Well, recently when i played Need For Speed Carbon or Call of Duty at medium graphic settings, I will be able to play it for like 5-8 minutes tops and then i get artifacting effects.Small 3d boxes appear all over the screen
whats even worse is i need to restart (no exitting the game doesnt solve it).

Did some troubleshooting and found out with ATITool that my Graphic card temperature is at 100C or more when loaded !  
and idle at 65-75C.
Graphic card is not overclocked. Stock setting with stock cooling.

Now question I have for the hardcore OC'ers;
1) Is it a normal temperature range for this type pf graphic card?
2) Is it better to change cooling and hope its not a physical malfunction or better get a new card?

Thanks for all inputs
Below are my specs:
DFI LAN Party UT-D
Antec TP-II 480W
ATI X800XL pcie
AMD64 Venice 3200+
Kingston Memory 512 twin pack(sorry dont have the chipset type)
Westerd Digital 160Gb
Maxtor 120Gb

he online but didnt reply this post. so can assume that his problem is solved?

having 2 psu but most mobo got one connector only.. how to start both psu wor?? someone enlighten me plzz

lately, my sempron is getting a bit hot. dunno why. i hv changed the thermal compound, reapply it, the problem still persist. i saw people getting around 30 C in idle. but my one went up to as high as 40-45 C. i open my casing and boot up windows. touch the heatsink, ironically, it wasnt hot. what is the problem actually? what idle temperature is standard for sempron E6?

lately, my sempron is getting a bit hot. dunno why. i hv changed the thermal compound, reapply it, the problem still persist. i saw people getting around 30 C in idle. but my one went up to as high as 40-45 C. i open my casing and boot up windows. touch the heatsink, ironically, it wasnt hot. what is the problem actually? what idle temperature is standard for sempron E6?

Even bad airflow wouldnt cause the proc to idle at 50C. I think your temp sensor gone bad as you said it doesnt feel hot.

I'm doing it right now......If found my tools

y u use small fan?try using 120mm front and read one way air flow..inifinity works damn great with two fan..Try get a silverstone or ac ryan fan .

i tink i m going to get a heatsink with the budget of rm200 like tat. i do tink i will invest better on it. Scare the cpu boom den sau pei. GOt tink also to sell my rig. But not sure got ppl wan o not.  zzzzzzzzzzzzzz have to wait my fren oso to go lowyat.  Haih dey wan get their school loan den we go together oo. i so curious    d wana go ther get a better heatsink plus go ther c whether a got a better rig.

my e6300 oced to 2.66ghz at 380x7 with vcore 1.248v, when idle, i am getting 58c at 1st core and 56c and 2nd core with TAT reading. When under orthos stress, i am getting 70c and 68c highest. Is this normal? I am using mini typhoon with normal thermal paste.

can any1 give me some recomendation?
i using stock heat sink

my cpu temp is 65c at full load, i just dontwan overheat at full load, idle temp is not important, temperature surrounded is 28c

my budget is RM150, and not tower casing, something like CM HYPER TX still can fit but Thermalright HR01 cant fit, any 1 can help pls?

(my rig)
asus P5B
C2D 6300
512mb RAM
galaxy 7300gt premium
160gb HDD
18x multi drive
380w CM extreme
cooler= stock heat sink

Then that is good lor...get yourself the Hyper TX, only RM135 from Moderno IIRC...lower than your budget...should be able to cooldown it even when OC...

SI-120 sure is nice but is out of my budget, TT BT also out of budget , i saw them perform quiet good when i reading those post in heat sink round up , afterthen i realize that CM HYPER TX is almost same like HR-01, but the price different RM50, it should be perform like HR-01, so i think i going for HYPER TX
u using wat processor??
and i just wondering are there others hsf is cheaper than HYPER TX but good performance?? cause i wan to save money to buy CM extreme power 550watts

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