Acer Predator Helios 300 GPU Cuts Off - Is It Supposed to Happen?

ANHGaming
ANHGaming Member Posts: 3 New User
edited November 2023 in 2019 Archives
Hello, I have recently got an Acer Predator Helios 300 (Intel i5 8th Gen + NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX), and soon noticed a problem. The trouble is, I don't know whether this 'problem' should be happening - and I couldn't find any posts on any forums expressing the same problem. Anyway, when gaming the GPU obviously gets warm, and of coarse some games heat it up more than others. With the more graphically intensive games, the GPU cuts out - I can only imagine to allow for it to cool down - which makes the game unplayable for around five seconds until the GPU starts up properly again. Looking at the Predator Sense Application, the GPU reaches about 76C when running 'Forza Horizon 4', perhaps the most graphically intense game made for some time to be fair, and sits at that temperature quite happily until the GPU cuts off, the temperature lowers, and it starts again. For a short while after it does this, the charging light also flashes orange, at the same tempo as the power light on hibernate. It does this with most modern 3-D games, but fairly infrequently - with the exception of the pre-mentioned game where it happens on average about every 50 seconds. Is 76C absurdly hot for a GPU and I'm just naively over-stretching the computer's abilities or is there an issue with my computer?

Thank you. 

Answers

  • xapim
    xapim ACE Posts: 7,257 Pathfinder
    edited February 2019
    @ANHGaming seems to me you are having thermal throttling check the links on my signature (H300 group etc...) and optimize windows/undervolt and if needed repaste with a good thermal paste like kryonaut or similar


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  • ven98
    ven98 ACE Posts: 4,073 Pathfinder
    Can you post what is the CPU temperature during gaming? 
    Always post the following characterisitcs of the device:
    -Model number
    -Part number(not required, but helpful)
    -CPU
    -GPU
    -Operating system

    Helios 300 and Nitro 5 users DO NOT update the BIOS to version 1.22 if you don't want the keyboard's backlight to turn off after 30 seconds even when the device is plugged in.


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  • ANHGaming
    ANHGaming Member Posts: 3 New User
    edited February 2019
    @xapim
    @ven98

    Hello, thank you for replying. I'll have a look at the links later as I'm out at the moment, the CPU gets quite hot at about 97°C.
  • ANHGaming
    ANHGaming Member Posts: 3 New User
    xapim said:
    @ANHGaming seems to me you are having thermal throttling check the links on my signature (H300 group etc...) and optimize windows/undervolt and if needed repaste with a good thermal paste like kryonaut or similar
    I've had a look, but I'm struggling to find any software that allows me to under-volt the GPU - including MSI Afterburner - do you by any chance know any please?

    Thank you.
  • ven98
    ven98 ACE Posts: 4,073 Pathfinder
    MSI afterburner allows undervolting the GPU, but you have to open the voltage/frequency graph, which allows adjusting of the voltage. 
    Always post the following characterisitcs of the device:
    -Model number
    -Part number(not required, but helpful)
    -CPU
    -GPU
    -Operating system

    Helios 300 and Nitro 5 users DO NOT update the BIOS to version 1.22 if you don't want the keyboard's backlight to turn off after 30 seconds even when the device is plugged in.


    Hit 'Like' if you find the answer helpful!   
    Click on 'Yes' if the comment answers your question!

  • sri369
    sri369 ACE Posts: 2,623 Pathfinder
    ANHGaming said:
    I've had a look, but I'm struggling to find any software that allows me to under-volt the GPU - including MSI Afterburner - do you by any chance know any please?

    Thank you.
    Follow the links in my signature on optimizing GPU using MSI Afterburner.
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