Leadtek 6800 GT - Never Gets hot

[John-K]

I've had my case door open, because I've been completing my build piece-by-piece, when I noticed that my Leadtek 6800 GT never gets hot. I could literally touch the heatsinks, and it would cool to the touch!

I finished putting everything together and installed a few games, leaving the case open. And it still doesn't get hot, even while playing Doom 3. But then again, I've noticed some problems in Doom 3. When I turn left or right, the middle of the display streaks, producing a blurred, horizontal band.

Is there something wrong with my card? I have only installed the LeadTek driver for the card. I haven't done any performance tuning, &c.

My system:

A64 +3700
Asus K8V SE Deluxe
2 x Raptors (Non-RAID)
Creative Audigy 2 Platinum Pro
2.1 Altec Lansing USB Speakers (very old)

 

[Nexnecis]

Sounds like a Vsync problem. I never really minding tearing that much before I started playing D3 either. Maybe it's the darkness making it show more or something :shrug: .

In Options, System, Advanced Video, turn on Vsync. It should look alot better after.

 

[CastleBravo]

Make sure your refresh rate is set higher than the default 60 (you can force it in the nVidia control panel, or in the doomconfig.cfg file), otherwise you will probably take a big FPS hit for using vsync.

 

[Chaballaman]

interesting, wat temp do you get?
leadtek 6800gt runs hot accordin to the review i read.

edit: here!
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=660&pageID=846
http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/evga_geforce_6800gt/page6.shtml

 

[thelostrican]

I've had my case door open, because I've been completing my build piece-by-piece, when I noticed that my Leadtek 6800 GT never gets hot. I could literally touch the heatsinks, and it would cool to the touch!

I finished putting everything together and installed a few games, leaving the case open. And it still doesn't get hot, even while playing Doom 3. But then again, I've noticed some problems in Doom 3. When I turn left or right, the middle of the display streaks, producing a blurred, horizontal band.

Is there something wrong with my card? I have only installed the LeadTek driver for the card. I haven't done any performance tuning, &c.

My system:

A64 +3700
Asus K8V SE Deluxe
2 x Raptors (Non-RAID)
Creative Audigy 2 Platinum Pro
2.1 Altec Lansing USB Speakers (very old)

maybe the reason why the heatsink is not hot is because its not making good contact with the card?

 

[John-K]

maybe the reason why the heatsink is not hot is because its not making good contact with the card?

It seems to be fitted okay. Actually, I would have thought that the card would have burned up by now if that were the case.

This is driving me crazy. Far Cry looks crappy, too. I have the refresh rate set as high as it goes, 85Hz.

I cannot figure this out. It's as if the card is loafing.

 

[umbra]

Sniff Sniff I smell an RMA coming

 

[ozziegn]

I could literally touch the heatsinks, and it would cool to the touch!

ummm, I hate to break the bad news to ya but a heatsink (especially on a 6800 GT) is supposed to get hot because if it doesnt, then that means its not fully doing its job by pulling heat away from these hot running GPUs.

*on a side note*

why is it that the general population thinks the same way? if a heatsink is very cool to the touch then that means that the chip underneath it is running super-duper cool when that is not the case.

again, heatsinks are supposed to get hot. thats what they're there for. to pull heat away from the heating source.

 

[Xxplosiv]

the big delta fan cools the aluminum top thingy quick, so u really shouldnt be able to feel heat on that, try feeling around the sides of hte heatsink, or turn your delta fan off and wait for the fire

 

[antonanton]

what tempreture does it show for the cards core?

 

[vsyncer]

I've noticed some problems in Doom 3. When I turn left or right, the middle of the display streaks, producing a blurred, horizontal band.

yes it is the same "problem" i have with that massive tearing in d3 ... you need to enable vsync ... but then you get a loss about 20 fps in timedemo1 @85 hz and only 5-10 fps loss @ 100 hz ...

look at my other posts about the tearing problem in d3

i don't think that it is a problem with the 6800 series, cause other users have the same problem with x800

one thing you never get away (or i can't get it away) is the jumping feeling by strafing around ... i have always the feeling that it hangs for piece of a second but it seems to be a problem of the d3-engine (or the drivers) .....


but back to your "temp-problem": what temp do you get before playing d3 and after exit d3 in nvpanel ??

my temps:
idle: 47°C
after exit d3 (playing some hours d3): 57°C
ambient: 36°C

 

[HeavenX]

Hey John are you writing to us from hell since the heat sink seems cool to you?

 

[John-K]

I think I may use Driver Cleaner and reinstall using the nVidia reference drivers instead of the LeadTek drivers.
Thanks for the tip Vsyncer. I'll defintely check out your posts. I have to check my temps again when I get home. All very odd.

 

[vsyncer]

by reading a review of the new graphic cards in the german it-magazine "c't" i have realized that the leadtek's cooling system blows even over the back heatsink of the card ... I haven't realized that before ... maybe that is the reason why the back heatsink never gets very hot ???

 

[John-K]

I'm hitting 64 to 67 degrees after 30 minutes of Doom 3; 53 degrees at idle. This seems too high. Ambient is about the same as Vsyncer's temps. I don't think the HSF is fitted properly.

 

[ozziegn]

I'm hitting 64 to 67 degrees after 30 minutes of Doom 3; 53 degrees at idle. This seems too high. Ambient is about the same as Vsyncer's temps. I don't think the HSF is fitted properly.

your temps are fine.....

stop worrying about it and just enjoy it.