Avermedia M798 PCIe TV Card | High CPU temp when I load Dscaler

hey all,

my Pinnacle PC Studio TV card died a couple of months back and I could not get a new one from Pinnacle from my local dealer. So I went for the next available option which is this PCIe TV capture card from Avermedia. I watch all my TV using Dscaler 4.2.3 which imho is the best tv software ever made for windows. Yes, I know its no longer being updated and is pretty old but it never disappoints me and I have tried many other softwares but they have this problem or the other.

Anyways, ever since I upgraded to this Avermedia card, I am facing a peculiar problem. Whenever I load Dscaler to watch TV, my CPU temps shoot up like crazy by about 30 degrees celcius from what it currently is running at! Now what's weird is that there is no CPU usage from Dscaler. I can understand high temps if Dscaler was burning my CPU but its not. CPU usage with Dscaler running is at 1-2% but the temps are shooting up like crazy and they stay there until I turn off Dscaler. Then they go back to the normal range.

Just so you know, I have tried other softwares but they all seem to have the same problem so from what I can gather, its something to do with the stupid Avermedia card and not my CPU or the TV watching software. Never faced such a problem with Pinnacle but now I am stuck with it. I have the latest drivers installed from Avermedia's site and don't see any fixes there around this (not even sure if they are aware of this problem).

Anyone with any pointers to fix this would be really appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Config:

i5-3570 @ 3.4 Ghz
Avermedia M798 PCIe TV Card
12 GB DDR3 RAM
Win 7 Ultimate 64-Bit SP1

my CPU temps shoot up like crazy by about 30 degrees celcius from what it currently is running at!

Well, 30°C is a lot but without knowing what that equates to, we have no clue if it is really a problem. My computer, for example, is sitting at 22°C doing pretty much nothing but wait for me to type in the next letter in this post. But if I start to load it up with demanding tasks, it might jump up 30° too. But 52°C is still well within a comfortable and normal operating range.

thats what i don't understand either. i am running the tv software right now. it is just barely taking 1-2% of the CPU and yet my temps have shot up from 42 idle to 62 deg C

it is definitely not demanding anything from the CPU cz DScaler is running smooth as butter - no frame drops. Hell, I can even record from it with no hiccups. Why the blazes is the CPU heating up then???

But 62°C is pretty warm but not "hot" so not sure this is really a problem - just a curiosity. I would not worry about it if you are sure your system if free of malware, clean of heat trapping dust, fans are all spinning and it does not get much hotter than that.

I note you are not the first to observe this: DScaler :: View topic - Pinnacle PCTV Rave goes HOT and that was from 2003.

Itaregid said:

But 62°C is pretty warm but not "hot" so not sure this is really a problem - just a curiosity. I would not worry about it if you are sure your system if free of malware, clean of heat trapping dust, fans are all spinning and it does not get much hotter than that.

I note you are not the first to observe this: DScaler :: View topic - Pinnacle PCTV Rave goes HOT and that was from 2003.

Yeah, everything else is fine on my machine. Maybe its just the way this AverMedia card works.

Interesting that the other poster had a problem with Dscaler & Pinnacle while I never did.