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ChemicalWarrior · 05-21-2007, 07:40 PM

I’m probably going to delete the guides unless there are serious reasons given to keep them up. The fact is that the same solutions do not always work. A resources page might be created for programs to check out, etc. Otherwise I personally don’t want to upgrade something with relevant information constantly. If a new page is created it will be a sticky and locked.

120C is a typical temperature set as to when a video card will start to throttle itself in order to lower temperatures. While not all cards are the exact same, 120C is a general estimate is actually probably highly likely. One person’s person experience really doesn’t mean much in statistical terms. For example, I’ve had personal experience with my own (and countless others) with temperatures in excess of 90C, I had a 6800 that ran at 85C load normally without any issues for over a year and a half.

If 120C was simply some magical value picked out of the air then video card manufacturers would have defect ratios in the 20%+ greater range instead of the much more typical 1%~2% range. These values are picked because they make sense, they are typical limits and are designed to protect the video card, and if a card was consistently having issues at temperatures nearly 40C lower then they’d lower it.

Overheating itself is really overstated, or rather the means needed to prevent over heating area. Twin 250mm fans are not needed. Look at example of a large number of high quality Lian Li, Antec, Silverstone, etc cases. No 250mm in site, instead sensible placement of 120mm fans and not many. My Antec P180B contains currently 3 120mm case fans at their lower setting, more than enough air for a 8800GTX, look at forums were a large number are running the same combination.

BTW, think about your cases airflow design. Positive pressure. You must exhaust the same amount of air as your bring in, or else you create nothing but dead spots, packets of hot air in your case. Again, this is why intelligent designs can get away with two 120mm case fans in the entire case and be plenty for very high end cases.

On a side note, I seriously hope you are not overclocking your processor with the stock Intel heatsink. Talk about heat issues, no amount of indirect cooling is going to stop you from ruining that processor far faster than it should…

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ChemicalWarrior Moderator Addict Posts: 2,053 Shouts: 0 Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 19 Thanks: 2 Thanked 18 Times in 15 Posts Add to xFire Friends List	I’m probably going to delete the guides unless there are serious reasons given to keep them up. The fact is that the same solutions do not always work. A resources page might be created for programs to check out, etc. Otherwise I personally don’t want to upgrade something with relevant information constantly. If a new page is created it will be a sticky and locked. 120C is a typical temperature set as to when a video card will start to throttle itself in order to lower temperatures. While not all cards are the exact same, 120C is a general estimate is actually probably highly likely. One person’s person experience really doesn’t mean much in statistical terms. For example, I’ve had personal experience with my own (and countless others) with temperatures in excess of 90C, I had a 6800 that ran at 85C load normally without any issues for over a year and a half. If 120C was simply some magical value picked out of the air then video card manufacturers would have defect ratios in the 20%+ greater range instead of the much more typical 1%~2% range. These values are picked because they make sense, they are typical limits and are designed to protect the video card, and if a card was consistently having issues at temperatures nearly 40C lower then they’d lower it. Overheating itself is really overstated, or rather the means needed to prevent over heating area. Twin 250mm fans are not needed. Look at example of a large number of high quality Lian Li, Antec, Silverstone, etc cases. No 250mm in site, instead sensible placement of 120mm fans and not many. My Antec P180B contains currently 3 120mm case fans at their lower setting, more than enough air for a 8800GTX, look at forums were a large number are running the same combination. BTW, think about your cases airflow design. Positive pressure. You must exhaust the same amount of air as your bring in, or else you create nothing but dead spots, packets of hot air in your case. Again, this is why intelligent designs can get away with two 120mm case fans in the entire case and be plenty for very high end cases. On a side note, I seriously hope you are not overclocking your processor with the stock Intel heatsink. Talk about heat issues, no amount of indirect cooling is going to stop you from ruining that processor far faster than it should… __________________ What could appear next?