Would Appreciate Your Help re GTX 260

bagman · 07-14-08, 12:50 AM

Hi there
About to purchase a GTX 260 but I'm wondering if you guys could explain to be in simple terms the power saving feature of the GTX series.

From my reading it seems the card powers down when in 2D/Desktop mode. Is this done via the drivers ??
I have read issues re the fan running at various speeds. Is there anything I should be aware of in that respect ?
Lastly, what is the issue re 2D/3D that some people have been having. I read of some guy who claimed his card was stuck in 2D mode when exiting to desktop and then loading a game.

Appreciate your replies

cheers

**bacon12** · 07-14-08, 12:56 AM

It happened to me once yesterday, and I can't reproduce it. I was overclocking and monitoring in rivatuner and when I ran the Medusa demo I got major artifacts.

So I backed the clocks down but when I ran it again, it only would run in 2d mode. 2d clocks are 300/100/100.

Kaguya · 07-14-08, 11:26 AM

I played a few games running the EVGA Precision software and watched my speeds on the LCD G15 screen and I can confirm that the card will slow down when it's not doing heavy graphics, but so far mine have had no problem ramping it up when it's time to do 3D.

07-14-08, 12:50 AM	#1
bagman Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 223	Would Appreciate Your Help re GTX 260 Hi there About to purchase a GTX 260 but I'm wondering if you guys could explain to be in simple terms the power saving feature of the GTX series. From my reading it seems the card powers down when in 2D/Desktop mode. Is this done via the drivers ?? I have read issues re the fan running at various speeds. Is there anything I should be aware of in that respect ? Lastly, what is the issue re 2D/3D that some people have been having. I read of some guy who claimed his card was stuck in 2D mode when exiting to desktop and then loading a game. Appreciate your replies cheers

07-14-08, 12:56 AM	#2
bacon12 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,536	Re: Would Appreciate Your Help re GTX 260 It happened to me once yesterday, and I can't reproduce it. I was overclocking and monitoring in rivatuner and when I ran the Medusa demo I got major artifacts. So I backed the clocks down but when I ran it again, it only would run in 2d mode. 2d clocks are 300/100/100.

07-14-08, 11:26 AM	#3
Kaguya Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 661	Re: Would Appreciate Your Help re GTX 260 I played a few games running the EVGA Precision software and watched my speeds on the LCD G15 screen and I can confirm that the card will slow down when it's not doing heavy graphics, but so far mine have had no problem ramping it up when it's time to do 3D. __________________ Intel Core i7 960 @ 3.6Ghz EVGA X58 3X SLI OCZ Gold 12GB DDR3 EVGA GeForce GTX 470 x2 SLI OCZ Vertex 2 EX & Corsair P256 LG GH22NS50 22X DVD-RW SATA Antec TruePower Quattro 1000w SLI PSU Acer HN274H 1920x1080 3D Ready LCD Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers Antec 900 Ultimate Gamer Case

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