Newbie help

[jcrnd2000]

I have an Asus 7600GT. Will have a look at the article. Thanks

[jcrnd2000]

Have you tried opening the side of your case while gaming to see if the temps change?
You might need better case cooling more than video card cooling

I have the aerocool zero degree gaming case. It has a 25cm side panel fan and a 12cm intake fan at the front. Working on getting an exhaust fan for the case.

[jebo_4jc]

That side panel fan probably does a good job of feeding cool air to your video card. But you might still try to remove the side panel to see if temps change at all.

[synaps3]

Your temps are high, but not terrible enough to cause heat failure unless your card was bad to begin with...

[dekard]

Your temps are high, but not terrible enough to cause heat failure unless your card was bad to begin with...

I don't know, many cards will lose the ability to remain stable once the temps get over 70c, thats the highest I recommend. Thanks to the cooling I have my video card stays around 40 - 43c under load and I love it that way.

[jebo_4jc]

I've owned several cards that routinely load in the 70s and 80s
In fact, I think my X1900GT could hit 90s

GPUs have a much higher heat tolerance than CPUs, in general.

[dekard]

I've owned several cards that routinely load in the 70s and 80s
In fact, I think my X1900GT could hit 90s

GPUs have a much higher heat tolerance than CPUs, in general.

Yes, thats true, but the higher temps will reduce the GPUs ability to clock up. So, lower the temps will increase the maximum potential overclock. Oh, and the reason GPUs can handle the higher heat, I believe, is that they can tolerate errors in processing and not crash whereas a CPU must deliver 100% accurate processing all the time. A GPU can artifact and no one cares. If a CPU does the same thing you loose the whole system since there is no tolerance for error as in a GPU.

[jebo_4jc]

Yes, thats true, but the higher temps will reduce the GPUs ability to clock up. So, lower the temps will increase the maximum potential overclock. Oh, and the reason GPUs can handle the higher heat, I believe, is that they can tolerate errors in processing and not crash whereas a CPU must deliver 100% accurate processing all the time. A GPU can artifact and no one cares. If a CPU does the same thing you loose the whole system since there is no tolerance for error as in a GPU.

Interesting

Makes sense

[dekard]

Interesting

Makes sense

Its my theory. I'm not quite sure how to prove it right now, but so far its the only rationale explanation I can come up with. I suppose I should look into it though a bit more than I have.

[synaps3]

Sounds right to me...