little help - Page 2

Trevally. · 02-08-11, 04:09 PM

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mobucks · 02-08-11, 04:11 PM

To All:

Monitor your card temperatures people!

I have mine running at all times and monitor it before/during/after playing games using RivaTuner graph chart.

Anything over 90c is cutting it close, and AFAIK hitting 90c will reboot the computer.

Good luck friends, protect your investment!

stoianm · 02-08-11, 07:47 PM

Hi TDW,

you are using antilag or you are using an software for keeping the temperature low for your vga card?

Thanks!

TheDarkWraith · 02-08-11, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stoianm

Hi TDW,

you are using antilag or you are using an software for keeping the temperature low for your vga card?

Thanks!

don't use anti-lag. The only tool I use is EVGA's precision tool. I only had to set it once and then I've never touched it. Never have problems with temps. The reason I probably don't have problems is because my computer is custom built by me. It's an Antec 1200 case with all fans replaced with Arctic Cooling fans. I have 7 fans running in my case not counting the CPU cooler. The mobo (Asus Crosshair Formula III) controls all the fans keeping the temps in check

I have 3 temp sensors scattered around the board monitoring critical items like the northbridge, memory, and the graphics cards that report to the mobo so it can further help to control temps.

stoianm · 02-08-11, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

don't use anti-lag. The only tool I use is EVGA's precision tool. I only had to set it once and then I've never touched it. Never have problems with temps. The reason I probably don't have problems is because my computer is custom built by me. It's an Antec 1200 case with all fans replaced with Arctic Cooling fans. I have 7 fans running in my case not counting the CPU cooler. The mobo (Asus Crosshair Formula III) controls all the fans keeping the temps in check

I have 3 temp sensors scattered around the board monitoring critical items like the northbridge, memory, and the graphics cards that report to the mobo so it can further help to control temps.

wow ... cold as in a frigo ... then i sure need a software to control my vga fan

thanks!

Drewcifer · 02-08-11, 08:46 PM

Or you could be like me, I live in michigan, its about 10 degrees out... I leave the heat vents in my computer room closed, as well as the heat set to 60 in my house all together. My computer room is currently 52, according to my handy lil temp gauge and even under extreme load my ATI only gets up to around 60.

Note there is a difference between F, and C, degrees... but still generally on a hot summer day under EXTREME load i've seen my GPU get into the 90's more then once. Until my H2O cooler kicks in and the fire extinguisher blasts the temp back into the 70's.

So far this winter i've not heard my fans kick on once...not a single cooling device has powered up. lol.

Winter= cheap cooling.

stoianm · 02-09-11, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drewcifer

Or you could be like me, I live in michigan, its about 10 degrees out... I leave the heat vents in my computer room closed, as well as the heat set to 60 in my house all together. My computer room is currently 52, according to my handy lil temp gauge and even under extreme load my ATI only gets up to around 60.

Note there is a difference between F, and C, degrees... but still generally on a hot summer day under EXTREME load i've seen my GPU get into the 90's more then once. Until my H2O cooler kicks in and the fire extinguisher blasts the temp back into the 70's.

So far this winter i've not heard my fans kick on once...not a single cooling device has powered up. lol.

Winter= cheap cooling.

Where in michigan exactly? i was travelling many times between Detroit and Chicago on the i94 and i can confirm you have a nasty winter time

Drewcifer · 02-09-11, 03:10 AM

On the outskirts of Ann Arbor. Yes our winters are known! Its a great place to live if you enjoy 4x4 and snowmobiles thats for sure. Oh and in the spring a boat.... since we don't have all this water for nothing!

stoianm · 02-09-11, 03:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drewcifer

On the outskirts of Ann Arbor. Yes our winters are known! Its a great place to live if you enjoy 4x4 and snowmobiles thats for sure. Oh and in the spring a boat.... since we don't have all this water for nothing!

ann arbor? - aa i know the city - but where you use a boat? - you go at lake erie or at lake huron?

Drewcifer · 02-09-11, 03:27 AM

Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron is my Home Port.

Zedi · 02-09-11, 03:48 AM

I never use the original nvidia drivers, only those provided by MS updates even if they are old. Those are optimized, tested and approved by MS, any other drivers can make ur OS unstable.

stoianm · 02-09-11, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magnum

I never use the original nvidia drivers, only those provided by MS updates even if they are old. Those are optimized, tested and approved by MS, any other drivers can make ur OS unstable.

you already told my that my friend but i was so stupid

and i was thinking that last version of drv is whql certified

P.S. Read your PMs please

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02-08-11, 04:11 PM	#17
mobucks Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 713 Downloads: 209 Uploads: 0	To All: Monitor your card temperatures people! I have mine running at all times and monitor it before/during/after playing games using RivaTuner graph chart. Anything over 90c is cutting it close, and AFAIK hitting 90c will reboot the computer. Good luck friends, protect your investment!

02-08-11, 07:47 PM	#18
stoianm Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 2,776 Downloads: 833 Uploads: 11	Hi TDW, you are using antilag or you are using an software for keeping the temperature low for your vga card? Thanks!

02-08-11, 08:46 PM	#21
Drewcifer Commodore Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 601 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Or you could be like me, I live in michigan, its about 10 degrees out... I leave the heat vents in my computer room closed, as well as the heat set to 60 in my house all together. My computer room is currently 52, according to my handy lil temp gauge and even under extreme load my ATI only gets up to around 60. Note there is a difference between F, and C, degrees... but still generally on a hot summer day under EXTREME load i've seen my GPU get into the 90's more then once. Until my H2O cooler kicks in and the fire extinguisher blasts the temp back into the 70's. So far this winter i've not heard my fans kick on once...not a single cooling device has powered up. lol. Winter= cheap cooling.

02-09-11, 03:10 AM	#23
Drewcifer Commodore Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 601 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	On the outskirts of Ann Arbor. Yes our winters are known! Its a great place to live if you enjoy 4x4 and snowmobiles thats for sure. Oh and in the spring a boat.... since we don't have all this water for nothing!

02-09-11, 03:27 AM	#25
Drewcifer Commodore Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 601 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron is my Home Port.

02-09-11, 03:48 AM	#26
Zedi Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,845 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 2	I never use the original nvidia drivers, only those provided by MS updates even if they are old. Those are optimized, tested and approved by MS, any other drivers can make ur OS unstable.