Hey guys, I just bought this card and figured it might be defective(Stock fan sucking). I play WoW and it goes to 60ºC at first, then later on it goes to 70 and sometimes hits 80. Is this normal? I have a 7950GT. I use PC Wizard to monitor the temp, and it also says "GPU Fan 17%". I'm not sure if thats how much of the fan usage is currently being used or what, because it stays at that speed even under massive graphical loads.
Or, better yet, can I just increase my fan speed manually? I really don't feel like RMA'ing this thing.
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Anonymous2007-01-18 15:31
Which brand do you have?
I have the Gainward 7950GT. Let me run some Rainbow Six Vegas and get back to you.
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Anonymous2007-01-18 15:56
30 minutes of R6V got it to 57ºC.
What kind of case do you have?
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Anonymous2007-01-18 16:34
Just blow your load on the card itself and it will cool down within minutes and lasts for about an hour or two. Seriously though, this is a trade secret used by many of the hardcore over clockers (seen in the private sections of the [H]ard forums). The various materials forming the seminal plasma allows fairly rapid dispersion of heat over a larger surface area while it is in the clotting process. The effectiveness of the heat dispersion will decline as the liquefaction process takes place. It will take about 30 minutes to an hour for the plasma to start solidifying once the liquefaction process is reached. Just scrape off the remains once solidification has started and re apply every few hours.
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Anonymous2007-01-18 16:44
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Your hardware appears to be defective. I suggest buying a real card like an ATI Rage or whatever. Note that they do not make those cards anymore, like all good things.
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Anonymous2007-01-18 16:45
recompile your kernel
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Anonymous2007-01-18 17:48
>>3
BFG 7950GT. My case is a Xion, it has a 120 MM fan on the rear, 80mm fan on the side and the front fan is NOT working which should be an intake fan. I need to replace it. >>4
Thanks, I'll try that. >>6
Okay.
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Anonymous2007-01-18 19:18
>>1
Try installing and playing Ultima Online instead of WoW. WoW has a known problem of sending far too many 'hot' polygons to the graphics card, causing it to heat up faster. UO does not have this issue since it only sends out 'cool' polygons.
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Anonymous2007-01-18 19:21
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I have a GeForce 6200. When I play UT2003 or Unreal for a while, it gets to around 70 C, sometimes around 80 C. So I would say that this is normal.