8800GTS as Physx card, but extremely noisy.. does it have to be?

David_VI · 2 May 2011 at 00:54

Hey guys.

In my new system i've got my GTX460 OC edition which is quiet, silent.

However if I shove my inno3d 8800GTS 640mb in as a physX card it breaks this silence, its so loud.

Are they known for being loud and why on earth does it have to spin so fast if its not even being used for graphics or display? Could I make the fan a lot slower or does being used for Physx still put the same sort of strain on the card that it needs gets as hot as it would do as a normal graphics card?

I'd really like to use this as a physx card if possible, as it could shave quite a few frames off of some games.. but only worth it if I don't really know its there..

Thoughts?
David

Werewolf · 2 May 2011 at 01:48

Doing physx will still be putting the card under a lot of strain, as from memory it uses the GPU and memory to do the physics calculations, it just doesn't use the output part for the display (basically the card is still using most of the same bits it would do if working as a normal video card).

SupermotoMX · 2 May 2011 at 01:51

aftermarket cooler?

wentalong · 2 May 2011 at 02:17

SupermotoMX said:
aftermarket cooler?

+1

or use the nvidia controll pannel and set the fan speed, you moght boil the card so aftermarket coolers best

David_VI · 2 May 2011 at 03:19

Could anyone reccomend an aftermarket cooler for the 8800gts?

Mine looks like this

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Surveyor · 2 May 2011 at 03:34

It depends how much you want to spend.

This is quite quiet if you turn the fan down a bit but they are out of stock at the moment:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-047-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=787

I used them a few years ago on ATI HD 4870's.

I connected the fan header to the motherboard and was able to turn the fan down to around 1,500rpm and that provided adequate cooling.

David_VI · 2 May 2011 at 03:42

Surveyor said:
It depends how much you want to spend.

This is quite quiet if you turn the fan down a bit but they are out of stock at the moment:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-047-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=787

I used them a few years ago on ATI HD 4870's.

I connected the fan header to the motherboard and was able to turn the fan down to around 1,500rpm and that provided adequate cooling.

Thanks for the suggestion, ill do some researching along with my loud Kuhler research!!

dfarrall · 2 May 2011 at 13:39

Just a note on using an old dedicated physx card with a newer card.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbww3dhzK0M

Possibly bottlenecking it.

David_VI · 2 May 2011 at 13:52

dfarrall said:
Just a note on using an old dedicated physx card with a newer card.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbww3dhzK0M

Possibly bottlenecking it.

Interesting, you see i'd be happy knowing it would just slow things down as it would then be not worth having it in my machine and not worth it creating so much noise.

Not sure on how much difference there is between the 8600 and the 8800 though. I suppose I could do a similiar test as I own Mafia 2.

Predicament · 2 May 2011 at 14:19

I would just forgo the dedicated card and use your GTX 460 for Physx.