hello ,
sorry i was taking this problem of mine to the wrong area .
I have a p4 presscot HT proccy 3GHz ,intel d101ggc board, 1gb ddr400 , xfx geforce 8600gt . one fan with psu , one with proccy and one with gpu . .
When idling or running net or something thats not graphics intensive my gpu's temp is around 65C . When gaming ,
the temperature if the cabby is closed rises to a peak of 100C and usually maintains in 90-95C . if i open one side of the cabby its max is 90C and usually is between 80-85C .this occurs while playing nfs carbon and most wanted . during fifa07 temp is between 70-75C and while cabby is closed in POP WW i get 80-85 C . I know these temps arent good for my card...
Sabertoothe suggested that there might be something wrong with the card or the mobo(vga controller shorting) . Unfortunately , all my friends have agp based mobo's and i am unable to test which is the culprit.
Further i am suspecting an improper airflow in the cabby as temp reduced by 10c when i kept one side of the cabby open .
Also , how do i know if the fan with the gpu is spinning at the right speed(its spinning ,i saw but i dunno if at right speed) .nTune says that the fan with the gpu is spinning at 675RPM which is very small compared to my proccy's fan speed.but i am not sure if its the right value as it said that fan speed of proccy is 31 thousand !! also it says speed of aux2 is 18rpm .
now , xfx customer care has replied that the card can run at such temps but its not good on a long run .. how long is long run ?? if its 3yrs , i'll forget abt this problem .
how do i decrease temp . .and do i need to ?
Also i wud like to note that the gfx card is not oc'ed .its running at clock speeds..
thank you..