- Joined
- Feb 23, 2002
- Location
- St.louis area
hello
i have a retail 9700pro bba and i have the following problem
if you look at this card it has a red rectagular plate on the lower left of the card. well this plate gets EXTREMELY HOT and im worried about long term stability as this card was not cheap for me to get. lately during long term gaming i have gotten a lock-up, now to me this is worrisome as i have not had a lock up ever on this card (was playing a long time though)and the game i was playing was divine divinity so the game is not exactly cutting edge(but extremely fun) so what i was wondering is if it would void my warranty to glue a small heatsink to this metal plate to cut down the temps. im not putting anything on the ram or gpu, just this metal plate. has anyone else noticed how hot this plate gets on your cards??? on mine it gets VERY HOT during gaming.
any feedback will be happily appreciated as i don't want to have to return this sweet card.....
i have a retail 9700pro bba and i have the following problem
if you look at this card it has a red rectagular plate on the lower left of the card. well this plate gets EXTREMELY HOT and im worried about long term stability as this card was not cheap for me to get. lately during long term gaming i have gotten a lock-up, now to me this is worrisome as i have not had a lock up ever on this card (was playing a long time though)and the game i was playing was divine divinity so the game is not exactly cutting edge(but extremely fun) so what i was wondering is if it would void my warranty to glue a small heatsink to this metal plate to cut down the temps. im not putting anything on the ram or gpu, just this metal plate. has anyone else noticed how hot this plate gets on your cards??? on mine it gets VERY HOT during gaming.
any feedback will be happily appreciated as i don't want to have to return this sweet card.....