OT: report on my new EVGA gfx 275
johns
?????????????
It's a mile long and takes 2 slots .. big deal ... I
had 2 to use. It takes 2 6-pin psupply connectors.
No problem there with my TruePower 650.
And I don't feel a bit of heat around the card.
However, my box has a front fan and door fan,
both 120s, blowing on the card as well.
I've had it in Gothic 3 with no rev up of the fan
at all. Looks like a good card ??????????
johns
Sleepy
"johns" <john...@moscow.com> wrote in message
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You can always use Rivatuner to check the temps (and if you wanted to
control the fan as well).
My GTX260 has 2 fans and idles in the 40s (celsius) but rises to 70c when
gaming. Quiet is good obviously but do check the temps anyway.
John Lewis
wrote:
Well, it is pretty easy to profile the GPU temp vs fan-speed for the
card. Most of the rest of us do that using one or more of several
well-known utilities that I have no need to name here, as you no doubt
will do that study at bit-level and give your results here with lots
of detail.
Gothic 3 does not exceptionally stress any of the GTX 2xx family of
cards. The well-known Gothic3 "hiccups" have nothing to do with the
graphics hardware. BTW, you did not mention the manufacturer of your
card.....
John Lewis
>johns
johns
> graphics hardware. BTW, you did not mention the manufacturer of your
> card.....
It's the EVGA from Mwave for $270. G3 would make my
stock 8800 spin up quickly with temp over 100 C. The
Zalman fan cooled and quietened it nicely for 2 years
until the ram went ... ??? ... I checked all the heat sinks
and they were well fixed, so I have no idea why half the
ram blew. Rivatuner doesn't work on these cards .. but
nVidia has a temp sensor built in to the drivers ... I
have that downloaded and working. Seems idle temp
of the 275 is low 40s, and I don't see it going out of the
50s in G3. The 275 has a funny looking cup shaped
fan that actually blows into the box ????? So it pulls
cold air from outside across the GPU, and then my
3 x 120s take over and vent the entire box around
the video card. Maybe this 275 is nVidia finally
trying to please it's customers :-)
johns
johns
> the video card. Maybe this 275 is nVidia finally
> trying to please it's customers :-)
Update: after 2 hours in G3 gameplay, I ran temp
test, and it was at 59 C. Not bad at all ! And the
card cooled back into the 40s in about 2 minutes.
Idle temp is 40 C. This is a good card .. so far.
johns
Trimble Bracegirdle
I have to keep a constant eye with RivaTuner on my 8800GTX as some games
can push the Core temp. to 96 C (yes ninety-six degrees centigrade) . That's
with
the Fan set to 100% fixed. & an open case.
I run all games at 1280 x 1024 or 960 at Max settings nearly everything.
Crysis Warhead is the very worst . But Fallout 3 is not far behind .
Gothic 3 is very undemanding, but RISEN is much more so..
perhaps as a result of all the distance detail missing in G3.
And if any Bunny can tell me how to set a RivaTuner Profile to
control this Damn Fan I would like to hear about that.
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Matt v3.3
> Update: after 2 hours in G3 gameplay, I ran temp
> test, and it was at 59 C. Not bad at all ! And the
> card cooled back into the 40s in about 2 minutes.
> Idle temp is 40 C. This is a good card .. so far.
What resolution are you running G3 at out of curiosity?
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};> Matt v3.3 <:{
johns
1440 x 900 ( 16:10 ). Card driver says I can crank it
to 1980 x 1050 ( 16:9 ), but my monitor is only a 21
inch ( 16:10 ). I've looked at the new Dell 16:9, but
it is not much bigger. I think I want close to a 30 inch
16:9 before I really push this card.
johns
johns
> control this Damn Fan I would like to hear about that.
I suspect Rivatuner is not telling you the truth.
Pull down the later drivers which have the temp
display built in. I'll bet you really are going over
100 C with that card. Mine sure did, and I think
it was damaged by that when it was new. The
Zalman kept the temp down and the card lasted
a good while, but I suspect the damage was
already done.
As for controlling the fan speed in the 8800 series,
I found that to be impossible. Best you'll ever do
is make the high speed start at a higher temp.
That is nuts.
I put a Zalman cooler on my 8800 GT and then
comtrolled the Zalman fan with a resistor controller.
Set it to 800 rpm, and it was quiet and very cool
... until it went up in smoke after 2 years ???
I'll keep all of you informed when I get into Risen
again ... and check the temp then.
johns
Gabriele Neukam
On this special day, Trimble Bracegirdle wrote:
> And if any Bunny can tell me how to set a RivaTuner Profile to
> control this Damn Fan I would like to hear about that.
Perhaps a change to another controller allows for some finer tuning.
There is a program coded by an Italian, under the name of Speedfan.
Gabriele Neukam
--
Often those who most loudly proclaim their freedom to choose in some
fields are the most retentive about 'correcting' others' choices in
other fields.
(Brian Brunner in alt.games.diablo2)
John Lewis
wrote:
>> cards. The well-known Gothic3 "hiccups" have nothing to do with the
I'll let you into a couple of little secrets, which may help you avoid
any bit-level analysis, since you have a eVGA card.
If within 30 days, you register your card on the eVGA website, you
will automatically get an extended warranty. If not, your card
warranty is limited to 1 year, iirc.
Also if you register with eVGA, you can download EVGA Precision
Now V1.8.1, which, with appopriate option settings, will allow you to
continuously monitor one more important parameters on-screen while
playing a game. A very user-friendly derivative of Rivatuner, so you
also have (in your case dangerous) manual access to sundry
graphics-card parameters.
John Lewis
Trimble Bracegirdle
Rin Stowleigh
wrote:
>> cards. The well-known Gothic3 "hiccups" have nothing to do with the
You can also download EVGA Precision from their site for monitoring
their cards.
johns
> Thank you Gabriele I'm checking the SpeedFan site now. @@@
It still won't work. All those speed controllers do is
build a rev up point profile ... and then the 8800 will
be noisy as crap ... and plenty hot.
What works is the Zalman fan and an external
controller ... BUT ... The goop on the 8800 is
nearly impossible to remove, so the heat sinks
for the Zalman won't stick to the card ram. I
found that I could clean the goop off with finger
nail polish remover and LOTS of Q-tips. That
gave me a whisper quiet 8800 that never went
out of the 60s during gaming.
johns