8800gt stock cooling problems??

Ok, so you bought an 8600, nice downgrade when you probably could have spent £10 on a new cooler and have a perfectly good card. But, hey... It's your money.
 
Kornowski said:
Ok, so you bought an 8600, nice downgrade when you probably could have spent £10 on a new cooler and have a perfectly good card. But, hey... It's your money.
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Haven't actually bought it yet, however the reasoning I had is that my motherboard is pci express 16x. And my processor is only a p4 3.4ghz, that I am just going to wait till I can get a better mobo and processor, then ill buy the cooler for the 8800gt. I am just kind of stuck here because I have people telling me I need a faster motherboard and others are saying I just need a cooler.
 
Wait, don't buy anything yet!

Faster motherboard? What do you have at the moment?
There's nothing wrong with PCI-e X16, it's the standard at the moment. Also, P4, that's socket LGA775, right? You could just get a new Core 2 Duo if you really wanted a new CPU.


I don't get why you're buying a new GPU, so you can buy a new MOBO, CPU and then a new GPU cooler. Why not just buy the cooler now, cut out the 8600! Ain't wort it dude!
 
Kornowski said:
Wait, don't buy anything yet!

Faster motherboard? What do you have at the moment?
There's nothing wrong with PCI-e X16, it's the standard at the moment. Also, P4, that's socket LGA775, right? You could just get a new Core 2 Duo if you really wanted a new CPU.


I don't get why you're buying a new GPU, so you can buy a new MOBO, CPU and then a new GPU cooler. Why not just buy the cooler now, cut out the 8600! Ain't wort it dude!
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Oh okay I gotcha thank you, but I do have a Intel D915PBL mobo and it can not support core 2 duo's. But I do see your reasoning now and I feel stupid but I understand what you are saying.
 
Yeah, it makes more sense to just leave getting a new card, when there's nothing wrong with your current one, many people have a problem with the fan, getting a new cooler would fix it. Also, if you think the card is OC'ed, have you looked in Rivatuner to see if it is? Also, check out GPU-z, it'll tell you the stock speeds and the current speeds, so you'll be able to see if it actually is OC'ed.

No worries man! Hope this helps some!
 
Kornowski said:
Yeah, it makes more sense to just leave getting a new card, when there's nothing wrong with your current one, many people have a problem with the fan, getting a new cooler would fix it. Also, if you think the card is OC'ed, have you looked in Rivatuner to see if it is? Also, check out GPU-z, it'll tell you the stock speeds and the current speeds, so you'll be able to see if it actually is OC'ed.

No worries man! Hope this helps some!
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Yeah it did, thanks alot for the help everyone. Was just a little overwhelmed in the begging but figured things out.
 
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