tommytomotom
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Hey,
I'm running these specs:
Q6600 2.4Ghz
GeForce 8800GT 512mb (OCed a tiny bit)
2GB OCZ PC 3200 RAM
Asus P5KC Motherboard
550W Corsair PSU
1x120mm fan, 2x80mm fans
I'm running Oblivion on medium settings, on my 23" inch widescreen monitor with a resolution of 1360x768.
I thought these specs would be enough to run Oblivion smoothly, but it's quite choppy. My graphics card is reaching temps of about 70c and I'm having to put the fan on max RPM to cool it down.
I saw the Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev. 2 VGA Cooler but I've never used a graphics card cooler and I've read that the thermal pads they provide for the GPU RAM are not very good and can fall off.... etc.
Basically, my 2 questions are:
-Is cooling the reason why I'm getting choppy gameplay, is there anything else I should do first?
-Is this the cooler what I should be getting, do I need anything else for it and will it fit in my fairly small Coolermaster Elite case?
Thanks, I'm happy to provide any more info etc if required. Any help greatly appreciated.
I'm running these specs:
Q6600 2.4Ghz
GeForce 8800GT 512mb (OCed a tiny bit)
2GB OCZ PC 3200 RAM
Asus P5KC Motherboard
550W Corsair PSU
1x120mm fan, 2x80mm fans
I'm running Oblivion on medium settings, on my 23" inch widescreen monitor with a resolution of 1360x768.
I thought these specs would be enough to run Oblivion smoothly, but it's quite choppy. My graphics card is reaching temps of about 70c and I'm having to put the fan on max RPM to cool it down.
I saw the Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev. 2 VGA Cooler but I've never used a graphics card cooler and I've read that the thermal pads they provide for the GPU RAM are not very good and can fall off.... etc.
Basically, my 2 questions are:
-Is cooling the reason why I'm getting choppy gameplay, is there anything else I should do first?
-Is this the cooler what I should be getting, do I need anything else for it and will it fit in my fairly small Coolermaster Elite case?
Thanks, I'm happy to provide any more info etc if required. Any help greatly appreciated.