How do i tell if my Graphics card got TOO HOT and is FRIED ?

ChiBOY83 · Post by **ChiBOY83** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:28 pm

So..i have the passivly cooled gigabyte 6600GT w/ the silent pipes....and recently it seems like my graphics on my puter are shitty.....

whenever i watch any divx/ mpegs dl'ed online, even thou Gspot telle me i have hte proper codecs, the video display is slightly choppy (not really choppy, but its still NOTICABLE).... and i have been noticing some weirdness when i play games...

SO, in summary, i was wondering if anyone knows of any dignostic tests to see if my card has gotten fried or is damaged??? any ideas anyone

Aris · Post by **Aris** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:26 pm

weither its fried or not, i would suggest returning it as the passive gigabyte 6600gt's are RENOWN for running up to and even over 100c even with active cooling.

stromgald · Post by **stromgald** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:56 pm

Have you checked your temparatures? You can see it in the nVidia control panel or the Gigabyte V-Tuner utility.

ChiBOY83 · Post by **ChiBOY83** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:59 pm

oh the temps are fine..i have the NV temp logger and its showin its 55 idle right now, and the hottest idle it gets is 65 idle.....

davidstone28 · Post by **davidstone28** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 4:06 pm

It will never be "fried". You PC will lock up / crash / BSOD once the GPU reaches a critical temperature. If its not doing that or artefacting its fine.