navy_spitfire

I apologize if this is in the wrong forum.

My video card has been running very hot for a long time and I can't for the life of me figure out why. Today is extremely hot because it's so goddamn humid out and it is very hot to the touch. I was wondering what I can do to have it run much cooler? It came out of the box overclocked already and I even restored everything to the factory settings. Even before the heat for some reason it was idling at around 79-80C. I'll try and give you as much info as possible on my rig:

AMD Phenom 9950 Quad Core
PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 512 MB
COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP w/ all fans included

Here's a ss of speedfan and gpu-z that will hopefully help:

[img=http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/8572/99890874.jpg]

I_dalder_I

Down load a fan control program such as "rivatuner" or "evga precession" and turn the fan speed up to around 80% when you play games. that will fix your problem easy

http://downloads.guru3d.com/EVGA-Pre...load-2251.html
Thats what you want. You could also overclock it as well if you felt like it, tho with those temps already at that i wouldn't recommend it. Next is what type of "air flow" do you have in your case? do you have at least one intake and one exhaust fan hooked up?

wannabe_OC

I took all the shrouds off my GX2s and turn the fans up to 100% through Rivatuner...

Hope this helps you a little bit...

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navy_spitfire

I have rivatuner and and thought that I already had the fan speed running at 100% Could you possibly help me by telling me what to do in rivatuner to turn up the fan speed (that would be fan speed of the video card?)?

Wannabe- what do you mean by taking off all the shrouds?

I_dalder_I

Wannabe means removing the plastic housing on the card to expose the heat sync to thea open air in your case, although i do not recommend this as it voids your warranty and in some cases hurts more then it helps. Just use EVGA precession its way easier to use then riva tuner.

wannabe_OC

Check out this thread...This is just for a picture reference...

You can take off the entire shroud that encompasses the GPUs...

How do you figure it hurts more then it helps?

Less air restriction + more airflow = cooler temps...

Granted it does void warranty, it was only an option...

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Angmaar

You could try zip-tie'ing a 80mm/92mm fan on to the GPU. (Check the "Lower your GPU Temp's" link in my Sig.)

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navy_spitfire

Oh okay. Then, again, would you mind running me through how to use evga?

I_dalder_I

The 9800gx2 will not benefit from that because it is encased in a plastic shroud. Ziptieing a fan to that will do next to nothing sadly

ZealotKi11er

Maybe open the card and reseal it with some better TIM and clean the cooler from dust, add a fan to blow cool air on it. Other then that there is not much you can do.

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