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ChiBOY83
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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
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Aris
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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.
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stromgald
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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.
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ChiBOY83
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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.....
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davidstone28
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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.