Hey, a friend of mine bought this card used from another friend of ours. He warned us that it runs hot, but using ntune it's reading it at 150c when under load. My 8800gts is only at around 60c. Is this normal for this card? Should we be worried about frying anything? He doesn't have the best case setup but even still. I can't see 150c being anywhere normal... Also, what would you recommend as a replacement for this. He was looking at the 8600gt. It's only $50 on newegg after rebate.
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Yeah, I'm sure. And a nice cooling fan would be almost as much as that card. Might as well spend the extra $20 for an upgrade.
Mind finding me a link sometime? I Found xfx 8600gt xxx but not Zalman edition, and it's only $70.
JlCollins005
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heres that link from newegg and its the zalman edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150258
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150258
Have you looked at the cards fan after the card was installed to make sure it is spinning?
JlCollins005
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i believe the card is 99 but then u get a 30 dollar rebate.. its not bad if ur on a budget..
The card is not performing correctly, He's getting random freezeups, bluescreens, this crazy Fractal looking thing. For a while the computer would crash within 5 minutes of boot up everytime. He seems to be getting lucky now and it'll last a while. And as for the 9600, he is on a tight budget, and doesn't need a great card, just something to play wow on more smoothly than onboard graphics.
Cards depend not only on model, but on the specific manufacturer (XFX, LeadTek, etc...). Some of the cheaper ones (XFX) come with little to no card-specific cooling, while LeadTek almost makes it overkill sometimes. Even then, you can't rely completely on that. Make sure your system has at least one fan blowing air in and one blowing it out. They have to blow in the same general direction to work together, as opposed to against each other (two blowing air in or two blowing air out, on opposite sides).
Chances are the card might get permanent hardware damage eventually and he'll have to throw it away. Happened to one of my cards, although it was from being VERY old. Some part might melt and then he'll be screwed. What card depends on whether he has AGP or PCIe. The former, the best he can get is GeForce 7950, and it will cost a killing. For PCIe, he can probably get 8800GT at a VERY reasonable price, AND he would have PCIe 2.0 compatibility with that, not to mention DX10 (I think). If low on cash, I guess he could try:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-pr1c3grabb3r-_-Video+Cards-_-EVGA-_-14130313
Otherwise:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...deo+Cards-_-PNY+Technologies++Inc.-_-14133205
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JlCollins005
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the xfx cards may be less costly but in my opinion they run better than many others along with higher clock speeds and mem speeds im xfx fanboy i guess u could say
He's got PCI-e. Just wants to stay pretty cheap. I think he'll end up going with the 8600gt. Like I said, All he plays is WoW on it. but he'd like to be able to run bioshock to play thourhg.