I have a BFG geforce 6800, it has 2 fans on the video card itself yet it still heats up to high enough temperatures that i cannot keep my hand on it for very long. I know that maybe putting another fan in woudl be good but i really dont think i have any room. would i have to get a new computer case? i have no idea which computer case is compatible... Need some suggestions on what to do (i have had the case open and a fan blowing into the case lol jutsa bit ghetto)
Over Heatign PROBLEM!
- Thread starter mikey4865
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Is the voltage set at 1.5v in the bios? If you are OCing the card the voltage there is usually moved up a notch or two to 1.6v or 1.7v that will see heat buildup. Your fans may be getting clogged or the card has developed a fault. These are a few things to look over. You can run out and buy a water cooling system for cards as well as an air conditioned case. But if one of these things is found that wouldn't help. When gaming though card temps are seen higher then cpu temps. Those can start 80C and climb easy enough. Do you have a means of monitoring the temps there?
fade2green514
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it is VERY hard to figure out a way to overvolt a video card, ive even tried to before. what are the temps of the card, because you cant go by how hot it feels. thats like saying i feel hot air coming out of the back of my case... well thats a good thing because the heat is getting dispelled, not building up on the computer part.
so what do the drivers say the temps are?
so what do the drivers say the temps are?
hey i was looking around websites and i found this what do ya think?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=120565&CatId=804
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=120565&CatId=804
mikey4865 said:
That is intended for circulating more air around inside the case itself and usually doesn't do much. I tried an enclosed pci slot cooler with a rear exhaust port and tossed it later. A freeware like SpeedFan would help show system temps without showing the video card's own temps. But it is a good one to have onhand to see if anything else is starting to cook. You can try that out at http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php You can give this one a try due to it being a freeware. Let's see if anything else is getting hot and then talk about extra cooling methods.
diduknowthat
formerly liuliuboy
ChrisDVD said:
probably rivatuner, but im sure if it does voltage since i dont use it.
@mikey: Doesn't your card have a temp diode? Check the system temperature and tell us.
fade2green514
Active Member
yea... how do i overvolt my geforce video card?
lol no wonder you got such high clocks on that thing! lol
i may consider water cooling for my video card, if i can get a nice overvolt...
lol no wonder you got such high clocks on that thing! lol
i may consider water cooling for my video card, if i can get a nice overvolt...
And I trust your hardware lasts longer with fewer issues as well. Once you start pushing the hardware limits you also have a tendency to shorten the life of the same. The newer video cards with their own vpus will run hotter when loaded due to taking the load off of the board's processor freeing up needed cpu time especially when running large demanding apps like some real graphics intensive games that are now available. Running stock here I find it actually smoother running newer graphics intense games and other apps then running many older ones with frequent lockups, driver issues, etc. on a Socket A board with an ATI Radeon 9550 256mb AGP card. Sometimes you can move a card up a notch to compensate demands by going from 1.5v default in the system bios to a 1.7v max as advised. This is not maintained for regular but temporary setting when meeting demand on the card itself such as seen in gaming. You just have to remember to reset the defualt there afterwards to avoid damaging the card. The ATI tool gives you a desktop method to do the same for that Windows session only unless that is set to load with Windows(not advised here sorry).