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msgclb · Jul 10, 2009, 05:35 PM

I had my MSI K9A2 Platium running (2) galaxy GTS 250 cards using XP Pro 32-bit but I noticed these cards get hot. I tried a 120mm fan over the cards and that helped some. Something else that I've noticed is the GPU core clock throttles down while the screensaver is running.

I had a better image but lost it when I used the PSU, hard drive and DVD from this rig on another machine. This project will have to wait for some cash to buy more parts. Any idea how I'm going to solve the above two problems when I get back to this project?

System Name:	My System
Processor:	AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
Motherboard:	ASUS M5A97 R2.0
Cooling:	Corsair H100 Cooler
Memory:	G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866
Video Card:	EVGA - GeForce GTX 660 Ti Superclocked
Hard Disk:	Western Digital
Optical Drive:	LG-Internal Blu-ray DVD Drive GBC-H20LI
CRT/LCD Model:	BenQ G2400WD Black 24"
Case:	NZXT Crafted Series Tempest 410 Elite
Sound Card:	Onboard HD Audio
PSU:	Thermaltake Black Widow W0319RU 850W
Software:	Windows 8 Pro w/ Media Center

Jul 10, 2009, 05:35 PM	#4
msgclb Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 1,709 (0.92/day) Thanks: 572 Thanked 4,287 Times in 1,071 Posts System Specs	I had my MSI K9A2 Platium running (2) galaxy GTS 250 cards using XP Pro 32-bit but I noticed these cards get hot. I tried a 120mm fan over the cards and that helped some. Something else that I've noticed is the GPU core clock throttles down while the screensaver is running. I had a better image but lost it when I used the PSU, hard drive and DVD from this rig on another machine. This project will have to wait for some cash to buy more parts. Any idea how I'm going to solve the above two problems when I get back to this project?