EVGA 8800gts (g92)

[Tim]

Hello.

I've got two evga 8800gts (g92 cores) in SLI.

1. What are safe operating temps on these cards? Leaving the fan at its factory setting of 29% (wow?) these cards seem to get quite toasty in the 55-63ishC range. If I set the fans to 50% everytime I start windows, they stay at around 45-50C depending on ambient.

2. Do these cards ramp up the fan speeds on their own when they get too hot? Because I do not seem to hear them doing such while I'm gaming.

3. Is there a way to make them ramp up when it's getting to a temp I specify?

I'm pretty new to this, as I was an ATI user for a good long time. Anyone who can help me with this, I'd be much appreciative.

Thanks

 

[MTDEW]

Get rivatuner. HERE

And use THIS GUIDE to set your fan profiles . :thumbsup:

 

[Tim]

God bless you

 

[Puffnstuff]

Looks like you need to flash your bios on those cards because the stock fan should be at 37%. I also have two evga cards in sli and the newest one came with the new bios already installed. I removed that card from my system, uninstalled the nvidia graphics driver, rebooted and ran their flash utility to update the bios to the latest one so both cards have the same version. Now both run at 37% fan unloaded which keeps them cooler than the slower fan speed.

 

[videopho]

Even at default speed fan @ 29% mine runs @ 60c-70c load at 10c lower at idle.
According to eVGA these temps are just about as normal for these cards.
I tried the RT but cranking up the fan speed also turning up the buzzing noise which I hate.

 

[MTDEW]

I keep my fan speeds at 50% for desktop use and only have them ramp up when gaming.

I hate the noise too after 50% , but its better than my cards overheating.


Im running two 512mb 8800GTS cards in sli also.

 

[unholy414]

I keep my fan speed at 50% when idle, and I have a hotkey crank it up to 80% when I game. The card never gets over 50c. Very nice cooler.

 

[shabby]

There's a better way of controlling the fan on the g92 with rivatuner, its takes a bit to understand it but in the long run its much better than creating profiles.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=238574
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1239563