Just put NVSilencer 5 on my 6800gt

[Chunkee]

i have the 6800gt bfgoc. I put the NV on with Artic silver in a p160 case with two 120mm fans. cpu is cooled by the mambo jumbo zalman 120mm alcu.

temps in nvidia panel is 53c for video core.

is that the best it gets?

JC

that is under no load.

 

[RallyMaster]

6800GTs are pretty hot. What do you get with the stock cooler?

 

[Fallengod]

Also whats your fan speed at? Or do you even know..... The default nv5 fan speed is like 40% or something. Put the fan speed to 80% or higher. Trust me your temps will go down.

Like he said, you shoulda looked at what your temps were before you installed it to compare. I just saw someone else with a 6800gt that said their temps were 83C or something before the nv5.

 

[djspl]

I am one of those people with a 83-85C (loaded) 6800 GT. I recently moved it to a new (hotter) case and now I get hardware crashes after 20 minutes of hard gaming. Conveniently, SVC is having a sale...I'll pick it up tomorrow.

http://www.svc.com/avc-nv5-r2.html

 

[djspl]

with the NVsilencer installed my BFG6800GT doesn't break 65C after 30 minutes of ATI tool artifact scan (ambient temps - ~72F). This is a HUGE improvement from 85C. Five hours of Toca Racing 3 at 1680 x 1050 maxxed without a glitch.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

How is the noise? Is it quieter?

EDIT: Wow. $15. And I can use this on my current card, and on the future Quadro... Interesting.

 

[MX2]

My 6800 GT with an NV Silencer runs 50-55 idle. Load hits about 70-75. I wish I had a Zalman again🙁

 

[djspl]

Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
How is the noise? Is it quieter?

EDIT: Wow. $15. And I can use this on my current card, and on the future Quadro... Interesting.

I'd say the NVsilencer is about 15% quieter than the stock fan. I was a non-beleiver in these things until I read that the 6800Gt's cooler was crap.

My previous "test optimal settings" overclock was 420/1.1. With this silencer I get 445/1.14, which is rock stable. If you have a 6800, this is the best $15 you can spend.

My 7800Gt maxxes at 52C, I'm not in much of a hurry to swap out the heatsink on that card, but if the silencer for the 7800Gt ever goes on sale...