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noxnoctum   08-27-2008 at 03:22:47 AM

Alright something's clearly wrong with my video card because I've been getting a lot of glitchiness especially in modern, demanding games. (old 2d stuff not really)

I've narrowed the problem down to a heat issue. What can I do to temporarily fix this? I've tried blowing air into the computer with a regular fan (with the case off) but that doesn't seem to help enough.

I really have almost no cash ATM (waiting for the end of the month ) so I'm just looking for a "quick fix". Thought about sticking a ziplocked bag of icecubes on top but was worried it might drip water into it.

Ideas?

I have a Nvidia 7900 GS btw.

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spathotan   08-27-2008 at 03:24:37 AM
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Download and install Rivatuner and turn up the fan speed, set it to around 70% at first and monitor things from there.

 

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=163


Message edited by spathotan on 08-27-2008 at 03:24:51 AM
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dagger   08-27-2008 at 03:26:21 AM
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Increase fan speed manually. This can be done using software utilities, like Rivatuner.
http://www.vaguetech.com/users/dwo [...] rivatuner/

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