Geforce 8600GT

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

I made my mom a rig a while back with old spare parts (athlon 64 x2 5200 or something, 4 gigs 667, 450 watt OEM psu, Hp case, some old asus board) and I put a Geforce 8600GT in there, I don't remeber it being as hot as it is, I checked the temps and doing normal tasks she is getting about 85C. It used to only go that high when I was gaming. (side note one time it went to 110C!)

 

[Mathragh]

Then i guess your cooling efficiency went way down, or the power usage went way up!

Try looking for a clogged cooler, or background programs that make the graphics card ramp up(browsers with flash for an instance)

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

I even put my HDD in, just on facebook it's about 70C

 

[Mathragh]

then i guess you should look at the cooler, specifically, whether its still seated correctly and if theres any dust in there.

Another option is checking wether the cooler can suck in enough air, and wether it has enough room to vent it. (For an instance, if the pc is with the back against the wall, it cannot sufficiently blow away all the hot air, leading to insufficient cooling and a hot graphics card)

 

[Red_Machine]

Or it could be borked. 110 degrees for a GPU is not good.

 

[GSquadron]

What kind of 8600 is it?

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

GT 512 mbs. And it was at 110C when it was newish, I was playing L4D with it on max for about 2 hours.

 

[GSquadron]

I mean Asus, palit, evga?

 

[Mathragh]

GT 512 mbs. And it was at 110C when it was newish, I was playing L4D with it on max for about 2 hours.

This probablly means that you had a bad card from the start, either because of faulty hardware or an incorrectly seated cooler.

 

[Tatty_Two]

8600GT + Auto fan control = Fail......... I had one and it ran hot, I needed to crank the fan upto 60% just to get acceptable temps.

 

[brandonwh64]

Re do the TIM on the card and change the fan profile.

 

[DiogoCDS19]

Could it be the silent version ? It has no fan so its normal to hit those temps, i had one some time ago.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Could it be the silent version ? It has no fan so its normal to hit those temps, i had one some time ago.

Good point, if it is the passive with just the heatsink he needs to mount a 80 or 90mm fan on it!

 

[CDdude55]

I actually still own an 8600 GTS(don't use it anymore though) and it naturally ran hot, at idle it generally hovered around 67c and it really started to heat up at load.

The cooler is insufficient imo, that small heatsink and fan doesn't do much of a good job keeping the temps down. But keep in mind, it wasn't meant as really a gaming orientated GPU so that could explain the lack of a better heatsink.

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

Yeah, theres a small fan and I usually had it maxed. I tried to take off the cooler, but I don't have a screw driver small enough atm. I'm gunna go to my dad's tomorrow and get one.

 

[micropage7]

yeah try to replace thermal paste reseat the hsf and using a fan, 80mm fan is pretty cheap and it performs pretty good on that (i use if for my old 8600) and improve your case airflow

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

This isn't in my rig, it's in the computer I made for my mother. It is a HP case with only mounting for a 92mm fan. She says it is too loud normally pluged in so I have it undervolted. I finally got the cooler off and I cleaned all the thermal paste and just put some coolermaster thermal paste that came with my cooler. I'm testing it right now.

 

[micropage7]

This isn't in my rig, it's in the computer I made for my mother. It is a HP case with only mounting for a 92mm fan. She says it is too loud normally pluged in so I have it undervolted. I finally got the cooler off and I cleaned all the thermal paste and just put some coolermaster thermal paste that came with my cooler. I'm testing it right now.

i guess with new thermal paste an reseat right. it should be ok

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

Idling temps are now at 52C (old used to be 60) under load it is at 90C(used to be about 96 running 3Dmarkvantage)

 

[Melvis]

Idling temps are now at 52C (old used to be 60) under load it is at 90C(used to be about 96 running 3Dmarkvantage)

Still seems a little high to be honest. I have two here in SLi (256MB versions) and they idle in the 40's and at laod they will hit in the 70c maxed out, and the case hasn't got great cooling ether.

! of my cards did what yours did and started to run very hot, and yes it was the Thermal paste that needed replacing, this fixed my issues. But also ive had a bad fan on one and ive had to grease it a few times to keep it spinning with out issues.

What cooler does it run, and what brand is it?

 

[TC-man]

Hi,

well, I had a XFX 8600GT which had a noisy fan which constantly runs at 100%. So I replace the stock gpu-fan with a relatively cheap Zalman vf700 and after that it ran so much cooler and quiet, yes, even when I put the fan on 5V. If I remember it correctly, the temperture were around the 40°C when idled, when running furmark it was around the 70°C and in actual games the card was around 53-60°C (depending on the game), the fan is put on 5V (silent mode) and the videocard was in a Silverstone HTPC case where the airflow wasn't quite optimal, so I guess in a better PC case the temperature would be even lower.

So perhaps replace the stock gpu-fan with a custom gpu cooler, it doesn't have to be a Zalman. Arctic Cooling have some cost-efficient gpu-cooler models, for example this one:
http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/vga/23/accelero-l2-pro.html?c=2182

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Hi,

well, I had a XFX 8600GT which had a noisy fan which constantly runs at 100%. So I replace the stock gpu-fan with a relatively cheap Zalman vf700 and after that it ran so much cooler and quiet, yes, even when I put the fan on 5V. If I remember it correctly, the temperture were around the 40°C when idled, when running furmark it was around the 70°C and in actual games the card was around 53-60°C (depending on the game), the fan is put on 5V (silent mode) and the videocard was in a Silverstone HTPC case where the airflow wasn't quite optimal, so I guess in a better PC case the temperature would be even lower.

So perhaps replace the stock gpu-fan with a custom gpu cooler, it doesn't have to be a Zalman. Arctic Cooling have some cost-efficient gpu-cooler models, for example this one:
http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/vga/23/accelero-l2-pro.html?c=2182

+1 on this one.

the Accelero L2 Pro is pretty cheap and should improve temps quite drastically for that 8600GT.

it also comes with step by step instructions which are real easy to follow. all you really need is some rubbing alcohol to get the old thermal grease off and away you go. Accelero coolers come with MX-1/MX-2 thermal paste already Pre-applied so theres no need to get your hands dirty.

Just follow the instructions and everything will be fine

 

[micropage7]

i have msi 8600 gt and i never had problem with heat.
i just lap the hsf, place new paste and add little oil on the fan, it still run fine until i switch into new graphic card