Temp sensor on graphics card?

[sergentshrek]

I'm putting a CoolerMaster Aerogate 3 in my case, and I was going to use one of the sensors to monitor my graphics card temp. I've got an MSI 6600GT (AGP), and I was hoping not to remove the heatsink to do it. Can I put it on the backside of the card behind the GPU and get an accurate reading?

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by sergentshrek on 03/13/05 01:48 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

You don't need a seperate thermal sensor, the GF6600GT has a thermal sensor on die.

Any external sensor will be only a guesstimate of core temperature -X degreesC/F.

If you don't automatically get the sensor with your cards drivers/bios you can hack it;

<A HREF="http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion/index.php?t2379.html" target="_new">http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion/index.php?t2379.html</A>

And either use nVtools or Rivatuner to read the output.


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[sergentshrek]

Great! Thanks for info. It'll save me from wasteing a sensor, then.