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night_wolf_in
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n°1771745
12-18-2007 at 05:52:31 PM

the title says it all. what is the maximum temp that gpu can take without damaging the gfx card itself?

ehem, just wanna know how margin i left after using rivatuner fan profile.

used to go up to 90C while playing crysis. now it is at 75C. anywho what is the max temp can the card handle?

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n°1771748
12-18-2007 at 05:58:51 PM

You want to keep it under 90 degrees.

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n°1771769
12-18-2007 at 06:31:43 PM

Cleeve wrote :

You want to keep it under 90 degrees.


I'm looking long and hard for a simple utility to adjust the GPU fan in the 8800GT and works with Vista 64 (without signed drivers problems).

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n°1771777
12-18-2007 at 06:37:44 PM

Cleeve wrote :

You want to keep it under 90 degrees.



so i consider that 90 is the max?


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n°1771783
12-18-2007 at 06:50:48 PM

I do. Keeping it consistantly below 85 degrees under load would be ideal.


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n°1771792
12-18-2007 at 07:23:02 PM

With the a new version card and rivatuner set up... my card hardly goes over 75c during load. Only time your 8800GT would ever hit 90c is if you left the fan at default and you have absolutely zero airflow in your case.

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n°1771799
12-18-2007 at 07:43:33 PM

folius wrote :

With the a new version card and rivatuner set up... my card hardly goes over 75c during load. Only time your 8800GT would ever hit 90c is if you left the fan at default and you have absolutely zero airflow in your case.


Are you able to get rivaturner to work with Vista 64? (the fan auto-adjusts when using XP)
It fails to start automatically becasue of signed drivers problems.
Or I won't mind if I got the FAN to get stuck at 60%, then the card is always cool enough.


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n°1771813
12-18-2007 at 08:09:58 PM

riva tuner works with vista 64 just do the percentage load thingy and it will kick in... forgot what option that is....


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n°1771821
12-18-2007 at 08:20:44 PM

Its in the rivatuner setup. If you open your hardware monitor and right click of your GPU temp graph and go to (i think its) properties, you can set up profiles in that window. I have a link to a online guide for rivatuner... give me a minute to get the link for you.

*EDIT* here is the link http://home.comcast.net/~boogieman [...] 0guide.htm

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n°1771828
12-18-2007 at 08:30:05 PM

GPUs can get upwards of 120c without being damaged.

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n°1771831
12-18-2007 at 08:42:26 PM

folius wrote :

Its in the rivatuner setup. If you open your hardware monitor and right click of your GPU temp graph and go to (i think its) properties, you can set up profiles in that window. I have a link to a online guide for rivatuner... give me a minute to get the link for you.

*EDIT* here is the link http://home.comcast.net/~boogieman [...] 0guide.htm


folius & jnava121
Thanks for the info. I got this to work with XP before , no trouble. Maybe there is a newer version that I don't have?
I hope it's that easy. I'll try as soon as I get home.

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n°1771836
12-18-2007 at 08:51:00 PM

skittle wrote :

GPUs can get upwards of 120c without being damaged.



I've seen them die as low as 95 degrees. I personally don't find anything over 90 acceptable for long-term use.


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n°1771974
12-19-2007 at 06:39:44 AM

skittle wrote :

GPUs can get upwards of 120c without being damaged.

 

wow. that seems insane. it can boil water. n make boiled eggs for me. lol.

 


cleeve, i have used this tutorial http://www.guru3d.com/article/article/449 i hope it works...tho i know that ur issue is with vista 64. MAYBE u have to force it? using power user ? not sure. but check out the tutorial if u didnt c it before.


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n°1772060
12-19-2007 at 04:32:12 PM

In Vista 64, I installed Riva in safe mode (to install without signed drivers).
Now I can run all games without overheating and seems to run well. :D
Actually everything run better and more smoothly. I don't know why.

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n°1772073
12-19-2007 at 04:55:07 PM

thats because rivatuner is a godsend.

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