my nephew bought secondhand a leadtek 6600gt 128meg agp card and whilst it plays most games fine there are about 3 or 4 that give it problems, overheating the card upto 100c on the GPU, where 98c and up starts to wreck the graphics in game.
the Ram was overheating, but i sorted that by riffting the stock heatsink on that and using some fresh arctic silver.
the paste on the gpu and ram resembled powdered milk.
i am hoping that either the supplied gpu fan is distorted and not fitting the GPU, or it is simply not powerful enough. and would like to hear what 3rd party fan options will fit this card, and whether there is any fan control with the 3rd party options.
drivers seem to be a major issue with how this card behaves, certain games work better with certain drivers. whilst i understand a lot of these cards had to be RMA'd my nephew does not have this option anymore, hence looking into 3rd party cooling. getting the temps on the gpu down 5c will be enough to allow him to game (but not say much for the longevity of the card obviously!!!!)
the Ram was overheating, but i sorted that by riffting the stock heatsink on that and using some fresh arctic silver.
the paste on the gpu and ram resembled powdered milk.
i am hoping that either the supplied gpu fan is distorted and not fitting the GPU, or it is simply not powerful enough. and would like to hear what 3rd party fan options will fit this card, and whether there is any fan control with the 3rd party options.
drivers seem to be a major issue with how this card behaves, certain games work better with certain drivers. whilst i understand a lot of these cards had to be RMA'd my nephew does not have this option anymore, hence looking into 3rd party cooling. getting the temps on the gpu down 5c will be enough to allow him to game (but not say much for the longevity of the card obviously!!!!)