I posted a thread a long while ago wondering why my computer (look at sig) was slowing down so much when playing Twilight Princess (I'm too lazy to look for the thread now). I'm trying to figure out some things about my Realtemp readings. Here is (roughly) what I get in the intro of Twilight Princess:
Load: ~ 63%
98-100C on the first 3 cores (which are the only ones being used by Dolphin with LLE on Thread)
95C on the 4th core (unused)
I get 28-31 FPS during the intro scene, almost always full speed (just to let you know I'm not wondering about speed of game, just my processor).
If I'm correct in my assumption, the Load refers to the amount of processing power used on all 4 cores, so the max Dolphin would theoretically use is 75% with LLE on Thread enabled. So how is it at all OK that my processor hits over 100C when only 2 of the cores hit full load, 1 is only half and 1 is basically unused? I just want to smack everyone at my local Apple store in the face for saying that my processor has no overheating problems.
My settings are from the settings for best speed thread + Open MP + LLE on Thread. Specs in sig.
My questions are:
1. Does load refer, as I thought, to all four cores where each takes up 25%?
2. Is there any possible way a company would allow an obnoxious heating problem in a fully-functional product (i.e. not defective)?
3. Is there an *official* processor stability test I can run that would overheat my processor enough to cause a shutdown, thus allowing me to tell Apple my computer is shutting down and getting hot? (I learned that if you try to tell them technical stuff they just pretend like you don't know anything about computers anyway, so I think I should just act like most customers and be unaware).
I already know other potential DIY solutions (like replace thermal compound), but I have the applecare warranty and I don't want to ruin it.
Load: ~ 63%
98-100C on the first 3 cores (which are the only ones being used by Dolphin with LLE on Thread)
95C on the 4th core (unused)
I get 28-31 FPS during the intro scene, almost always full speed (just to let you know I'm not wondering about speed of game, just my processor).
If I'm correct in my assumption, the Load refers to the amount of processing power used on all 4 cores, so the max Dolphin would theoretically use is 75% with LLE on Thread enabled. So how is it at all OK that my processor hits over 100C when only 2 of the cores hit full load, 1 is only half and 1 is basically unused? I just want to smack everyone at my local Apple store in the face for saying that my processor has no overheating problems.
My settings are from the settings for best speed thread + Open MP + LLE on Thread. Specs in sig.
My questions are:
1. Does load refer, as I thought, to all four cores where each takes up 25%?
2. Is there any possible way a company would allow an obnoxious heating problem in a fully-functional product (i.e. not defective)?
3. Is there an *official* processor stability test I can run that would overheat my processor enough to cause a shutdown, thus allowing me to tell Apple my computer is shutting down and getting hot? (I learned that if you try to tell them technical stuff they just pretend like you don't know anything about computers anyway, so I think I should just act like most customers and be unaware).
I already know other potential DIY solutions (like replace thermal compound), but I have the applecare warranty and I don't want to ruin it.
Desktop:
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4.4 GHz
GPU: EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Factory OC'ed)
RAM: 16 GB @ 1600 MHz
Dolphin Revision:3.0, 3.0-784, 3.5, latest 3.5
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K @ 4.4 GHz
GPU: EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Factory OC'ed)
RAM: 16 GB @ 1600 MHz
Dolphin Revision:3.0, 3.0-784, 3.5, latest 3.5