Gigabyte gf 8500 gt 256 gddr3 fan/cooling

[akirilus]

I have this card for about 8 months now and i can say it would be great .. if only it didn't work on desktop whit 70 degrees celsius and reach 78-82 and if i dont watch it 95 in games,i know the card deteriorates by passing 80 so i play games at low grapchics to not overstress it... why have a pci 16x card when my old pc whit 8x card was doing better... so id like to know if anyone has any idea how i could get my fan to run at all times since this card has a stupid design that makes fan run only in games.. witch contributes in most part to the overheating.

 

[orangegator]

First, make sure there isn't dust clogging the heatsink. Use a program such as Riva Tuner or EVGA Precision to manually set the fan to a higher speed.

 

[akirilus]

there is no dust and riva tuner refuses to let me modify fan speed settings / cant i make it run at all times i want the fan to be active at all times as long as my pc is turned on ... to have fan work only in 3d games is just stupid... + my card is a overclocked to hell version of normal ge force 8500 thanks to gigabyte, it should have 2 fans working overtime .. i should know this is my waranty card , the first one broke cause of the heat in 2 months after i purchesed my pc.

 

[jennyh]

All Nvidia GT cards for as long as i can remember have been really hot chips. I've had to RMA two different BFG cards because of heat issues, that's why I bought an ATI last time.

 

[akirilus]

too hot.. im not shure if its worth it... i never ever imagined overheat will be a ishue for me ..