Serious GPU overheating

[Insomnium138]

So I started up the game earlier today and after about 10 mins of play the game froze and red pixels showed up all over the screen and my PC needed to be shutdown and restarted. Now trying again and watching my GPU temps, DDO is causing my GPU to shoot past 80c. When playing TF2/Aion/prett much any modern game stays at low 60s. I have no idea what the deal is, I really want to play the game some more and see how things go. But not at the cost of my GPU.

[Insomnium138]

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[Lithic]

Seems strange that more modern games wouldn't give you the same problem. You should probably post a dxdiag file here (people always ask for one), and maybe try playing on a lower graphic setting?

[Impaqt]

What card is it? 80C isnt really that abnormal for some cards nowadays. Are your drivers up to date?Fans all Spinning freely? No Gunk inthe case?

[PaulAnthony]

Have two newer computers and having the same problem...Will have both of my computers checked but will decrease the settings and resolution and will see if that helps.

[Strakeln]

My card will go above 80 degrees if I don't crank the fan. I noticed that once I hit 80 or so, the card starts throttling down (reducing framerate) to try and reduce the heat.

GTX 285, running at 2560x1600, cranked graphics (the 285 is friggin amazing).

I'll give you the advice that I learned the hard way (after burning out my 2x8800GTs): by default, your video card fan will operate at 40% or less. I highly recommend that you crank that up to between 90% and 100%, depending on how loud it gets and when the noise starts to bother you (makes little difference on my card).

On my video card, this drops the operating temperature while playing DDO by a whopping 10 degrees Celsius (!).

[SoulGrabber20]

My card will go above 80 degrees if I don't crank the fan. I noticed that once I hit 80 or so, the card starts throttling down (reducing framerate) to try and reduce the heat.

GTX 285, running at 2560x1600, cranked graphics (the 285 is friggin amazing).

I'll give you the advice that I learned the hard way (after burning out my 2x8800GTs): by default, your video card fan will operate at 40% or less. I highly recommend that you crank that up to between 90% and 100%, depending on how loud it gets and when the noise starts to bother you (makes little difference on my card).

On my video card, this drops the operating temperature while playing DDO by a whopping 10 degrees Celsius (!).

How would one go about increasing fan speed on the radeon x1650? Just installed it and it keeps freezing on any 3d application after 2 to 5 minutes.

[Insomnium138]

I dont see where to post a dxdiag but heres the basics

nvidia 8800gts factory overclocked @ 768mb
6 gigs of ram
intel q6600 quad core

And the latest drivers are installed.

[Mirthgar]

I'd try in the in-game Options menu under the Troubleshoot section lowering the Engine Speed option down to Low or even Very Low.

[Riorik]

I dont see where to post a dxdiag but heres the basics

nvidia 8800gts factory overclocked @ 768mb
6 gigs of ram
intel q6600 quad core

And the latest drivers are installed.

Just talking about it - I run an 8600GTS on an Q6750 and 4GB on WinXPpro.
I routinely run on Very High settings without any problems at all and without excessive temp (have to go back and look at my car temp).

EVGA 512-P2-N773-AR GeForce 8600 GTS 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Might you have a Vista or airflow problem? Bum card? Not every 8800GTS is created equal.

[Strakeln]

How would one go about increasing fan speed on the radeon x1650? Just installed it and it keeps freezing on any 3d application after 2 to 5 minutes.

Depending on the card and the manufacturer, software to control the fan speed can often be found on the CD/DVD that came with the card. Nvidia used to offer fan control on their control panel, but no longer. ATI may or may not offer something similar.

I have heard good things about the program called SpeedFan (google it, it's free), but I have never used it myself. On my computer, I use the EVGA Precision utility that came with my card.

Note that some older cards may not have the ability to change fan speed.

Sorry I can't offer step-by-step instructions, as I'm only experienced in two methods of adjusting fan speed, one of which is now deprecated (nvidia control panel) and wouldn't apply to you anyway.

edit: I just found the following post, he's talking about the same card (x1650):

I don't think my graphics card is overheating and I cannot control the fan speed through the ATI control panel, it says it is not supported.

drat.