P-7811 FX (Gateway)

[Kenyth]

Before you flash the BIOS, I'd check out Rivatuner or other tweaking software as you should be able to change the GPU fan speed. This should probably help with the heat issue, as most laptops are set to keep the fan at the lowest minimum speeds, longer than it should, to reduce noise. By uping the speed of the fan, you could alleviate some of the heat build up. Worth a shot first, I'd say.

I have the Nvidia tuning program. It's called Ntune. I'll double check, but as soon as you start playing a 3D game the fan starts running high and stays there. On another note, they (Nvidia) say that 80C is a perfectly acceptable operating temp for this card. It sounds high to me. The tweak brings the card temps down to the 50-60C range.

[Mizicke5273]

80C is average for today's GPUs, I have an 8800 that hovers around ~70C in a heavily cooled case.

As for the fan setting, it's probably already set for to the highest speed then and that is good that it starts right away.

Really the only other thing to try, other than an external cooler, is to apply some Arctic Silver to the CPU and GPU as MarineOne mentioned.

[Mangyrat]

80C is average for today's GPUs, I have an 8800 that hovers around ~70C in a heavily cooled case.

As for the fan setting, it's probably already set for to the highest speed then and that is good that it starts right away.

Really the only other thing to try, other than an external cooler, is to apply some Arctic Silver to the CPU and GPU as MarineOne mentioned.

Thats kind of hot for a a 8800 I'm sitting at 52c and under heavy load "gaming" i hit 72c on my overclocked 8800gt.
Rip that head sink off it and redo the thermal compound with artic silver or something like that. They come stock with a sticky thermal pad thats not wort crap.

Getting a case set up the right way with proper air flow is tricky you just cant add more fans you need to plan out your set up.

[Mizicke5273]

Thats kind of hot for a a 8800 I'm sitting at 52c and under heavy load "gaming" i hit 72c on my overclocked 8800gt.

I meant my GTS gets to ~70C while gaming on average, should have stated that.