7900GT Temps @ 1.4v

[WonderingSoul]

I just volt modded my card :santa: Running happily at 670/850. I had to push the 850ram past its will because coolbits is worthless and tells me it fails a test when I most in 5 or more increments of MHz. They fail a test if I move more, but if I move a little it passes. :confused: .

I am running a Zalman VF900 on it for cooling.

I have a strange issue however. When I ran 3DMark05 for about a half hour looped the temps hit 67c :mad: However when I was playing DOD:S for two hours straight it didn't hit above 55c...

Is 3DMark that much more demanding? Should I downclock my ram or voltmod that as well?

[Alchemy1]

When I had my 7900GT w/ 1.4 volt mod my card ran at a max of 41-42c using the h20 cooling in my sig. I think that your small diameter tubing, small rads, and small pump may be the reason your temps are so high. Also, have you tried reseating your Maze4?

[WonderingSoul]

When I had my 7900GT w/ 1.4 volt mod my card ran at a max of 41-42c using the h20 cooling in my sig. I think that your small diameter tubing, small rads, and small pump may be the reason your temps are so high. Also, have you tried reseating your Maze4?

I am using a zalman vf900 instead of liquid. Bought my liquid before I bought my 7900GT and upgrading to liquid would have been a nightmare and have to replumb everthing and buy more coolant and >.<. I might go to liquid this christmas when I replumb everything since I need to change my coolant every six months.

[nd4spdbh2]

I am using a zalman vf900 instead of liquid. Bought my liquid before I bought my 7900GT and upgrading to liquid would have been a nightmare and have to replumb everthing and buy more coolant and >.<. I might go to liquid this christmas when I replumb everything since I need to change my coolant every six months.

reason #10386, 10387, 10388, and 10389 not to go water cooling...

10386 - replumbing
10387 - buying coolant when air is free
10388 - the frustration
10389 - changing coolant and having to buy more (see 10387) when one can simply blow his/ her heat sinks out from time to time

LOL im just playing man :beer: . i DO have a big enough case to go water cooling but ... im just not keen on the whole water a 1/4inch away from a 350 dollar cpu and 300 dollar gfx, and ... ya get the point.

I would recommend using riva tuner to overclock your card because you can diable the frequency check and set it to what ever the hell you feel like.

[WonderingSoul]

reason #10386, 10387, 10388, and 10389 not to go water cooling...

10386 - replumbing
10387 - buying coolant when air is free
10388 - the frustration
10389 - changing coolant and having to buy more (see 10387) when one can simply blow his/ her heat sinks out from time to time

LOL im just playing man :beer: . i DO have a big enough case to go water cooling but ... im just not keen on the whole water a 1/4inch away from a 350 dollar cpu and 300 dollar gfx, and ... ya get the point.

I would recommend using riva tuner to overclock your card because you can diable the frequency check and set it to what ever the hell you feel like.

I am using the coobits2 registry mod to overclock right now just because it has temp monitoring. I will invest into rivatuner tomorrow. Busy partying tonight gg

[nvidiaOCmaster]

Rivatuner=free, no investment :p

Watercooling=bad idea

temp seem higher in 3Dmark because it is like a GFX stresstest, it puts your GFX card under full load constantly, unlike a game which you are normally at around 70% load.

[Alchemy1]

Watercoolng really isn't that much of a hassel at all. However, if you have your system setup and you feel good about it is...why "fix" it if it isn't broken?

[Vengance_01]

I tell you what, its your pump. Those mags are junk. Get a DDC and watch your temps drop. 67C is nothing bad, but quite a bit high for a W/Ced video card. My 7800GTX W/Ced in a ****ty loop never broke 40C.:)

[Vipasnipa]

If a game is not CPU-limited, then why would we assume that it probably puts a card only at 70% of its capacity?

[WonderingSoul]

I'm not running liquid on the video card. The maze4 is for my mobo not video card.

Still not sure why my temps are so high in 3Dmark and not DOD:S

[WonderingSoul]

I ran 3D06 last night and highest it hit was 70C. Which isn't detrimental, but still quite high. I was playing DOD:S today for a few hours and I hit only 50c max...

Is it because I have my FPS capped at 70 and 3D06 is struggling keeping the highest FPS it can?

edit: double post ftl

[liftedcj7on44s]

simple, the better the graphics the more the card has to work, this is where the higher temps come into play. go play oblivion with all the eye candy turned up and your res really high and watch that card smoke!