Hi all,
First time post here - Got a small prob with my otherwise awesome gaming rig I would really appreciate your help with.
I've just bought a new PC with the Sapphire X1950XTX card. One of the main specs for my PC was that it should be quiet, and indeed it is until I start running games. The fan on the graphics card is quiet when it is running in Windows but when games are going it clocks up, and every 30 seconds the fan on the Sapphire card spins up like crazy making a lot of noise.
Catalyst Control tells me the operating temperature of the card is 66C when I'm noodling around in windows and after I drop out of a game to Windows it's up to around 73C. I've been running Oblivion mostly which as one would expect runs at full settings @ 1280x1024 very nicely
I have tried upping the fans in the Antec case to full speed (making a helluvaracket) with the top of the case off and it made no apparent different to how often the fan on the X1950XTX spins up.
The other components in the box are:
Antec P180B case
Toughpower 650W
Asus P5W DH Deluxe
Intel 6600 Core 2 Duo
Samsung 400gb HD
2gb ram
It's a bit annoying because everything that I read about this card before getting it indicated it would run quietly. I'm wondering what is wrong with my configuration or whether it's just like this...
Cheers!
Matthew
http://www.mrtoes.net
First time post here - Got a small prob with my otherwise awesome gaming rig I would really appreciate your help with.
I've just bought a new PC with the Sapphire X1950XTX card. One of the main specs for my PC was that it should be quiet, and indeed it is until I start running games. The fan on the graphics card is quiet when it is running in Windows but when games are going it clocks up, and every 30 seconds the fan on the Sapphire card spins up like crazy making a lot of noise.
Catalyst Control tells me the operating temperature of the card is 66C when I'm noodling around in windows and after I drop out of a game to Windows it's up to around 73C. I've been running Oblivion mostly which as one would expect runs at full settings @ 1280x1024 very nicely
I have tried upping the fans in the Antec case to full speed (making a helluvaracket) with the top of the case off and it made no apparent different to how often the fan on the X1950XTX spins up.
The other components in the box are:
Antec P180B case
Toughpower 650W
Asus P5W DH Deluxe
Intel 6600 Core 2 Duo
Samsung 400gb HD
2gb ram
It's a bit annoying because everything that I read about this card before getting it indicated it would run quietly. I'm wondering what is wrong with my configuration or whether it's just like this...
Cheers!
Matthew
http://www.mrtoes.net