Video cards temps

Post by **warf** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:59 pm

I was getting some blue screens during BF2 play.

I downloaded ATI tools for my Radeon 850 XT PE

It has a temperature monitor, and customized fan settings.

At idle, the vid card is running 70 C.

During BF2 it was getting 95 C

I tweaked the fan settings, and now it stays right around 90 C, and has stopped the blue screens.

Man, boiling water temps!

Post by **KrAzYdAvE** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:34 pm

got any eggs?

Post by **Baron[CotC]** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:55 pm

That doesnt seem right at all.. I wonder if the heatsync on the chip isnt seated right, or the thermal compound between the two was applied wrong?

Torque · Post by **Torque** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:25 am

yeah I'd try to take it back, or at least call their support line.

Post by **Neophyte** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:47 am

My GeForce 6800 GT is 65c at rest and 75c at play. With a default high alarm at 120c.

My P4 2.8 Prescott is 44c at rest and 56c at play. I probably should buy a sound card to offload some of the work from the Prescott! I'm still waiting for the SoundBlaster Xfi Fatal1ty to release for that.

Torque · Post by **Torque** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:21 pm

wow, what functions do you require out of a sound card to validate spending enough for a fatal1ty card? I've never heard any sound difference from any sound card, except for old 8-bit cheap on boards. I guess if you plan to do something weird like mix music from two sources at once? I dunno.

Post by **Neophyte** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 2:43 pm

Torque wrote:wow, what functions do you require out of a sound card to validate spending enough for a fatal1ty card? I've never heard any sound difference from any sound card, except for old 8-bit cheap on boards. I guess if you plan to do something weird like mix music from two sources at once? I dunno.

My motherboard has the $2 on-board sound card. And it doesn't have enough Ooomph to power my Bose headphones. My cans sound like a couple of dogs being whooped when I want to listen to anything at volume! I've tried the bargin $79 sound cards, and it faired slightly better. At least the Windows startup WAV file plays without breakup when the computer boots. But they still lack the proper amplification. Therefore, X-fi.

Post by **Baron[CotC]** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:59 pm

I still remember the first time I loaded up Diablo2 and turned on the 3D Hardware sound effects, and then walked into the evil cave of doom.

The echos were great. A lot of motherboard sound chips cant produce those effects, at least not without hosing the CPU.

That justifies the price to me hehe

Post by **warf** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:12 pm

Audigy 2zs 5.1 here, sounds neato!

Post by **Rico** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:03 pm

Neophyte wrote: My cans sound like a couple of dogs being whooped when I want to listen to anything at volume!

Dude, I didn't know you had cans! I thought you were, well, a dude!

Post by **Neophyte** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:08 pm

Rico wrote:
Dude, I didn't know you had cans! I thought you were, well, a dude!

That's jugs you nimrod! Hahahaha! I thought your mom taught you everything, but apparently, she only taught the Navy about the birds and bee's!