Graphics card heating question

[thefabe]

And the worst part is they are not as easy to just pop of the side cover and clean them out. I loaned mine to my Nephew and can't seem to get it through his head it's not a good idea to lay it on our new frizzie carpet while he uses it. First off it can't breath and what is trying to breath is all the fuzzz off the carpet not to mention static shock. Oh well I made him a strap that fits arpound the laptop while he was sleeping and when he woke up and asked what it was for I said so you can wear it around your neck till you figure out not to use it on the carpet. Took all of the time to explain it to get it to sink in.

 

[Fumz]

try these you can set the video card fan to run 100% all the time instead of idling lower then seeding up under load you will create a little more fan noise but so what i want my stuff running nice and cool


RivaTuner for Nvidia

http://downloads.guru3d.com/RivaTune...nload-163.html

Atitools for ati cards

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...Tool_0.26.html

The nvidia link is dead. And if i max the fan, it will use more power right?

... Now that i remembered, it doesnt have a fan of its own. So why does gpu-z tell me the fan speed?...

If you don't have a fan, these tools won't help you... besides, having your fan at 100% all the time would get annoying... fast.

You can get a card with a fan, which is probably best if you're into gaming, or you can increase your case's airflow... which may be difficult dependent on your case.

Having said that, I would check to see what your card is at while gaming. If 70-80C is as high as it gets, then for a fanless card in an OEM case, I'd say you're alright and wouldn't expect much better given the setup.

 

[thefabe]

@Fumz I think it's a lappy. Coolness correct me if I'm wrong just going off our sytem specs.

 

[Fumz]

I was unsure at first, still am a bit , but then noticed what he listed under drives: Hard Drives 80gb - SATA 750gb - SATA II (Installing on it soon) 160gb - SATA

It's that 750 that led me to believe this was a desktop... but Coolness, plz let us know for sure.

 

[Coolness]

I was unsure at first, still am a bit , but then noticed what he listed under drives: Hard Drives 80gb - SATA 750gb - SATA II (Installing on it soon) 160gb - SATA

It's that 750 that led me to believe this was a desktop... but Coolness, plz let us know for sure.

Youre right, its a desktop, and ive installed it now... Need to correct that...
Anyway, im not trying to overclock anything here. I just wanna make sure that im safe, And that the gpu is as hot as it should be.

 

[Fumz]

Googling your machine I see it's a mini tower. They're less efficient at removing heat, generally speaking, and so it's not out of the ordinary to see your card, which tends to run warm anyway, running warm... even a half hour after just browsing.

Your major concern is what load temps are? Check out gpu-z while gaming.

If you've applied a fan to the video card, then there's not much more you can do on that end... assuming the installation went as it should have and you did not apply too much thermal compound?

Also remember that your internal case temps are a factor; which is why a mini may be compounding the problem, if there is a problem? If the air inside your case it hot, then hot air is what's going to be blown over your card. It does not matter to metal that the air is moving, it's still warm, so the best you can do as far as air cooling is concerned, is x degrees over your ambient case temps. The lower you can get case temps the better.

Do you have access to a dremel?

 

[Coolness]

Googling your machine I see it's a mini tower. They're less efficient at removing heat, generally speaking, and so it's not out of the ordinary to see your card, which tends to run warm anyway, running warm... even a half hour after just browsing.

Your major concern is what load temps are? Check out gpu-z while gaming.

If you've applied a fan to the video card, then there's not much more you can do on that end... assuming the installation went as it should have and you did not apply too much thermal compound?

Also remember that your internal case temps are a factor; which is why a mini may be compounding the problem, if there is a problem? If the air inside your case it hot, then hot air is what's going to be blown over your card. It does not matter to metal that the air is moving, it's still warm, so the best you can do as far as air cooling is concerned, is x degrees over your ambient case temps. The lower you can get case temps the better.

Do you have access to a dremel?

First off: the GPU doesnt have a fan. Its called "passive cooling".
Number two: whats a dremel?

 

[Fumz]

First off: the GPU doesnt have a fan. Its called "passive cooling".
Number two: whats a dremel?

lol, that's what I thought when I entered the thread. My bad... when you said you installed "it", I thought "it" was a fan for your card.

A dremel is amazing little tool modern man cannot live without: Tools
It can cleanly cut out the plastic, aluminum, steel, case grill that stands between your case fans and the air outside them; they impede airflow more than you'd expect. You can also drill new holes for fans... which is fun.

As far as where things stand, given the still fanless card:

Having said that, I would check to see what your card is at while gaming. If 70-80C is as high as it gets, then for a fanless card in an OEM case, I'd say you're alright and wouldn't expect much better given the setup.

 

[Coolness]

First off: the GPU doesnt have a fan. Its called "passive cooling".
Number two: whats a dremel?

lol, that's what I thought when I entered the thread. My bad... when you said you installed "it", I thought "it" was a fan for your card.

A dremel is amazing little tool modern man cannot live without: Tools

As far as where things stand, given the still fanless card:

Having said that, I would check to see what your card is at while gaming. If 70-80C is as high as it gets, then for a fanless card in an OEM case, I'd say you're alright and wouldn't expect much better given the setup.

82 while gaming, fan speed 85% (altho it doesnt have one...)
So, is it going to explode?
Also, i probably have one of those dremels... Ill check it out.
And how did you think that i had a 24" display in a laptop?

 

[Fumz]

I'd say the card is going to be fine; although, to do a thorough test I would game for an hour or two, if that's normal for you, then check the temps again. A hot card in a small case can really heat up internal case temps, which in turn will further heat up the card.

I didn't think you had a laptop, which is why I made the suggestions I did. thefabe suggested it might have been a laptop, but since neither of us did our due diligence, we asked.

Anyway, you can hook up any monitor you want to a laptop: dual display.

 

[Coolness]

I'd say the card is going to be fine; although, to do a thorough test I would game for an hour or two, if that's normal for you, then check the temps again. A hot card in a small case can really heat up internal case temps, which in turn will further heat up the card.

I didn't think you had a laptop, which is why I made the suggestions I did. thefabe suggested it might have been a laptop, but since neither of us did our due diligence, we asked.

Anyway, you can hook up any monitor you want to a laptop: dual display.

Yeah i know, and i didnt mean to like blame you or anything... Anyway, im going to play for a few hours and then check the temps.
Thanks for your help!

 

[Fumz]

No worries. Hope what little help I gave helps.

 

[The Apathetic]

Get these fans and put it under your graphic card, it's also very very easy to make your own, I made myself 1 yesterday, haven't tested it yet cause I didn't get my PC back from maintenance yet..

http://www.pcabusers.com/reviews/vantec/fancard/p1.html

 

[Coolness]

No worries. Hope what little help I gave helps.

So, been playing for about 2h and 93 C
So am i screwed?

 

[Fumz]

Screwed? No, but you are approaching what that card can tolerate... and are running outside of my comfort zone.

Personally I'd buy an aftermarket heatsink and fan and do anything to increase case flow. How much room you have to play with?

 

[stormy13]

If his case looks anything like this,



it really shouldn't have a problem with cooling, unless there isn't a fan blowing out and only relying on the power supply to vent the hot air out.

 

[Fumz]

You can definitely work with that... no dremel needed. Get some air pushing past that bad boy.

 

[Frostmourne]

Factory cases are poor - I picked up a cheap Antec 200 that has a 140mm exhaust at the top and 120mm at the back - it also has 3 mounts for another 3 120mm TriCool fans. Going to mount one on the side. That temp isn't normal. My 4890 never hits past 70 degrees celsius - although the PSU is mounted on the bottom blowing air up past a PCI card.

 

[Coolness]

If his case looks anything like this,



it really shouldn't have a problem with cooling, unless there isn't a fan blowing out and only relying on the power supply to vent the hot air out.

yeah thats almost it. So, what can i do? Instructions please.

 

[stormy13]

What does it have now in the way of fans?

A picture or two of inside the case would help (couldn't find any when searching). It may just be a matter of adding another fan or two (or better ones than what are there now, and possibly a bit of cable management (OEM's are notorious for leaving it a right bird's nest) to help improve airflow.