Warning : BFG 8800GT OC - Nearly killed it

uber soldat · 30 Nov 2007 at 14:19

dokko said:
I'd report it to BFG.

Noy much they can do about it now, apart from apologise, but it might make them think twice about putting stupid stickers on where they are not wanted.

It might technically be classed as a design fault, as it was them who supplied it with the sticker on and not you adding it

saguy · 30 Nov 2007 at 15:09

SupraWez said:
Hey All,

SpeedFan reported my BFG 8800GT OC running at 114degC today.

There is a stupid sticker in the middle of the fan which is stuck on top of an Nvidia label on the fan, this had come off and jammed in the fan.

My idle was 90+ degC and I couldnt work out why, it was only when playing with the fan speed in RivaTuner that I noticed it wasnt spinning

COD4 kept crashing.

Things have cooled down and COD4 hasnt crashed again since

A similar thing happened to me with my leatek GT when the clear plastic protective film came off the fan heat sink. Luckily it made one hell of a noise when it happened so the card did not overheat. It is the dumbest thing to have these films on the cards.

SupraWez · 1 Dec 2007 at 14:27

saguy said:
A similar thing happened to me with my leatek GT when the clear plastic protective film came off the fan heat sink. Luckily it made one hell of a noise when it happened so the card did not overheat. It is the dumbest thing to have these films on the cards.

My card has a plastic cover on it, is it worth removing it?

chrissss · 1 Dec 2007 at 14:30

I wacht my temps the whole time. cpu and gpu temps are in next to my msn and steam icons.

WarBird · 1 Dec 2007 at 14:33

wow that's not good like, well caught man

Big.Wayne · 1 Dec 2007 at 17:46

substrom said:
im having a few issues with this card....its completely freezing the screen after only a few mins of crysis

Doesn't sound like much fun. If its still a problem then tell us more infomation or maybe make a new thread to get support (and to avoid hijacking another users thread! :cool:

).

Gibbo · 1 Dec 2007 at 17:48

Hi there

Noticed this a lot on 8800 GT's as they seem to ship with a protective film/sticker over the heatsink which can be hard to spot.

It obviously needs peeling off / removing before use or it will increase temperatures.

SupraWez · 2 Dec 2007 at 15:40

Do you have a pick showing what should be left on the card after the film has been removed, should the heatsink be exposed?

THC_SsSsSnake · 2 Dec 2007 at 16:29

wheres the heatsink?

Mana · 2 Dec 2007 at 16:30

damnit, i snuck into your house and moved the label... didnt think to disable your rivatuner

RobH · 2 Dec 2007 at 16:36

I hate it when companies put needles stickers on their hardware. When I got my Gigabyte DS3 I had an 'all solid capacitor' stickers stuck across 2 PCI slots and when I peeled it off it left a load of crap behind. I spent about 10 minutes trying to get it out of the slots.

SupraWez · 11 Feb 2012 at 11:38

This card finally died yesterday, not bad considering it first overheated back in 2007.

Any ideas what would be a good replacement, needs to be able to drive two 24" panels at 1920 x 1080 either through DVI or HDMI.

Deehjay · 11 Feb 2012 at 11:39

90+ Idle o.O

Deehjay · 11 Feb 2012 at 11:40

SupraWez said:
This card finally died yesterday, not bad considering it first overheated back in 2007.

Any ideas what would be a good replacement, needs to be able to drive two 24" panels at 1920 x 1080 either through DVI or HDMI.

It depends, what's your budget?

Havana_UK · 11 Feb 2012 at 11:41

Any modern graphics card will drive 2 panels at that res, but it depends on what you want them to actually do. To play games at good FPS will need a more powerful card than running windows and doing e-mail for example.

SupraWez · 11 Feb 2012 at 11:45

Deehjay said:
It depends, what's your budget?

Not looking to spend a lot, £150 max.

Havana_UK said:
Any modern graphics card will drive 2 panels at that res, but it depends on what you want them to actually do. To play games at good FPS will need a more powerful card than running windows and doing e-mail for example.

I rarely play games but the occasional COD, some racing sims and maybe Command and Conquer, nothing too fancy.

Deehjay · 11 Feb 2012 at 11:49

SupraWez said:
Not looking to spend a lot, £150 max.

I rarely play games but the occasional COD, some racing sims and maybe Command and Conquer, nothing too fancy.

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1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £159.95
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coupe69 · 11 Feb 2012 at 12:27

SupraWez said:
Not looking to spend a lot, £150 max.

Deehjay said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £159.95
Total : £170.75 (includes shipping : £9.00).

Gregster · 11 Feb 2012 at 12:48

SupraWez said:
Hey All,

SpeedFan reported my BFG 8800GT OC running at 114degC today.

There is a stupid sticker in the middle of the fan which is stuck on top of an Nvidia label on the fan, this had come off and jammed in the fan.

My idle was 90+ degC and I couldnt work out why, it was only when playing with the fan speed in RivaTuner that I noticed it wasnt spinning

COD4 kept crashing.

Things have cooled down and COD4 hasnt crashed again since

The exact same thing happened to me a couple of years ago....I had no idea untill I took the case apart to check for dust that the damned sticker had jammed the fan up.
I thought it was just a freak accident but apparently not. I have to say though after removing the sticker and using it now (wifes comp) it is still going strong.

horrorwood · 11 Feb 2012 at 13:00

SupraWez said:
Not looking to spend a lot, £150 max.

I rarely play games but the occasional COD, some racing sims and maybe Command and Conquer, nothing too fancy.

It sounds more like you don't need to spend £150, especially if you were managing with a 8800GT :eek:

I'd recommend this for you: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-269-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1866