On Tuesday 23 September 2008 00:17, David C. Rankin wrote:
Listmates,
I have an EVGA 8800GT board that is just plain Loud! ...
Returning fan control to auto, the Duty Cycle varies between 30 and 50% depending on the demand on the system. Board temp and GPU temp average 45 and 49 deg. C, respectively. If my son cranks up a full screen graphic intense game, then the temps rise to about 51 and 57, respectively. ...
Are there any other ways to interface with the fan or any more setting with nviia-settings that will lesson the noise this thing produces? ...
This is purely tangential, but a friend just upgraded his nVidia 7600-based card to an 8800 and it killed his power supply the instant he turned it on after installing it. The 8800 GT can draw nearly 250W!! So perhaps you should let the fan do its thing... Maybe relocate the box? I'd say "throw a blanket over it," but...
-- David C. Rankin
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