disabling thermal throttling on nvidia

[Herr Rogers]

Could someone please point out what this feature is called in nvidia's control panel. Or tell me how to disable it?

 

[shirker]

you mean the slowdown threshold specified in the nvidia control panel? I don't think you can turn that off or raise the max temperature through any nvidia software, it's a feature built into the card to prevent it from overheating. with third-party software it could be possible, but tbh I don't know

 

[JamesXP]

I don't see why you'd want to do it anyway do you really want magic smoke?

 

[Seinken]

I actually had a reason to do this on my old 6800, it constantly reported a temp of 137c even though it was cooled by an air conditioner and probably didn't exceed 50c

 

[freakdiablo]

I don't see why you'd want to do it anyway do you really want magic smoke?

He wants to do the true meaning of a suicide run to have an excuse to get a 9800 when they come out

 

[shirker]

He wants to do the true meaning of a suicide run to have an excuse to get a 9800 when they come out

except then he'd have no video card at all for a few months (although if he asked this question right around when the 9800s start rolling out, I'd understand)

 

[The Wicker Man]

I do believe you can mod the bios to raise the thermal throttle level.....

 

[Vector]

Wicker Man is right. There is a Core Threshold and a Throttling option in the BIOS of most cards. Try NiBiTor to modify the BIOS, but beware of the magic smoke