Ok, i was meant to get a new GC ages ago but chose to get a widescreen monitor instead, now my GC, while still working fine is having a problem. the fan noise is becoming unbearable, i have disconnected the fan but my card temp goes up quite a lot (around 60-70) while idle so god knows what it would be like running HL2 or something. i can't afford to buy a new card, can't even afford to buy a cooling system to replace this one, any suggestions on what i can do to make this fan a bit quieter, if I can get away with running the card with no fan I will.
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6600GT problems
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nemesis01 said:
Without a fan going to dissipate the heat it'll build up real quickly, especially in graphically intensive games. You're very likely to damage/destroy your card if you try. If you can't afford to get a new card I really wouldn't risk running it without a fan.
ots3go said:You could probably find an 8600GT for that price (considering postage) and google checkout..
Don't go for the 8600Gt, in half the games it's worse than the 7600GT, it's not worth a x600 GT name imo since in games like FEAR its actually a downgrade from a 7600GT...
7600GT, or if your budget ever becomes bigger: 1950 pro...
nemesis01 said:
Do you mean that the fan has become louder or that you're simply noticing it more than you used to? If you're happy with the card it might be better to simply fit an aftermarket cooler to it. It's been a while since I tried fitting an aftermarket cooler to a GPU (An NV Silencer 5) so I don't have any recommendations as to more recent cooling solutions.
might just need a clean. also get a program like rivatuner to turn the fan speed down yourself if it becomes too noisy but also keep an eye on the temps as well. generally, I never let mine get above 34 degrees on the heatsink which translates to something like 48-50 degrees on the core because my temp probe that came with the case is sitting underneath the gfx heatsink. I also have a 7600GT. Pretty good card. The fan does become loud when playing games but not unbearably I don't think. You get a whirring noise that drowns out all the other fans but nothing too bad
I've got an AGP 6600gt, and programs such as Speedfan can't change the fan speed. What I did was take one of my four-pin to four-pin molex connectors which I've modded to give five volts rather than twelve, a three-pin to four-pin adaptor, and disconnected the fan from the cards own power supply and fixed it to the new cable, enabling the fan to run at around 40% of its initial speed.
Don't disconnect the fan completely as you'll experience ludicrous temps even at idle. I'm aware that the Nvidia drivers say that the core is safe to 145 degrees celsius, but I'm very sceptical of this statement because typically a CPU will only handle 95 degrees before throttling, I see no reason why a GPU would be any different. Even moving a small amount of air through the heatsink keeps temps nicely in check. It's a relatively simple GPU design on a 110nm process, so generally runs quite cool.
Don't disconnect the fan completely as you'll experience ludicrous temps even at idle. I'm aware that the Nvidia drivers say that the core is safe to 145 degrees celsius, but I'm very sceptical of this statement because typically a CPU will only handle 95 degrees before throttling, I see no reason why a GPU would be any different. Even moving a small amount of air through the heatsink keeps temps nicely in check. It's a relatively simple GPU design on a 110nm process, so generally runs quite cool.