Graphics card cooling

01-06-2005, 23:39

Anyone with any experience here,I have a asus x800 xt pe card and It appears to be getting a tad warm,Under normal use it runs at 48-52 degrees,when gaming 65 degrees at least topping out about 70
The asus overdrive isn't showing any warning at this temp but obviously im concerned
How hard is replacing a gfx cooling system? Any ideas what to use? And whats the chances of busting it

I can't find any def info on if its to hot anywhere,theres differing opinions accross the net

punky · 02-06-2005, 00:32

What was the name/website of that program you measure the temperature GPUs? Everest or something?

02-06-2005, 01:08

http://www.lavalys.com/
everest,home editions free

jtwn · 02-06-2005, 02:02

Only the newer generation of cards have the temperature diodes on though.

punky · 02-06-2005, 02:06

Yeah, doesn't look like mine does. it is an Asus Radeon 9600SE.

On the upside, it tells me the temp of my HDs which I never knew before. 37c.

Real nice proggy...

jtwn · 02-06-2005, 02:21

Only ever heard of certain xt versions having a sensor in the 9600 series :/

punky · 02-06-2005, 02:34

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Originally Posted by jtwn

Only ever heard of certain xt versions having a sensor in the 9600 series :/

Probably... the SE version is the cut down one for tightarses.

Bifta · 02-06-2005, 08:49

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Anyone with any experience here,I have a asus x800 xt pe card and It appears to be getting a tad warm,Under normal use it runs at 48-52 degrees,when gaming 65 degrees at least topping out about 70
The asus overdrive isn't showing any warning at this temp but obviously im concerned
How hard is replacing a gfx cooling system? Any ideas what to use? And whats the chances of busting it

I can't find any def info on if its to hot anywhere,theres differing opinions accross the net

That's far too hot, now the weathers warmed up, my XT PE sits at 35 under normal load and 45 under heavy (after a couple of hours). If I were you I'd get hold of the Zalman cooler (the arctic cooling ones are complete gash and the fan starts getting noisy very quickly)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...of_Zalman.html

(second one down)

02-06-2005, 12:06

nice one ,looks like it shouldn't be to much hassle to change,I will get one ordered asap

Bifta · 02-06-2005, 12:23

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

nice one ,looks like it shouldn't be to much hassle to change,I will get one ordered asap

I use one myself now, exceptionally easy to fit and you can just whack the fan cable into a controller, not that you really need to as it's fairly quiet at it's fastest speed anyway.

02-06-2005, 13:00

Ive had a look at the card and it appears theres just 3 screws 2 holding the heat sink one near the fan holding it in place,Am i right in thinking the zalman will use 2 screws and just fit ontop of the gpu unlike the original which blows back over the heatsink

Bifta · 02-06-2005, 13:34

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Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Ive had a look at the card and it appears theres just 3 screws 2 holding the heat sink one near the fan holding it in place,Am i right in thinking the zalman will use 2 screws and just fit ontop of the gpu unlike the original which blows back over the heatsink

Yeah it'll just use the 2 holes nearest the GPU, it also comes with ramsinks for the ... ram, trust me, it'll fit.

06-06-2005, 17:39

Just an update bought as bifta suggested idles at 40 tops out under 50 happy enough with that as I do have a lot of hardware in my case

Nice one bifta