on the motherboard. Previously, the list was supplemented by bridge chips (Bridge), but after transferring some of their functions to the processor, the heating of the chipset ceased to be relevant. In order to maintain the efficiency of the entire computing system at the proper level, the user needs to know what the temperature of the video card depends on, in particular, and be able to reduce it in case of excessive increase. This is especially important for lovers of modern computer games, which create a significant load on the computing units. The temperature of the video card, both current and extreme, is not classified information. They can be recognized very simply - just in a couple of clicks with the mouse button. Yes, and programs that read the readings of sensors, perhaps, will be typed more than a dozen.
If you carefully consider the discrete (made in the form of a separate device) video adapter, you can see that the cooling system through the radiator removes heat from the graphics processor chip and (sometimes) memory. Like the central core, a finned metal radiator, fan, and heat pipes are installed here. Although, of course, the lower the permissible maximum temperature of the video card, the simpler
the cooling system. As the load increases, the heating of the microcircuits increases. As long as the cooling structure keeps it within certain limits, everything works fine. But if for some reason its effectiveness is insufficient, overheating occurs, which manifests itself in freezes and the appearance of image distortion. Therefore, the temperature of the video card is very important. But let's leave the theory and move on to practice.
Determine the heating level of the video adapter
Every computer owner should know what the maximum temperature of the video card installed in the system unit is equal to. You don’t have to count anything. It is necessary to determine the model of the video adapter, visit the developer's website and on the specifications page to find out the permissible heating value.
The model can be recognized in several ways:
- look at the box from the device;
- in the device manager;
- using third-party programs or drivers.
The first method is not always acceptable, as the boxes are often thrown away. Therefore, you can do the following: call the properties of the “Computer” shortcut and proceed to the “Device Manager”. Here, in the "Video Adapters" section, the model is indicated. To use the third method, right-click on the desktop and open the Nvidia, Catalyst or Intel control panel (depending on the manufacturer). Here you can often not only recognize the model, but also perform temperature control of the video card.
Knowing the limit, it remains to learn how to determine the current heating. To do this, you can use the program Speed Fan. It is configured automatically. The desired parameter in the list is the GPU. Also, the AIDA64 program in the "Sensors" section displays the temperature - "GP diode".
If the heating is too high, then clean the cooling system.