Cooling a GTX 460

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vzdemon

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Hi, i have a GTX 460 graphics card with stock cooling fan on it and an AMD athlon X4 640 3Ghz processor. Back when my system was new (about 3 years ago) it ran every game on the market just fine. Now however when ever i run any 3D game even with the graphics settings set to lowest quality, my PC crashes after 1/2 hour or hour game play. I don't ever get frame rate drops even on high quality graphics settings and it usually happens when my GPU temp reaches 80+ degrees Celsius. I constantly clean my computer's inside and remove dust.

My thoughts are that getting a good cooling system for my GPU will solve the problem but I am no expert. So before i go out and spend money i would like to know what cooling system should I buy and is a better cooling system on my GPU gonna solve my problems?

Btw my computer crashes on the same games that it could easily run it the past.
 
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The 400 series cards run pretty hot, especially with the stock fan. Try turning your fan speed up a little to see if anything changes.

My GTX 460 is the ASUS GTX 460 1GB V2 running at 900Mhz Core and 1800Mhz on the Memory with a custom fan curve starting at 40% or 55% depending on how hot my house is and ends at 60%. all while never going above 78 degrees Fahrenheit. Non-reference coolers make a hell of a difference.

The 400 and 500 series are also very picky about temperature and drivers. One little error in the driver would cripple my system two or three times a day.
If all of your games will still work, try using the 314.22 drivers. They are the last nVidia Drivers that I had no problems with.
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Before you go out and spend money on something that you may not need. Go download MSI Afterburner. Install it and then turn up your fan speed on your 460. I have a 470 folding 24/7 with the fan speed set to 65% and it never gets above 80C. On a side not I have seen my 470 get to 103C. :) The 4xx series cards are good cards, they just run stupidly hot. :( Even if your 460 wasn't made by MSI it will still work with your card.
 
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The 400 series cards run pretty hot, especially with the stock fan. Try turning your fan speed up a little to see if anything changes.

My GTX 460 is the ASUS GTX 460 1GB V2 running at 900Mhz Core and 1800Mhz on the Memory with a custom fan curve starting at 40% or 55% depending on how hot my house is and ends at 60%. all while never going above 78 degrees Fahrenheit. Non-reference coolers make a hell of a difference.

The 400 and 500 series are also very picky about temperature and drivers. One little error in the driver would cripple my system two or three times a day.
If all of your games will still work, try using the 314.22 drivers. They are the last nVidia Drivers that I had no problems with.
 
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it has been 3 years. try replacing the thermal paste.
 
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