Ok - so I recently upgraded my video card from a 9700 Pro to a x800 Pro. Now, before I upgraded, I did not suffer from heat issues. My rig would run at 38c idle, and low 50s load. After I put in the new GPU, my temps have gone up a little bid to 38c idle (no change), but upper 50s load.
While I was playing NBA Live 2004, after about 1 1/2 hours of gameplay, the game froze on me. Typically, I would associate this with either the GPU or heat related. When I rebooted, i went into the Bios, and mainboard temps were around 58/59, which is higher than I would like. I also went into Sandra 2004 and received the warning message that my Power/Aux and Mainboard temps were too high?
Now, are these elevations in heat due to my upgrade to a better GPU? Here is what else I am running:
CPU : Athlon Barton 2500+ (running at 3200+ speeds)
CPU HSF : Thermaltake Volcano 10+ w/ASF
Mobo : Shuttle AN35N Ultra (just HS on Chipset, no fan)
Case : Antec Server Case with 5 Case fans (all with proper air flow)
PSU : Antec True Power 480W (with fan)
Mem : 1GB Crucial DDR400
HDD : 2 EIDE (WD 120GB/Maxtor 80GB)
DVD : Memorex 16x
CD-RW : Lite-On 52x24x52
Now, again, I did not suffer from lock ups before the GPU upgrade (while the CPU was overclocked the same way), and I did not see anything in all of the other forums related to any conflicts with the 4.5 drivers with x800, so I wanted to run this by yall. I don't know if I should get a better CPU HSF, although that did not see to have too high temps after gameplay. I don't know if I should get a fan for my chipset, as it appears that is where the problems were per Sandra 2004? I am still trying to understand how my mainboard temps would increase under load due to a GPU upgrade?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
While I was playing NBA Live 2004, after about 1 1/2 hours of gameplay, the game froze on me. Typically, I would associate this with either the GPU or heat related. When I rebooted, i went into the Bios, and mainboard temps were around 58/59, which is higher than I would like. I also went into Sandra 2004 and received the warning message that my Power/Aux and Mainboard temps were too high?
Now, are these elevations in heat due to my upgrade to a better GPU? Here is what else I am running:
CPU : Athlon Barton 2500+ (running at 3200+ speeds)
CPU HSF : Thermaltake Volcano 10+ w/ASF
Mobo : Shuttle AN35N Ultra (just HS on Chipset, no fan)
Case : Antec Server Case with 5 Case fans (all with proper air flow)
PSU : Antec True Power 480W (with fan)
Mem : 1GB Crucial DDR400
HDD : 2 EIDE (WD 120GB/Maxtor 80GB)
DVD : Memorex 16x
CD-RW : Lite-On 52x24x52
Now, again, I did not suffer from lock ups before the GPU upgrade (while the CPU was overclocked the same way), and I did not see anything in all of the other forums related to any conflicts with the 4.5 drivers with x800, so I wanted to run this by yall. I don't know if I should get a better CPU HSF, although that did not see to have too high temps after gameplay. I don't know if I should get a fan for my chipset, as it appears that is where the problems were per Sandra 2004? I am still trying to understand how my mainboard temps would increase under load due to a GPU upgrade?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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