Lew Wolfgang wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
I have an EVGA 8800GT board that is just plain Loud! No overclocking, just the default 600,900 gpu and memory speeds. I have searched and the closest thing to rivatuner for linux is nvclock. I have installed and worked with nvclock setting the PWM Duty Cycle between 20-90% (nvclock -f -F 20, etc. returning to 'auto'). The change in sound from the fan is almost imperceptible.
Hi David,
I've got a 9500 GS board in a new HP desktop that was also very noisy with the stock 11.0 install. It was quiet with Vista, before I blew it away. It quieted down when I installed the Nvidia proprietary driver. It's now noisy when the box is first turned on, but quiets down when the Nvidia module is loaded during boot-up. Sure, my kernel is now "tainted", but it seems to be worth it...
Regards, Lew
Thanks Lew, all: I have the latest nvidia binaries installed with the accompanying taint, a small trade-off for glxgears at 11,000 FPS and my son's full screen video games that just fly to the screen. (savage 2, spring, etc.). The blanket idea is a good one, but I think I will have to resort to the zalman solution. Thanks all for confirming that the fan noise is just expected on the 'hot' video cards. Too bad the card manufacturers don't put more emphasis on the annoying fan noise, but again, I guess the card would cost $3.00 more with a good fan. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org