i just tested zalman vf1000 for my 8800gt!!

before changing my stock vga cooler my temps was 76c running desktop and 106c under load running crysis.

now it's running desktop at 44c and 56-59c under load.

what do u think?have i good temps?or the temps should be a lot lower?thanks.

before changing my stock vga cooler my temps was 76c running desktop and 106c under load running crysis.

now it's running desktop at 44c and 56-59c under load.

what do u think?have i good temps?or the temps should be a lot lower?thanks.

katseaz

From the little i know they can handle like 120c! So 60c under load is awesome :D

those seems like resonable temps....yoyo462001

For other cards, for a 8800gt, its ultra cool. :)

[QUOTE="yoyo462001"]those seems like resonable temps....wklzip

For other cards, for a 8800gt, its ultra cool. :)

yea they are really good temps for an 8800GT.... if it sounded like i thought they were average.... :)
yoyo462001

Neh dont worries :P

:)

Mine never breaks 80C, even in crysis. In games like TF2 I sit at like 55C, and it idles at like 46C.

Thats all with the stock cooler at 40% speed in an antec 900 case. Its really not too bad, so I think the poster who was having artifacts needs to RMA his card.

Mine never breaks 80C, even in crysis. In games like TF2 I sit at like 55C, and it idles at like 46C.

Thats all with the stock cooler at 40% speed in an antec 900 case. Its really not too bad, so I think the poster who was having artifacts needs to RMA his card.

shanelevy

that's why 8800gt is so cheap because the fan sucks.

get the zalman guys the card runs better too.

and you don't need to buy heatsinks.

the only thing is that the card will be big again just like my 8800gts.

Mine never breaks 80C, even in crysis. In games like TF2 I sit at like 55C, and it idles at like 46C.

Thats all with the stock cooler at 40% speed in an antec 900 case. Its really not too bad, so I think the poster who was having artifacts needs to RMA his card.

shanelevy

that's why 8800gt is so cheap because the fan sucks.katseaz

Yep, because the quality of the cooler denotes the price of the card.
Not the cost of the silicon, yields, pcb costs, component costs, performance, supply/demand....

well the nvidia cards run hotter than other brands .

i have xfx alpha dog edition.

it idles at 54 at 50% fan speed. and never exceeds 80 at 50% fan speed

and the loads temps never exceed 69 at 90% fan speed.

for configuring fan speeds get this guide.

Has Nvidia officially anounced that they are gonna fix the drivers that control the fan yet. I just got my 8800gt last night and after the first 10-15 minutes of gaming stalker showed artifacts like crazy. I checked my temps and they were in the 90C's I started playing again and it happened again after 10-15 minutes. I then installed ntune and forced the fan to run at 50% and was getting between 70-80C and it ran fine for a few hours.

Do you guys think I should RMA this card or hope Nvidia fixes the auto fan controller in the drivers. It's obvious my card cannot run above 90C.

Thankssuade907

[QUOTE="katseaz"]that's why 8800gt is so cheap because the fan sucks.LordEC911

Yep, because the quality of the cooler denotes the price of the card.
Not the cost of the silicon, yields, pcb costs, component costs, performance, supply/demand....

silicon is dirt cheap,its just sand.

[QUOTE="LordEC911"]

[QUOTE="katseaz"]that's why 8800gt is so cheap because the fan sucks.jashua-jash

Yep, because the quality of the cooler denotes the price of the card.
Not the cost of the silicon, yields, pcb costs, component costs, performance, supply/demand....

silicon is dirt cheap,its just sand.

Wow, talk about ignorance.

it seems i have phrased my statement wrong, sand contains silicon but in itself can't really be described as solely being sand.

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/765f9b616d0e6010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

Ofcourse not! i would get thousands of dollar from the playing ground if i incinerated the sand. But no you needs special ingredients like ... plastic pulver.dannenissan2

the only reason that is expensive is because it is not produced on such a mass scale as gasoline or steel refineries. whats plastic pulver and how do you know so much about this?

[QUOTE="dannenissan2"]Ofcourse not! i would get thousands of dollar from the playing ground if i incinerated the sand. But no you needs special ingredients like ... plastic pulver.jashua-jash

the only reason that is expensive is because it is not produced on such a mass scale as gasoline or steel refineries. whats plastic pulver and how do you know so much about this?

Wow your pretty smart.