ubergeek14
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It seems that the new 196.75 drivers release from nVidia has been causing overheating in video cards due to an error in the drivers that affects variable fan control. The only way to control the fans is manually through another program. nVidia has quietly removed the 196.75 drivers and put the 196.21 drivers back up. I know this happened to me because last night I installed the new drivers, came back in the morning to see windows reporting that it had crashed in the night due to blue screen, and although at the time i was mystified, now I think i believe what the culprit was. As of right now, on the 196.75 drivers, my 8800GTS 512 is idling at 70C, while the ambient temperature in the room is 15C (it's cold in north florida, i keep the heat off and bundle up with blankets )
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=161525
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=161503
Reverting my drivers now, and all of you should do likewise!
EDIT: Simply reverting back to 196.21 reduced my GPU idle temp from 70C to 54C. Scary!
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=161525
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=161503
Reverting my drivers now, and all of you should do likewise!
EDIT: Simply reverting back to 196.21 reduced my GPU idle temp from 70C to 54C. Scary!
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