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Re: Problem with Mess and Vista 64? belegdol #48008 02/12/09 02:20 AM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 39 E exolon2 Member
exolon2 Member E Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 39	Did you investigate whether your graphics card suffers from the problem I described...? It could explain the problem (heavy use of the GPU, even for short periods, causes it to heat up much more quickly than anticipated in its design - this might cause something like ACPI's passive cooling AKA throttling to kick in).

Re: Problem with Mess and Vista 64? exolon2 #48009 02/12/09 03:28 AM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 17,070 Likes: 143 USA R R. Belmont Very Senior Member
R. Belmont Very Senior Member R Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 17,070 Likes: 143 USA	During gameplay with the FPS display off MAME/MESS use the GPU to draw a single rectangle. I doubt that would trigger the GPU issue referenced - running Vista in Aero mode hits the GPU more.

Re: Problem with Mess and Vista 64? exolon2 #48010 02/12/09 03:56 AM
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 26 P Pinballman OP Member
OP Pinballman Member P Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 26	Originally Posted By exolon2 Did you investigate whether your graphics card suffers from the problem I described...? It could explain the problem (heavy use of the GPU, even for short periods, causes it to heat up much more quickly than anticipated in its design - this might cause something like ACPI's passive cooling AKA throttling to kick in). Yes,I did - I was told that my GPU can't get hot enough to cause and problems. I don't get it - my 7 year old HP laptop played things just fine (Zd7030, P4 3.0ghz Nvidia 5600) and my new one which is superior can't run something like this...:-(

Re: Problem with Mess and Vista 64? Pinballman #48012 02/12/09 08:24 AM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 979 Likes: 58 Germany D Duke Senior Member
Duke Senior Member D Joined: May 2004 Posts: 979 Likes: 58 Germany	Run something like SuperPI and 3DMark in a loop and see if your laptop freaks out after a while, then we can rule out a MESS issue.

Re: Problem with Mess and Vista 64? Duke #48414 02/27/09 11:16 PM
Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 26 P Pinballman OP Member
OP Pinballman Member P Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 26	Well, I just updated my video driver and it seems to have helped things out some. I was a bit surprised, but I'll take it! Thanks to all that posted to help me out

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