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overheating gpu

refusetolose · 2011-12-23 18:29:53

hi lads i have one of these and its hitting over 105c under load i cleaned dust off it but does anyone know is there somewhere in the card i can put new thermal paste? anyone ever took one of these apart before?

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23-12-2011 7:29pm

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refusetolose

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hi lads i have one of these and its hitting over 105c under load

i cleaned dust off it but does anyone know is there somewhere in the card i can put new thermal paste?

anyone ever took one of these apart before?

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#2 24-12-2011 5:58am
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http://gizmodo.com/5035980/inquirer-pretty-much-every-nvidia-geforce-8800-9600-and-9800-graphics-card-is-defective

there are some guides online to re-seat the heatsinks and all but most people just bake them (instructions online) or at this point, simply upgrade them: a 9600 is barely worth anything anymore; you can get a really solid upgrade for under 100. Remember that since the 9000 series nvidia has now ploughed through five successive generations of cards, and is now getting ready to embark on a sixth. Your card is pretty much obsolete.

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