New Fan

[dankellys]

Hi,

Basically I want a new fan to try and keep my graphics card cool. Have have an 8800GT, but im starting to get a bit concerned about the temps (the other day it was getting up to 91C, during a game of crysis) just want to try and keep it as low as poss.

Any recommendations for another fan?

Cheers

Dan

[bcsbcs]

Dan, chances are that the fan profile in the bios is set so the fan only goes to 85% or 100% speed when the temps are very high, I did hear someone mention once that you may need a bios update as it's a known issue with the GT model.

Try doing a search on these forums as im sure it was covered only a couple of days ago. I dont have the GT so i cant really help any further.

You might also have a look at rivatuner, it also allows you to control at what temp the fan speed changes but be careful, software control over fan speed is not really a good idea incase the software crashes or glitches it may not keep the fan speed high enough. Ive used it without any probs but it can be a royal pain to configure. Bios profiles are the best as they work internally to the card.

BS

[dankellys]

Dan, chances are that the fan profile in the bios is set so the fan only goes to 85% or 100% speed when the temps are very high, I did hear someone mention once that you may need a bios update as it's a known issue with the GT model.

OK cheers for the help, so the best way to do it is to adjust the fan speed in the bios.

2 questions, how do i get into the GPU bios and how do i update the bios? (I really dont have much of a clue about GPU's)

cheers

Dan

[kbobiller]

ref the BIOS question, look up Nibitor nvidia bios editor from mvktech and check their forums; they'll also have the flashing stuff (nvflash). Be ready with a DOS boot floppy (or USB stick) and have a PCI video card handy in case it all goes bad....
I'm using RivaTuner myself to crank up the fan speeds during gaming - previously I saw 90 deg C at peak; now the fan can hit 90% or even 100% and the temps max out at 75 deg C. Noisy though! Can anyone say 3rd party cooler?
Bob

[dankellys]

Thanks for all the replies, i decided to keep away from the bios / new fan and went with RivaTuner to adjust the fan speed, works a treat!