I recently underclocked my video card because of the wierd red low fps fraps was showing on max payne 2. It would lag occasionaly then jump back up to 50-60 fps. I then alt tab and check the temp when it lags me again. I see 79* celcius (it probaly dropped some so it plays at around 80-83*, oh and my vid card is a recent 6800 gs ddr3) . My gpu is now at 357 mhz from 350 and it still idles at 65 66 celcius with a fan on a stand at low close to it and 3 fans in the case. I guess I need some sort of real cooling product but I don't kno what to get. I want something that will last me so I'll be able to use it on my feature video card. OH ALSO I ran this crazy program rthdribl. Google it. It is this test and it puts any video card to its knees. I tried it out and my temps were like 86
degrees. Does this look like a good buy? http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=40 or Should I go with cooling paste to fix this problem? (i dunno what its called)And the price is kinda hefty. Anyway its really bad when a gpu like mine idles at like 63 * these days when I read on google people get like 56 * under load which is crazy with thermal paste. This looks like a great deal http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835100007 . Should I go for that? Can it be as effective as the 33 dollar fan? I would buy a heatsink but Im afraid installing it will be too much of a difficulty. Any suggestions?
degrees. Does this look like a good buy? http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=40 or Should I go with cooling paste to fix this problem? (i dunno what its called)And the price is kinda hefty. Anyway its really bad when a gpu like mine idles at like 63 * these days when I read on google people get like 56 * under load which is crazy with thermal paste. This looks like a great deal http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835100007 . Should I go for that? Can it be as effective as the 33 dollar fan? I would buy a heatsink but Im afraid installing it will be too much of a difficulty. Any suggestions?