8600GTS Problem

[simon741]

I just got a 8600gts and its been running fine. I decided to open up ATI tool and look at the temps. I thought it was running a bit hot (58C idle) and decided to up the fan speed. ATI Tool didnt have an option to change the fan speed (idk why) so I opened up RivaTuner. The fan speed would stay at the speed I set it and when I opened up ATI Tool and did the stress test, the fan speed would revert back to what it was before and the card would get to about 78C during the test. I tried Ntune too and the same thing happened. Any ideas? Im kind of afraid to play games now. The fan speed defaults to 20%

 

[Technophobe]

My guess is that either the GPU BIOS or Rivatuner has a setting that reverts to 'new' fan speed once it reaches a certain temp threshold. This 'new' fan speed is slower than the speed you want it. Hopefully you have a reply from a Rivatuner guru that know exactly where you should look, otherwise look for a in-depth guide on the Web.

 

[simon741]

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