6800GT Questions

[georgel12]

wouls it void the warranty if i removed the heatsink and reinstalled it? also, if i did do that, would i need new thermal paste?

 

[fixxxer0]

dude i have the same problem! my temp has been going up over the months too.


im at 102deg under load now


btw i touch mine, ill get burned

 

[Icepick]

You absolutely need to clean off the old thermal paste and apply fresh stuff every time you remove the card and reseat it. Arctic Silver 5 is the most popular brand but, others will do. Ceramique is fine too.

Sounds like someone misrepresented that card. Since you stated it has a picture of a mermaid on the heatsink then it's probably a EVGA card. The guy who sold it to you had a decent overclock applied to it too.

Here's something else to try. I find the nVidia temp monitor to give false temps and don't really trust it. I use freeware called Everest to monitor my CPU and VGA temps. Everest gives me a reading that's around 10 degrees celsius lower than the nVidia monitor.

 

[georgel12]

cool. thx for the info. i just sent the card baack for RMA though. they said it shouldnt be that high. i think u should too fixxxer0.
gonna get it back in a few days. will tell then

 

[georgel12]

just got my vid vard back. BFG has great service. sent it in monday and got it back wed. anyways, probelm fixed. they sent me a new card with the updated copper heat sink and blue leds. idles at 45c. after running atitool artifact scanner for 5 min, i get to 69C. is that good? also, would i need to reinstall all the drivers? its the same card. so, not too sure.