System temps rising when Fear Factor is running?

Dell_Axim · Jun 20, 2005

Is there any reason why my system temperatures are rising a few degrees when running Fear Factor for a few minutes?
I always run folding@home so the CPU is always at 100% usage. I'm using gkrellm to monitor temperatures. What temperature does it measure with my system? (specs in sig)

BTW, the reading is 100.4F without Fear Factor, 104F with Fear Factor.

Tyreal · Jun 20, 2005

wait... what do you mean by Fear Factor. is that a game?
As far as i know, thats a tv show! :O

Dell_Axim · Jun 20, 2005

wait... what do you mean by Fear Factor. is that a game?

No, it's just a program that is commonly used to "stress test" newly built/repaired PCs. (It also makes for a very unusual and exciting display on the PC. Great when you're inviting friends over, etc.)

Oh, I just noticed that my chipset is running hotter than normal with Fear Factor running. Why is that?

Tyreal · Jun 20, 2005

oh. intersting. i should go donwload it.
Anyway,to your question, the only thing that i can think of, why it is running hotter is because it tests different parts of the computer, the chipset being one of them. maybe someone around here can provide a better answer, but thats the only reason i can think of.

squasher · Jun 20, 2005

I don't really know what those numbers are in c but I do know why it gets hotter. While f@h is made to run at 100% it is not really stressing it as much as any other stress test like prime95 ect. If you can run stable at F@H though, you are fine.

deadlysyn · Jun 21, 2005

That is only 38° C going up to 40° C. You are more than fine with those temps. The A64's are good up to 70° C, and being at 38°C while folding, I would say that you have very nice temps. Being such a small difference, I don't think that I would personally worry about it too much. If anyone notices anything that I have said in error, please feel free to correct me. I don't really know too much about A64, as I am still running my XP3000+, and just used AMD's website to get that max temp.

Kamel · Jun 21, 2005

if you don't mind, could you point me in the direction of this prog? google comes up with too many useless results searching for it =\

s random · Jun 21, 2005

... onboard temps are crud, they are precise or accurate

SlimDog53185 · Jun 21, 2005

I would like to try this program to.

About the temp. I agree with squasher. A benchmark is supposed to stress the system as much as possible. This will produce a lot of heat. Using 100% processor is not fully stressing the system, just using all the cycles of the processor. There are many other things producing heat besides the processor.

Time4aMassiveOC · Jun 21, 2005

i want to try the program as well

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