127 C on MSI 6600 GT pci-e card

[DVad3r]

I just found out whats causing my half life 2 to crash. All this time I thought its my overclock (3200 @ 2.5 250x10 on Asus SLI - Deluxe) but its not, its my MSI 6600 GT pci-e card that jumps to 100 + C temperatures during game play. Anyone else have this card? Is it my card that only gets these mad temps cause its defective or are they all like that? I think I need to go exchange this thing.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

i would say defective.....RMA that thing before it just melts all over your shiny new SLi board!

that or at least try get some 3rd party cooling solution and do the job properly yourself. this is why im never buying MSI again, their quality is always suspect. if want it done right either buy a better make than MSI or do it your self

if they make arctic cooling vga silencers for the 6600 then get one, and some arctic silver too. or i really like the look of zalmans new GPU cooling solution...its based on the CNPS7000! looks reall nice and they give u ram sinks too.

127degrees is past the thresh hold temp of 120 degrees as well aint it?

 

[DVad3r]

It says 127 is the thresh hold, and it goes up to that or maybe past, this really sucks, I can't seem to just build a perfect system for once in my life, it always has to be something.

 

[LTC8K6]

I remember reading about MSI 6600GT's with badly attached heat sinks.

Take a close look at yours and see if you can tell if it's attached properly.

 

[Pete]

Anandtech's retail 6600GT PCIe roundup noted quite a few detached heatsinks, among them MSI's. You're probably experiencing that very problem. RMA it if you must, but I'd try asking MSI if you could reattach it yourself (with extra thermal grease, if necessary), to avoid the RMA process (and being without a card for a week or two.