When my firend's gaming, he likes his frame-rate. Albiet, his Radeon 7500 is getting a bit long in the tooth.
Only , 1400X1050 provides a smoother gaming experience than 640X480.
I eventually tracked the problem down to what I believe to be the CPU loading. At the higher resolutions, the CPU wasn't quite so loaded, and must've been close to overheating.
When you decrease the resolution, the CPU load goes up due to not being shackled to the videocard, and it overheats, and provides a very unsmooth gaming experience.
Would there be any way to keep the fan permenantly at full blast, so as to keep the system a bit cooler? Also, would it be possible to run a 12V blower on some batteries and cool his rig that way. Directly at one of the intake ports, I think you could fit in a blower, that would probably do quite a bit of good.
Only , 1400X1050 provides a smoother gaming experience than 640X480.
I eventually tracked the problem down to what I believe to be the CPU loading. At the higher resolutions, the CPU wasn't quite so loaded, and must've been close to overheating.
When you decrease the resolution, the CPU load goes up due to not being shackled to the videocard, and it overheats, and provides a very unsmooth gaming experience.
Would there be any way to keep the fan permenantly at full blast, so as to keep the system a bit cooler? Also, would it be possible to run a 12V blower on some batteries and cool his rig that way. Directly at one of the intake ports, I think you could fit in a blower, that would probably do quite a bit of good.