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Garyohallo1
Hi all,
I will start off with giving a run down of my setup. I have an MSI K8N Platinum Motherboard, AMD Athlon 64 4000+ cpu, 650W psu, and an XFX 256mb Geforce 7800 GTX XXX Edition in an X-Case X-Blade case.
Now for the problem...
When running the latest games, I find I can only get a few minutes gameplay before the gpu core temperature reaches the slowdown threshold (of 115 degrees c!). That is mega hot, and makes playing most games relatively impossible. I have had no problems with cpu temperature.
I have tried updating the drivers, but wondered if there is anything else I could try? I will be upgrading soon-ish to a Thermaltake case (and an AMD 6400+ X2 Black Edition!) but also wondered if this was a known problem with this product , because as I understand it, the XXX edition has been overclocked by XFX.
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. Please let me know if you require any further info.
Thanks,
Gary
Edit: Whilst not playing any games, the gpu temperature seems to be staying at around 78 degrees! Could it be reporting the temperature wrong?
I will start off with giving a run down of my setup. I have an MSI K8N Platinum Motherboard, AMD Athlon 64 4000+ cpu, 650W psu, and an XFX 256mb Geforce 7800 GTX XXX Edition in an X-Case X-Blade case.
Now for the problem...
When running the latest games, I find I can only get a few minutes gameplay before the gpu core temperature reaches the slowdown threshold (of 115 degrees c!). That is mega hot, and makes playing most games relatively impossible. I have had no problems with cpu temperature.
I have tried updating the drivers, but wondered if there is anything else I could try? I will be upgrading soon-ish to a Thermaltake case (and an AMD 6400+ X2 Black Edition!) but also wondered if this was a known problem with this product , because as I understand it, the XXX edition has been overclocked by XFX.
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. Please let me know if you require any further info.
Thanks,
Gary
Edit: Whilst not playing any games, the gpu temperature seems to be staying at around 78 degrees! Could it be reporting the temperature wrong?