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GPU fan speed Help

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jmartis

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Is it possible to change the fan speed on my 8800GT? I tried Riva tuner but I couldn't seem to find any fan speed related settings..
 
I was able to manage my gpu fan speeds with rivatuner on my 8800gts, so I assume you can do the same with a gt. Just open up rivatuner and go to the Main tab. Click on the button next to Customize under Driver settings, and click on the System Settings button that should appear.

Within this next menu you should see a Fan tab, you can change the fan speed here and save various fan profiles ( I made one for 60% 80% and 100%) and then set up when to activate these profiles... or you can just set it manually.

Hope that helps.
 
tboneDX said:
Within this next menu you should see a Fan tab, you can change the fan speed here and save various fan profiles ( I made one for 60% 80% and 100%) and then set up when to activate these profiles... or you can just set it manually.

Hope that helps.
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I see only "Overclocking", "Compatibility" and "Overlay" tabs. Maybe I didnt install some drivers, I have just the Nvidia graphics drivers, maybe I need to install some utilities from the cd which came with the card (Asus)? I think there was something like VGA doctor but that did only display core temp.

Thanks for your help anyway.
 
@jmartis:
At any chance, do you have a non-standard 8800GT from Asus with a different cooler like this ??? In that case you're out of luck, because that card is without the ADT7473 controller... :(
You can monitor only the GPU temp with Asus SmartDoctor (a piece of sht) or you can monitor the temperature with RivaTuner via a plugin from Igor Levicki who wrote a nice article about that card here. ;)
 
Seb1 said:
@jmartis:
At any chance, do you have a non-standard 8800GT from Asus with a different cooler like this ??? In that case you're out of luck, because that card is without the ADT7473 controller... :(
You can monitor only the GPU temp with Asus SmartDoctor (a piece of sht) or you can monitor the temperature with RivaTuner via a plugin from Igor Levicki who wrote a nice article about that card here. ;)
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Yes thats exactly what I have, I got this version as I thought it would cool better (well it probably does) and with silence (its not very loud, BUT is the loudest component of my PC:mad:).
 
SO when its cooling so violently :)p), I might give it a overclock to justify the fan speed:rolleyes:

I downloaded the G92 RivaTuner core temp utility but I can't see any temps in Hardware monitoring. How does it work?
 
What would be safe cpu temp for this card?

P.S. "I can't see any temps in Hardware monitoring", well I can but it shows zero all the time.
Edit: I just got it woking, cool.
 
I just ran FurMark and when the core hit 77C I turned it off :rolleyes: I think it would reach 80C after some time.
I read about people running this card @90C core, is 80C really that bad?

How hot do these cards run with the reference cooler?
 
The first 8800GT cards with the rev.1 (small) reference cooler reached 108 gr.C under the FUR rendering in 2 minutes. After that a few manufacturers modified the BIOS for a better fan control, after that they changed the fan for a bigger one (rev.2) and lastly they released cards with custom PCB and cooling.
The hottest spot on a reference 8800GT can be at the back of the card around the vMEM circuits.
I'd say your temps are OK, but judging from the size of that custom cooler you have - it should be better, probably you can do some modification regarding the cable management and airflow. ;)
 
Ok, thanks, I just tortued it again, oc'd to 700mhz core and I think it didnt even hit 80C (reached a constant 79C).

Just a last question, the cooler doesnt have memory sinks, do you think its a bad idea to OC the mems? There is not much place at all to fit any mem sinks (5mm at most)...
 
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