Free 8600gt BUT temps are high

[Necorum]

So I have a 8600 gt 512 mb 128bit gddr3 (OC edition) that on full load runs up to 85c. I read everywhere that these cards are hot. I reapplied thermal compound etc dopped it a few c's but is this normal while folding?

Edit :: added pic under crazy load - f@h smp and gpu + burn in test + prime95x2 + atitool artifact test

[Necorum]

This next pic is my extreme heat test for summer. Not really caring about this machine I put a space heater on full blast near one of the intakes (5 minutes). Call me crazy :P So if the highest it gets is 90c'ish is it ok ????

[PorPorMe]

I don't know about the space heater. But my 9800GT runs 65-70c without fan control then it drops down to upper 50's and that is with OC and both F@H. Why aren't you useing a fan controller? AN OC card should have one with it or RivaTuner.

[Necorum]

Originally Posted by PorPorMe

I don't know about the space heater. But my 9800GT runs 65-70c without fan control then it drops down to upper 50's and that is with OC and both F@H. Why aren't you useing a fan controller? AN OC card should have one with it or RivaTuner.

i am using riva just testing out extreme heat situation. 90c and it runs fine meh under insane condition

[MUff1N]

Originally Posted by Necorum

i am using riva just testing out extreme heat situation. 90c and it runs fine meh under insane condition

That GPU will give out at 95c, but that's not good to have it that hot if it doesn't have to be.
Also, I'd be using EVGA Precision 1.4.0 for the OC on that card so you can also control the fan as well.

You can have a different profile (10 in all) for each OC including the fan speed.
So at your lower clocks you can use a slower fan speed & for the higher clocks use a faster fan speed to keep it cool.
No sense in heating it up that hot if it doesn't have to be!

Just sign up for a free acount & download it, or PM me & I'll send it to you via email.
Very easy to setup & use & it's the best OC utility I've ever used!
I've used ATiTooL and Riva Tuner before & this is way better.

[PorPorMe]

I agree 100%. It works perfict for me. I just set the fan at 100% and anything I do is covered. then if I want to test I can adjust everthing else as I please in just seconds.

[Necorum]

Originally Posted by MUff1N

That GPU will give out at 95c, but that's not good to have it that hot if it doesn't have to be.
Also, I'd be using EVGA Precision 1.4.0 for the OC on that card so you can also control the fan as well.

You can have a different profile (10 in all) for each OC including the fan speed.
So at your lower clocks you can use a slower fan speed & for the higher clocks use a faster fan speed to keep it cool.
No sense in heating it up that hot if it doesn't have to be!

Just sign up for a free acount & download it, or PM me & I'll send it to you via email.
Very easy to setup & use & it's the best OC utility I've ever used!
I've used ATiTooL and Riva Tuner before & this is way better.

Yea I will check that tool out but I think the cards at its max setting from the factory but fan speed helps. On the 90c I was testing for a hot summer but it never broke 90c. The thermal throttle is @ 115c lolz

[cloasters]

Is it finger burning good? Lol!

[Necorum]

Originally Posted by cloasters

Is it finger burning good? Lol!

Only the ram chips lolz

[PorPorMe]

Originally Posted by Necorum

Yea I will check that tool out but I think the cards at its max setting from the factory but fan speed helps. On the 90c I was testing for a hot summer but it never broke 90c. The thermal throttle is @ 115c lolz

You must have gotten a raise or something likke that. An inheritance ?
OH. I've got it. You're pretty slick-I'll give you that.
Let me know how close i am. Your video card is OK but i's a bout 4 rungs up the ladder but there isn't any way to justify buying a new one.

Until you run some insane test and the card goes oof" and you can say with sadness in your eyes nab feeling real bad that the card failed. all the while you've got the one you want already in Newegges wish list? How close am i!

[ThunderRd]

Originally Posted by MUff1N

That GPU will give out at 95c, but that's not good to have it that hot if it doesn't have to be.
Also, I'd be using EVGA Precision 1.4.0 for the OC on that card so you can also control the fan as well.

You can have a different profile (10 in all) for each OC including the fan speed.
So at your lower clocks you can use a slower fan speed & for the higher clocks use a faster fan speed to keep it cool.
No sense in heating it up that hot if it doesn't have to be!

Just sign up for a free acount & download it, or PM me & I'll send it to you via email.
Very easy to setup & use & it's the best OC utility I've ever used!
I've used ATiTooL and Riva Tuner before & this is way better.

Hold the fort, gentlemen.

Just to set the record straight, EVGA Precision is the "junior" version of Rivatuner. It is developed and maintained by the same guy, Alex Nicolaychuk, AKA Unwinder, who is a bit of a legend in softmodding graphic cards. It is the finest and most complete of any tool made of its class. This is NOT an opinion. It is fact.

Anything EVGA can do, Rivatuner can do. And then some. [Or rather, then a ton more].

BTW, Riva was just released in its new 2.23 incarnation, improved SLI support and a number of other good things. It is an extremely complex software but man, it can do what it says it can. I have been following it closely for several years and it is the only tool I use. It requires some time for a learning curve, but it is remarkable, especially for a free software. It is without peer, and has direct support from the developer.

EVGA Pre is, according to the developer, for "newbies" [no offense intended to anyone here who uses it]. He specifically makes it for folks that aren't risk-takers, and/or don't know what they are doing around all of the deep mods that are possible with Riva. In the Riva forum he often tells users with whom he is annoyed to use EVGA instead of trying to use Riva.

So to say that EVGA Precision is "better" is patently wrong. To say it is "simpler" and "less powerful" is accurate.

[Necorum]

Originally Posted by ThunderRd

Hold the fort, gentlemen.

Just to set the record straight, EVGA Precision is the "junior" version of Rivatuner. It is developed and maintained by the same guy, Alex Nicolaychuk, AKA Unwinder, who is a bit of a legend in softmodding graphic cards. It is the finest and most complete of any tool made of its class. This is NOT an opinion. It is fact.

Anything EVGA can do, Rivatuner can do. And then some. [Or rather, then a ton more].

BTW, Riva was just released in its new 2.23 incarnation, improved SLI support and a number of other good things. It is an extremely complex software but man, it can do what it says it can. I have been following it closely for several years and it is the only tool I use. It requires some time for a learning curve, but it is remarkable, especially for a free software. It is without peer, and has direct support from the developer.

EVGA Pre is, according to the developer, for "newbies" [no offense intended to anyone here who uses it]. He specifically makes it for folks that aren't risk-takers, and/or don't know what they are doing around all of the deep mods that are possible with Riva. In the Riva forum he often tells users with whom he is annoyed to use EVGA instead of trying to use Riva.

So to say that EVGA Precision is "better" is patently wrong. To say it is "simpler" and "less powerful" is accurate.

Correct rivatuner back in the days of the 6 series nvidia's you could unlock pipelines etc to make your 6 series the higher up one forget which card i think 6600 to 6800. Im using evga's due to its simpler and easier and 64bit doesnt seem to like it too much :P. Will check out the new version though.


@ porporme

The RMA # is 33714520 and the prepaid shipping label order # is 35102820

Just messing with it til i get the chance to get over to ups and swap it for a 9500 gt

[PorPorMe]

Originally Posted by Necorum

@ porporme

The RMA # is 33714520 and the prepaid shipping label order # is 35102820

Just messing with it til i get the chance to get over to ups and swap it for a 9500 gt

Damn, I thought I had it figured 0ut and it sounded like something fun!
Oh well, if someone is slick enough I'm not going to be the one to catch it.

[MUff1N]

Originally Posted by ThunderRd

Hold the fort, gentlemen.

Just to set the record straight, EVGA Precision is the "junior" version of Rivatuner. It is developed and maintained by the same guy, Alex Nicolaychuk, AKA Unwinder, who is a bit of a legend in softmodding graphic cards. It is the finest and most complete of any tool made of its class. This is NOT an opinion. It is fact.

Anything EVGA can do, Rivatuner can do. And then some. [Or rather, then a ton more].

BTW, Riva was just released in its new 2.23 incarnation, improved SLI support and a number of other good things. It is an extremely complex software but man, it can do what it says it can. I have been following it closely for several years and it is the only tool I use. It requires some time for a learning curve, but it is remarkable, especially for a free software. It is without peer, and has direct support from the developer.

EVGA Pre is, according to the developer, for "newbies" [no offense intended to anyone here who uses it]. He specifically makes it for folks that aren't risk-takers, and/or don't know what they are doing around all of the deep mods that are possible with Riva. In the Riva forum he often tells users with whom he is annoyed to use EVGA instead of trying to use Riva.

So to say that EVGA Precision is "better" is patently wrong. To say it is "simpler" and "less powerful" is accurate.

I guess I wasn't clear enough & omitted a couple of words...
But I did say this...
"Very easy to setup & use & it's the best OC utility I've ever used!"
This states a personal opinion of how I view EVGA Precision compared to ATiTool & RivaTuner...For ME it's better than Rivatuner even though RivaTuner can do everything & more including writing to your graphics card's bios to where the card no longer works anymore if done wrong...

I just want a utility that has a good graphics interface that OCs my card & saves OC profiles! I don't need all the other stuff as I'm not into softmodding graphics cards, just OCing them.

[Necorum]

Originally Posted by MUff1N

I guess I wasn't clear enough & omitted a couple of words...
But I did say this...
"Very easy to setup & use & it's the best OC utility I've ever used!"
This states a personal opinion of how I view EVGA Precision compared to ATiTool & RivaTuner...For ME it's better than Rivatuner even though RivaTuner can do everything & more including writing to your graphics card's bios to where the card no longer works anymore if done wrong...

I just want a utility that has a good graphics interface that OCs my card & saves OC profiles! I don't need all the other stuff as I'm not into softmodding graphics cards, just OCing them.

Understood Muff1n I am using EVGA Prec. more and more less windows to go through one click and right on the screen :P and for some reason rivatuner resets my fan back to auto alot.

[ThunderRd]

One important thing that Riva can do for you now that EVGA can't is control 2 cards...either with or without SLI, if you want to control oc or fan speed on multiple cards you must use Riva anyhow.

[Necorum]

Neat need a second card for sli in main rig since lost one due to a flakey psu back last year

[nothingbetter2d]

i had similar temps (85 degrees c under load) with an 8500gt.... i put a new heatsink n fan Komplett.ie - Zalman VGA Cooler VF900-Cu, on it and now it runs at max 55 degrees c under load

[So Late]

are you giving this card away?

[Daniel ~]

Necorum hasn't been around in a while, personal problems seem to have taken their toll...sorry...