Looks like my 6800 GT's days are numbered now...

Madpistol · 07-05-08, 07:42 PM

So I decided to run Mass Effect on my old Pentium 4 PC w/ 6800 GT. I monitored the temperatures through Rivatuner, and during the game, the temps rose as high as 97C... I'm extremely worried now. It's even got a Zalman cooler on it w/ the fan running on high. I guess I'll just continue to run the system until the video card finally decides to croak. I don't know what else to do. There's just too much heat circulating in the system I guess.

Bman212121 · 07-05-08, 10:13 PM

The stock cooler does a better job than that. You might want to remove the cooler and reattach it. Doesn't make a lot of sense to just burn it up if you know it's going to overheat.

Madpistol · 07-05-08, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bman212121

The stock cooler does a better job than that. You might want to remove the cooler and reattach it. Doesn't make a lot of sense to just burn it up if you know it's going to overheat.

It's not going to make a difference. There just isn't enough airflow in the case. The room is also fairly warm. The card idles around 62-66 depending on the conditions.

mojoman0 · 07-06-08, 02:56 AM

mine died about a month ago

. lifetime warranty from evga I think, so they sent me a 6800gs co. Runs better in BF2 but not as well in COD4.

Dazz · 07-06-08, 05:50 PM

I would just pick up a 9600GT card considerbly faster and cheap too.

Madpistol · 07-07-08, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Dazz

I would just pick up a 9600GT card considerbly faster and cheap too.

The 6800 GT I have is AGP.

CaptNKILL · 07-09-08, 09:30 PM

You should definitely take that 6800 out and take the cover off the heatsink for a thorough cleaning. They used to get dust clogged inside the heatsink pretty often. 3 months after I bought mine it was locking up and running at 85C. I cleaned some dust bunnies out of the heatsink and the temps dropped significantly. Never had another problem with it.

No sense in just killing it. If you're going to do that, send it to me...

Proff · 07-10-08, 06:39 PM

I Just rebuilt a machine with some parts I had laying around and installed my Evga 6800GT to it.
I had an MSI 865P neo 2 with a Intel Northwood 2.8 cpu and that card still runs strong. When I saw this post I thought what the heck. I set the machine up with Win XP SP 1a to run some of my older games. I call it my nostalgia pc.

CaptNKILL · 07-11-08, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Proff

I Just rebuilt a machine with some parts I had laying around and installed my Evga 6800GT to it.
I had an MSI 865P neo 2 with a Intel Northwood 2.8 cpu and that card still runs strong. When I saw this post I thought what the heck. I set the machine up with Win XP SP 1a to run some of my older games. I call it my nostalgia pc.

Damn, my oldest nostalgia PC has a video card from 1996.

I have like 4 nostalgia PCs...

Kinda sad... I never even use them.

Proff · 07-11-08, 06:55 PM

I have a few older games I play and they run a bit easier on my nostalgia machine than on my Vista 64 machine. My daughter had a Dell E771a monitor that I am using for this older machine. It is very clear and crisp. I didn't mean to steal the original OP's post. I put a Zalman after market cooler on my 6800GT maybe that would help keep your 6800GT going for a bit longer.

CaptNKILL · 07-12-08, 02:18 AM

My offer still stands Madpistol. If you're just going to run the card until its dead, I have a system that could definitely use a good AGP 6 series card if you want to get rid of it cheap.

Madpistol · 07-12-08, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Proff

I put a Zalman after market cooler on my 6800GT maybe that would help keep your 6800GT going for a bit longer.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madpistol

It's even got a Zalman cooler on it w/ the fan running on high.

07-05-08, 07:42 PM	#1
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07-05-08, 10:13 PM	#2
Bman212121 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,726	Re: Looks like my 6800 GT's days are numbered now... The stock cooler does a better job than that. You might want to remove the cooler and reattach it. Doesn't make a lot of sense to just burn it up if you know it's going to overheat.

07-06-08, 02:56 AM	#4
mojoman0 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,566	Re: Looks like my 6800 GT's days are numbered now... mine died about a month ago . lifetime warranty from evga I think, so they sent me a 6800gs co. Runs better in BF2 but not as well in COD4.

07-06-08, 05:50 PM	#5
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07-09-08, 09:30 PM	#7
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: Looks like my 6800 GT's days are numbered now... You should definitely take that 6800 out and take the cover off the heatsink for a thorough cleaning. They used to get dust clogged inside the heatsink pretty often. 3 months after I bought mine it was locking up and running at 85C. I cleaned some dust bunnies out of the heatsink and the temps dropped significantly. Never had another problem with it. No sense in just killing it. If you're going to do that, send it to me... __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

07-10-08, 06:39 PM	#8
Proff Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 22	Re: Looks like my 6800 GT's days are numbered now... I Just rebuilt a machine with some parts I had laying around and installed my Evga 6800GT to it. I had an MSI 865P neo 2 with a Intel Northwood 2.8 cpu and that card still runs strong. When I saw this post I thought what the heck. I set the machine up with Win XP SP 1a to run some of my older games. I call it my nostalgia pc.

07-11-08, 06:55 PM	#10
Proff Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 22	Re: Looks like my 6800 GT's days are numbered now... I have a few older games I play and they run a bit easier on my nostalgia machine than on my Vista 64 machine. My daughter had a Dell E771a monitor that I am using for this older machine. It is very clear and crisp. I didn't mean to steal the original OP's post. I put a Zalman after market cooler on my 6800GT maybe that would help keep your 6800GT going for a bit longer.

07-12-08, 02:18 AM	#11
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: Looks like my 6800 GT's days are numbered now... My offer still stands Madpistol. If you're just going to run the card until its dead, I have a system that could definitely use a good AGP 6 series card if you want to get rid of it cheap. __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

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