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Thread : Cooling 8800gts (640mb)
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alright, I have a currently 8800gts 640mb, I have software that tells me its tempurature. I did find out though that its tempurature is normal. It should be around 60 C idle, and can get up to 85 C when underload. I really dont want my card heating up that hot, even 60 C I dont like it being that hot! So I got to 2 fans each 12volt which are spares i found in my house, does anyone know specifically the best place to put them for maximum cooling effect, should it be under the card? on top? on the side? infront? Any help would be apprieciated! |
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Why not just find a decent aftermarket cooler for one...it will probably run you $30-35. I used to have one and with the stock cooler ran around 70C at load. If anything, pull the heatsink, clean the old paste and reapply some AC5 or something else good. That should at least help some. Boost the speed on your fan. --------------- The Pastafarian belief of heaven stresses that it contains beer volcanoes and a stripper factory. Hell is oddly similar, except that the beer is stale, and the strippers have VD |
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Card is 2 weeks old, i think cooling paste is still okay! |
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Download RivaTuner and up your fan speed until you get the desired temps. |
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Yeah I know about rivatuner and the applying new paste isn't really nesecary in my case, I just want to know where the extra 2 fans I have would be best and cool the card the most. |
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The 8800gts cooler (both g80 and g92 versions are basically the same) is the best dual slot stock cooler in existance. It shouldn't run nearly that hot. That's not normal. Rma it, it's what you do for defective product. My g92 8800gts @ 780mhz does not go above 60C at max load in stress test. At that point, a high end aftermarket cooler will not do much better, an average aftermarket cooler will do worse. Those aftermarket dual slot coolers are meant for 8800gt. --------------- Q6600@3.6ghz, GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard, 8gb 800mhz ddr2 4-3-3-12, 8800GTS(g92)@780mhz, 1TB + 1.5TB hdds, 850watt psu |
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Alright dagger: I called evga which is the seller for my card and he said that is perfectly normal for it run at 85 degrees under stress and around 60C idle. I kind of dont know who to believe.
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that is pretty hot... while doing ATI stess test in the ATI Tool... the hottest I've seen my 8800 gts 640 get is 85 C... AFTER AN HOUR... during normal load it doesn't go above 60 C... and it usually idles at 52 C
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Well, obviously they don't want you to rma the card. So there's a conflict of interest there. Use this to stress your card. Most games can't stress fully and consistantly, so you don't actually get the max temperature. --------------- Q6600@3.6ghz, GA-EX38-DS4 motherboard, 8gb 800mhz ddr2 4-3-3-12, 8800GTS(g92)@780mhz, 1TB + 1.5TB hdds, 850watt psu |
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I downloaded furmark and impressivly the card got to 86 C with that thing with 4 fans cooling that card!!! Wow wow this stuff runs hot. And also where exactly would it go under the card, where the cooling fan is? just anywhere under it, cause the card is in a plastic case! |
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And also is making fan speed higher lets say 100%, would it damage the fan after a while? will it shorten its life a lot? |
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