fostert wrote:
Yes, 40 - 43 C idles are normal for me too at ambient temps of above 22 C or so. It got to +40C here this summer several times on my upstairs den, and my G74 idled near 50C. Probably broke 85C during activity. As I said I have never noticed any impact on performance, short or long term.

BTW, you really don't need a laptop cooler for the G74.It draws in cool air from on top, in two intake grills next to the speaker grills right in front of the hinge on top. I tried a dual fan ANTEC laptop cooler on my G74 once, and it didn' t do anything.

StefanLundmark wrote:
Just wanted to let you know my G74SX currently idles at ~42C with 19C in the room, and I've seen it peak up to ~80 when doing full recompiles (all cores are used). That's CPU only mind you, as the GPU has nothing to do with compiling.

Remember, if you're using the GPU you're increasing the surrounding temperature of the system and it will increase CPU temperature as well. I definatly wouldn't worry about ~70C for a game.

Comparing temperatures might be like comparing apples and oranges, as it depends on if you've overclocked or changed power-saving features. It also depends on how clogged your system is with dust. Mine is 9 months old and is starting to collect some dust on the top-grills, it might increase the temperature some. At least that's how it "feels" like compared to when I got it.

So, don't worry. 🙂

Thorn2011 wrote:
Thats good to know 🙂 I was just a little surprised is all, but I believe FC3 does that to people from what I have read it really is a power hungry game!

I have done some small overclocking with my GTX560M only to the tune of 150mhz on both Memory and GPU as it is summer here and I don't want to push it that hard, I overclocked using Nvidiainspector but the temps mentioned above when I was not overclocking, I only do that before playing a demanding game like FC3 otherwise it stays at its stock speeds! Funny thing is my temps didn't change much after overclocking it 150mhz maybe 2-3 degrees, this is a testament to how good the cooling solution is in the G74SX! The strange thing is, I only noticed a slight improvement in performance, I guess that shows how CPU dependant games like FC3 are!

Zygomorphic wrote:
+150 MHz on what normal core clock? Yeah, the ASUS ROG cooling solution is really, really, good. While I like computers to be lighter (don't we all?), I definitely want them to maintain the CPU+GPU cooling solution that they have right now. It is what sets their computers apart from the rest (that, and the price tag for a reliable vendor).

Thorn2011 wrote:
Yeah 150mhz on the original Clocks, I have noticed if I use NvidiaInspector to overclock it syncs the Shader Clock with the GPU clock! I know its only a low overclock and probably won't increase my FPS too much, but I am too scared to push it much further! My laptop is out of warranty and I can't afford 2k+ to replace this one! Temps haven't changed much at all pre-overclock to overclock!