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    C90S 8600m GT 256mb GDDR3 Users Post Your Temps

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ziggo0, Jan 15, 2008.

  1. ziggo0

    ziggo0 Notebook Consultant

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    So apparently this card is being discontinued due to overheating...and I have one on the way. SO...what temps are you guys getting? Any overclocks?
     
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    I'm using the 167 drivers Asus released which don't allow over clocking, however my temps never get above 96C. small price to pay, it seems, but it's worth it to me, at least.
     
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    Yeah, thats about the same temps I get with my DDR2 version. You can overclock if you want to flash the BIOS over and over again easily. I'm assuming your running Vista?
     
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    yeah, home premium. I don't feel like over clocking, my card used to overheat playing WoW with stock settings, I had to underclock the core 100mhz, and the RAM about 250...feel like I should stop stressing it so much now :p
     
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    hehe, difference between our lappies is I run my fans at full speed when I game so my temps are much different than yours. I gotta make a cooling pad tonight...my gdd3 should arive tomorrow :D
     
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    yeah, I actually have a cooling pad with 2 fans blowing up ( doubt it's actually very helpful ), and a fan blowing across the palmrest / keyboard area because it's gets extremely uncomfortable to have my hand there without it. how is your CPU so cool? mine runs like 50-55 idle, and in OC mode up to 80 under load :-/ I have the 6600 as well.
     
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    I wonder, I can easily turn the fans in my laptop cooler upside down, think it would be better to suck heat away, since I think there's a hole on the bottom for heat coming out, so I don't really know how much better pushing it in does...
     
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    With my modded access plate and cooler right under the GPU I run into high 80's maybe a low 90 after some serious gaming. Without the cooler, that's another story, usually ends up it a lock up.

    I normally run in power saving mode with the lower clock speeds it hovers in the mid 50's.


    Oh btw I contacted ASUS about warranty swap outs and or trade ups, revolving around the discontinued 8600gt DDR3. Will post response.

    Hah! response was horrible, was told the C90 does not ship with GPu and to contact vendor. Of course my inquiry was not about the c90 but the Asus GPU for the c90. Replied, will follow this through.,
     
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