Nvidia 9600 GT fan speed (Rivatuner)

Hi, im messing around with my graphics card a little, and knowing my luck I dont wanna mess it up or anything so im gna ask a few n00b questions. First, i've cranked it up from about 30% to 45%, in order to lower the temp a bit more, but it hasnt made much difference. I was wondering because there are 2 settings, direct control and auto control in the Rivatuner settings. Im using direct control at the moment, does that mean fans will not speed up anymore? Is that unsafe? Also any suggestions whether i should leave it at default or what ever? I mean even after playing cs 1.6 i think the graphics card can heat up quite a bit, plus there is little ventilation for the pc. Sorry 4 soo many questions, answer how many u feel like lol :P.

Sean

i tried to use rivatuner for fan control and found it bleh. EVGAprecision is totally free and very very simple. my advice to you, when you are about to play a game, increase the fan speed to 100%, and when you finish, let it cool for a minute or two, then return to default speed.GazaAli

Switching the fan speed to 100% can lower the lifespan of the fan (not to mention the added sound levels). Seriously.. there's nothing wrong with leaving the fan speed on auto.

Download Nvidia system tools http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_system_tools_6.05.html, and watch this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ1xatX3X4k . To setup the fan speed to go up with temps.

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]i tried to use rivatuner for fan control and found it bleh. EVGAprecision is totally free and very very simple. my advice to you, when you are about to play a game, increase the fan speed to 100%, and when you finish, let it cool for a minute or two, then return to default speed.MaoTheChimp

Switching the fan speed to 100% can lower the lifespan of the fan (not to mention the added sound levels). Seriously.. there's nothing wrong with leaving the fan speed on auto.

[QUOTE="MaoTheChimp"]

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]i tried to use rivatuner for fan control and found it bleh. EVGAprecision is totally free and very very simple. my advice to you, when you are about to play a game, increase the fan speed to 100%, and when you finish, let it cool for a minute or two, then return to default speed.GazaAli

Switching the fan speed to 100% can lower the lifespan of the fan (not to mention the added sound levels). Seriously.. there's nothing wrong with leaving the fan speed on auto.

My 4890 has reached 93C in FurMark, and consistently reaches 80C-85C when gaming. It's been doing this for over 5 months, and I've had no trouble with it.

Besides, unless whoever is designing the heatsinks for GPU's is mentally vacant, I think it's safe to assume that the stock heatsinks keep the GPU within operable temperatures.

[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="MaoTheChimp"]

Switching the fan speed to 100% can lower the lifespan of the fan (not to mention the added sound levels). Seriously.. there's nothing wrong with leaving the fan speed on auto.

MaoTheChimp

My 4890 has reached 93C in FurMark, and consistently reaches 80C-85C when gaming. It's been doing this for over 5 months, and I've had no trouble with it.

Besides, unless whoever is designing the heatsinks for GPU's is mentally vacant, I think it's safe to assume that the stock heatsinks keep the GPU within operable temperatures.

Well the hotter and longer they run the shorter the life, and anything above 80C is too warm.04dcarraher

Link?

I have yet to find this true. I've got an FX5200 running passively in a server/backup system of mine, and the temperature of the GPU hovers around 80C when under minor stress. It's been running for 5 years now, and I haven't seen any issue from it running at a "too warm" temperature.

Besides, I seriously doubt a video card MFG would design a heatsink that would not allow the GPU to operate within it's maximum temperature specification.

[QUOTE="MaoTheChimp"]

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]i tried to use rivatuner for fan control and found it bleh. EVGAprecision is totally free and very very simple. my advice to you, when you are about to play a game, increase the fan speed to 100%, and when you finish, let it cool for a minute or two, then return to default speed.GazaAli

Switching the fan speed to 100% can lower the lifespan of the fan (not to mention the added sound levels). Seriously.. there's nothing wrong with leaving the fan speed on auto.

Thanks guys i changed it back to default (auto fan speed) because I cant be bothered to keep changing it if i want to game, and also if i forgot then i might screw the card up lol

Dust in the heatsink and fan might be causing the high temps.

Thanks guys i changed it back to default (auto fan speed) because I cant be bothered to keep changing it if i want to game, and also if i forgot then i might screw the card up lol

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