- Sep 22, 2009
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Hello, I'm new to posting here but I've been lurking around for some time. As I have not been able to find a good answer to my problem elsewhere, I decided to give it a shot here. 
Comp: XPS 420
Processor: E8400 (3.00)
GPU: ATI HD 2600 XT
Games Played:
Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (with custom scenery add-ons)
No Limits Roller Coaster
My problem is that I have a HD 2600 XT and the fan on it starts making a high-pitched whirring (as if it were really over working itself, but I'm not going to assume anything) and at first it was just a nuisance. It started happening a few months ago when I was playing a computer game. I then proceeded to stop playing the game because I got tired of listening to the noise. After I stopped playing the game, the noise stopped.
Just two or three weeks ago I wanted to play the game again so I booted it back up and sure enough the noise was back again to greet me. I decided that I'd live with it because I liked the game. However the game started crashing and I was getting suspicious. I cleaned out my whole computer case and made sure that there was no dust in any of the fans, including on the graphics card (I cleaned it out, too). Then I updated the Catalyst and drivers for the card and tried a different game but this time performance actually suffered. I tried the first game and performance was also suffering. The graphics card is not overheating, as a matter of fact it usually doesn't heat up past 65-70 C playing my games and my whole system is well ventilated. My warranty on the system is up so Dell will not help me.
I'm really not sure why the GPU is doing this, because it's not overheating according to the readings by the Catalyst control center and I don't have it overclocked. It's like the fan thinks that it needs to overwork itself, causing the whirring noise. But now my actual performance/FPS on the games is suffering, too. I don't know about Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, but in my No Limits game, I used to get around 60 FPS on average when now I'm getting around 15-20 FPS. It's like my GPU is slowly killing itself.
Comp: XPS 420
Processor: E8400 (3.00)
GPU: ATI HD 2600 XT
Games Played:
Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (with custom scenery add-ons)
No Limits Roller Coaster
My problem is that I have a HD 2600 XT and the fan on it starts making a high-pitched whirring (as if it were really over working itself, but I'm not going to assume anything) and at first it was just a nuisance. It started happening a few months ago when I was playing a computer game. I then proceeded to stop playing the game because I got tired of listening to the noise. After I stopped playing the game, the noise stopped.
Just two or three weeks ago I wanted to play the game again so I booted it back up and sure enough the noise was back again to greet me. I decided that I'd live with it because I liked the game. However the game started crashing and I was getting suspicious. I cleaned out my whole computer case and made sure that there was no dust in any of the fans, including on the graphics card (I cleaned it out, too). Then I updated the Catalyst and drivers for the card and tried a different game but this time performance actually suffered. I tried the first game and performance was also suffering. The graphics card is not overheating, as a matter of fact it usually doesn't heat up past 65-70 C playing my games and my whole system is well ventilated. My warranty on the system is up so Dell will not help me.
I'm really not sure why the GPU is doing this, because it's not overheating according to the readings by the Catalyst control center and I don't have it overclocked. It's like the fan thinks that it needs to overwork itself, causing the whirring noise. But now my actual performance/FPS on the games is suffering, too. I don't know about Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, but in my No Limits game, I used to get around 60 FPS on average when now I'm getting around 15-20 FPS. It's like my GPU is slowly killing itself.
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