I just got my GeForce and haven't intalled it yet so that brings me to ask whether they get hot or not during intense gaming? Is the fan sufficient or should I change it to something stronger?
We're talking about an Asus AGP-V6800 DDR GeForce Deluxe.
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I agree with rgwalt. I don't have a g-FORCE yet, but you bet your skippies that my v770 has had extra HS's added, and a bigger fan. I also have one of those slot fans right below my v770U. My AGP was @ 100MHz for a while, but now my MB is giving me problems. I'll be swapping my other BE6-II into this PC while I get this one replaced though.
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i have a G-force and yes they get hot like 63c atleast mine does. i changed the fan i put on a sink and fan combo and it didnt make much of a diff..like 6c cooler i also put mem sinks on.
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even with that big fan and sink it still runs hot!! never crashs!! im gonna put a pelt on it soon...
what G-force do u have?
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I Though mem-sinks didn't work??
Or has no effect...
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There was an article which stated that the fan included with the GeForce could not cool it down sufficiently. Performance dropped continously, the longer the computer stayed on. I think it was written by a division of PC World. It was not overclocked nor used for intense gaming.
Hey tools, i ripped that piece of **** fan off and put a socket7/pga370 fan on it!! No alpha or globalwin **** but one about the same size as a stock intel flipchip heatsink!!
It used to run at 49C idle and 55C ater Q3
now it runs at 39C and peaks at 45C or so
I think it was worth it!!
Just wedge a butter knife in and use a big yellow resister as the fulcrum, it just popped off for me, without refridgeration.
I used a Pentium heatsink on mine (one of those for P120 - 233MMX), took off the fan and placed a PCI-Slot cooler next to the GeForce (which is better than a fan in my opinion - at least with my setup).
On my GeForce (Guillemot) the Temp went from 50C - 60C (max) to around 32C - 40C.
I once got it up to 45C. But I also dont game so heavily, but after running SimCity 3000 for 7 hrs on 1280x1024 and UT for a couple of hours I managed to get those 45C.
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