can i just apply a big drop of mx-1 or mx-2 on the memory of my 8800gts for replacement of thermal pad??? i did that to my pwm heat sink before n it works... but i'm not sure if it can fill the gap... where to buy thermal pad???

i have the acbel e3 350w too but i guess it doesn't have enuf juice to power ur gc... best bet, change it to something better... u dun have to buy those hyper expensive psu, someone mentioned ss560w for rm320??? or check in garage sales, ther is enhance 460w for rm100+... the acbel 350 is ok but i use it with e6300 (oc a bit), 4 hdd, 7300gs, 2 odd n the psu start not to performing well... changing it to any 450w psu solved my problem... try removing all the old gpu drivers n reinstall the forceware... good luck...

ahahahaha.... finally u bought a camera shawty???

8800 owner why cry??? just change again lor... IF ther's such thing as 9800gtx... biasa lar... that's the trend mar...

the pcb is hot??? which portion??? front or back??? bro u better check ur gpu carefully...

the hottest part of G8x series card i thought is the bridge chipset... correct if i'm wrong, tq.. is ther a wc block for 8800 bridge chipset???

is ur pc on hibernate??? otherwise it's very seldom that monitor won't power up after it shut itself off... i on the shut down monitor after 20 minutes... n it never fails to power up...

ian, maybe u should check if ther's a msg baloon right hand lower corner with msg 'Microsoft detected Apple products'... 'Unfriendly hardwares detected'... hahaha...

u better stop using ur card n try to refit ur hsf... it's too much for it to handle at 95'c.. oso does ur chassis supply sufficient ventilation???


my 8800gts start giving stupid buzzer (low whistling sound) when running atitool n then artifacts everywhere n finally lock up... it did the same in CS too... i thought it was my psu, but then after changing to several psu n driver (except the latest beta 163.44) didn't help, i've juz packed it n it's on it's way back for rma... btw, my idle is low 40'c load is somewhere near 50'c max... using mcw60 wc gpu block... running in default factory oc setting 550/900 all the time... 8800gts users, can gif some comments??? tq...

i trim the sticker around the 2 screw holes so that i can remove the plastic cover n clean the hsf... it help the hsf to drop 1 or 2'C as dust can cause major restriction...

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/491550

a few method has been tried... when the cover is opened, the ori fas is useless as it couldn't draw enuf air n channel them to the heat sink, so u can safely take off the ori fan... using 1 or 2 x 120mm fans can immediately cool it down to 47 to 50 idle... load is near 63 to 65... the stupid sli bridge is 1 of the most heat provider on 8800 card... try to double the thickness of the thermal tape for the sli chpset controller, rams, n the mosfet... it shows significant performance gain for ram especially... lyp got sell CM thermal tape (brown color, forgot wat's the thickness but not cheap)...

applying better thermal paste to the gpu also help dropping around 1 to 2'c (i use arctic mx-1)... but some reported much better result (upto 5'c)... the vizo dual pci fan (or sumthin like dat) works very well too when 8800 without the heat shrouder/cover, n oso without the ori fan... n best of all it cost less than rm60... worth a try... but careful, some distro void warranty as long as u take off the hsf or remove the cover...

good luck...

well, quite an interesting topic u have ther, downclocking the gpu might save u a bit current i guess...


can't understand what u trying to say here... most 8800gts idle at around 60'c with adequate ventilation... u can use rivatuner to set the fan at watever speed u want... it's in low level setting...

maybe u can install the hdd at the 5.25" bay n remove the hdd rack so the front intake fan can supply enough cold air directly to both ur gpu...

i got a problem running my 8800gts recently, it was factory oced to 550/900 but i downclock it to 550/850 due to artifacts lately... i oso bump into several BSOD ocassions, can some 1 help me out??? i dun have any idea wat caused it... i tried my gpu on another P35 + E2160 n it works perfectly, i've oso replaced rams n psu but still same...

my rig e6600, 400 x 9, 1.500vcore
abit aw9d-max, 975
ocz reaper 2 x 1gb, 800 4-4-4-15 (std)
acbel 550W i power
windows xp pro sp2
driver 163.44 beta
atitool 0.27b
usually this happen while i play games or run atitool 'show 3d' or 'scan for artifact'... after running for a few minutes, either BSOD or system lock up...




the BSOD screen



This post has been edited by HaHaNoCluE: Sep 5 2007, 04:29 PM

that was my 1st thought too so i bought my self wc kit... now idle at 40'c load near 50'c so heat is not an issue... i got copper ram sinks n 120mm fan blowing directly toward the card... so temp is all under control... anymore idea wat the bsod trying to explain???

i've been searching oso... but still searching... hopefully will get a clue...

*update: juz found out some article with the ar5211.sys problem, it seems like my new 108mbps wifi NIC isn't compatible n clashes with my GPU... wat a world... gonna go home n try remove my NIC, n c how... tonite OT till 11pm... hope i can get it done tonite...

sell me urs...

This post has been edited by HaHaNoCluE: Sep 5 2007, 07:59 PM

my system is already rock solid stable... orthos more than 24 hours stable, memtest 6 hours stable... juz the gpu... the best luck i ever have with any gpu is the nvidia 6200, 7900gto, ati x300 all on same system... the BSOD screen shows this stupid ar5211.sys which happens to be part of my wifi card driver... guess maybe i jus remove it n c how... about the lock up while gaming n atitool 'show 3d'... well hopefully it's the stupid wifi nic caused them too... i tried bumping my vcore, vmch n vdimm a little higher than it is now, but same result... really annoyed by this... i tried the old cs1.6 oso can lock up ...


mdzaboy,

wat brand of 8800gts u use??? it should be the same as all 8800 r produce by nvidia themself... anyway, maybe ur luck better guar... ... planning to do some vmod to my gpu but till i solve the lock up n bsod 1st...