8800GTX fan speed

[WaTaGuMp]

I was just playing WoW and got a blue screen pretty sure it was from my vid card cause the game locked 1st. I checked the fan and on auto it wasnt spinning very fast so I turned it up. It just seemed REALLY slow on auto anyone know if this is normal.

 

[Captante]

Mine never blue-screens with the fan on auto but I did notice the temps got up to 87-88c before it really spooled up, so I just set it to 100% manually when 3D apps run... its not like its very loud even then & temps stay at least 10c cooler.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: Captante
Mine never blue-screens with the fan on auto but I did notice the temps got up to 87-88c before it really spooled up, so I just set it to 100% manually when 3D apps run... its not like its very loud even then & temps stay at least 10c cooler.

I have it at 100% right now and at idle or browsing im at 54 degrees, I guess the blue screen could be drivers ya never know. Are you running the 97.44?


Edit now says 52 degrees.

 

[Captante]

I just finished doing a full re-install on my main rig for none-gaming reasons & yes I'm using v97.44 now ... I havn't done any gaming with this driver yet though & was using v97.28 before the re-install with no problems.

Edit: Note that the NTune control panel fan speed setting only kicks in when 3D apps are running... I believe ATI Tool will allow you to adjust the fan speed all the time but I havn't tried it with my GTX yet.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I guess I will just leave it at 100% and keep an eye on it. I have read about some driver issues, common with new tech of course. On another note I didnt even use Ati Tools on my X1900XT :roll:

 

[NYHoustonman]

There shouldn't really be any need to keep it at 100% IMO (to me it is pretty noisy)... You can try something like 80%, or (as I did) put a slot blower as exhaust right below it. With the openings in the card's heatsink, an extra exhaust there makes a big difference (I idle at around 60C now on Auto, where I used to idle around 65-68) and doesn't add any noise if you choose a quiet one.

 

[Brian48]

Do yourself a favor and just buy a $5 slot cooler. The design of the 8800 HSF is just ill-thought in my opinion. It's obvious they were just more concerned about noise over effectiveness when they designed it. The fan, even at full speed, cannot channel the hot air out the rear quickly enough. Much of the hot air is actually bled right back into the case through the four slits towards the rear and recirculated by the fan. ATI's method is much better in that ALL the hot air is forced out.

There's a huge thread over at Hardforum.com about this with some recommendations.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Hmm thx for the new info, EVERY card I have had I put an aftermarket cooler on it, I didnt do alot of homework on the noise etc for this card all I kept seeing was how fast it was I will look into a slot cooler for sure and hope later they come out with some nice aftermarket coolers since I am pretty anal about temps and noise.

 

[Aikouka]

It's a good thing my Lian-Li case has a 120mm fan sitting right where most video cards are :thumbsup:.

Also, what were you doing when you blue-screened? One thing I noticed before I upgraded to 97.44 is that if I ever ran a game (i.e. WoW) and any video at the same time, the computer would lock up and eventually the video would just die out. I hit the final straw yesterday when trying to run FRAPS on WoW.. after about 30 seconds, I got a BSOD 0x100000BE. 97.44 seemed to fix these issues as I was able to get a double-shot of geekdom by playing WoW and watching the White & Nerdy music video at the same time!

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: Aikouka
It's a good thing my Lian-Li case has a 120mm fan sitting right where most video cards are :thumbsup:.

Also, what were you doing when you blue-screened? One thing I noticed before I upgraded to 97.44 is that if I ever ran a game (i.e. WoW) and any video at the same time, the computer would lock up and eventually the video would just die out. I hit the final straw yesterday when trying to run FRAPS on WoW.. after about 30 seconds, I got a BSOD 0x100000BE. 97.44 seemed to fix these issues as I was able to get a double-shot of geekdom by playing WoW and watching the White & Nerdy music video at the same time!

I was playing WoW abd had vent going thats all, we were on the way up th ramp to panther boss then boom it locked and I got a blue screen.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp
I was playing WoW abd had vent going thats all, we were on the way up th ramp to panther boss then boom it locked and I got a blue screen.

Weird, I ran Vent + WoW with the older drivers and had no problems, so I doubt it's anything like I used to experience.

 

[CP5670]

Much of the hot air is actually bled right back into the case through the four slits towards the rear and recirculated by the fan. ATI's method is much better in that ALL the hot air is forced out.

Can you just cover up the slits with something?

 

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: Brian48
Do yourself a favor and just buy a $5 slot cooler. The design of the 8800 HSF is just ill-thought in my opinion. It's obvious they were just more concerned about noise over effectiveness when they designed it. The fan, even at full speed, cannot channel the hot air out the rear quickly enough. Much of the hot air is actually bled right back into the case through the four slits towards the rear and recirculated by the fan. ATI's method is much better in that ALL the hot air is forced out.

There's a huge thread over at Hardforum.com about this with some recommendations.

ATi's stock cooler has one massive disadvantage. Its noisey, 60mm fan spinning fast to suck air out = lots of noise.

 

[Brian48]

Originally posted by: CP5670

Much of the hot air is actually bled right back into the case through the four slits towards the rear and recirculated by the fan. ATI's method is much better in that ALL the hot air is forced out.

Can you just cover up the slits with something?

Someone made that experiement over at Hardforums. It only made things worse. The problem is that the fan is not strong enough to channel all the air through the length of the card at an adequate speed.

 

[Brian48]

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster

ATi's stock cooler has one massive disadvantage. Its noisey, 60mm fan spinning fast to suck air out = lots of noise.

True to an extent. I would NOT say it's a "massive disadvantage". I have a X1800XT and noise has never been issue except at startup when it initially spins. Like the nVidia, the fan is temp controlled and the card really needs to be at extreme temporatures before it's running at 100%, and if your temps are that high, you have other problems to worry about. In any case, the ATI solution works and works quite well.

Back to 8800, the physical heatsink itself is more than adequate, the problem is management of air flow. That said, I don't think anyone ever needs to replace the unit itself. It just needs help channeling the hot air away from it.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: Brian48

Originally posted by: Cookie Monster

ATi's stock cooler has one massive disadvantage. Its noisey, 60mm fan spinning fast to suck air out = lots of noise.

True to an extent. I would NOT say it's a "massive disadvantage". I have a X1800XT and noise has never been issue except at startup when it initially spins. Like the nVidia, the fan is temp controlled and the card really needs to be at extreme temporatures before it's running at 100%, and if your temps are that high, you have other problems to worry about. In any case, the ATI solution works and works quite well.

Back to 8800, the physical heatsink itself is more than adequate, the problem is management of air flow. That said, I don't think anyone ever needs to replace the unit itself. It just needs help channeling the hot air away from it.

Not sure about the GTS but you can also blame the length of the GTX PCB. Air needs to travel more to get out of the back of the case.

Well the ATi stock cooler can reach 60dbs when playing intensive 3d apps.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Update, it seems the card runs at about 60 idle and 72 or so under load, I played today alot ,raided for hours no crashes or blue screens so might of just been a fluke in ZG last night. I did add a slot cooler but I doubt its really doing much since temps seem the same. I am running the fan on auto which is default at 59% and from what I have read my temps seem normal.