Re: Is this OK temperatures for graphics card?

Posted on 2024-03-05, 18:44

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I just tried Doom 3 1.1, it doesn't seem very playable to me on this graphics card. We all know that the FX line was garbage in DX9, even at 800x600 and overclocked to 434mhz core and 566mhz vram; It's very slow, pretty sure it's only around 20fps. Yes, 52 Cº is on the desktop and after playing for …

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Re: Is this OK temperatures for graphics card?

Posted on 2024-03-05, 13:18

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Well, I think something is wrong with that graphics card, because mine does not heat up at all with the default frequencies, between 43 and 52 degrees, and it is even quite good at overclocking, +100 MHz core and +66 MHz ram, I think it can go even higher, but I only did it to check if it would …

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Re: Is this OK temperatures for graphics card?

Posted on 2024-03-04, 21:09

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there was no thermal diode at this point in time time (early 2000) for measuring the core, its inside the chip, same for all Pentium3 and Athlons/Durons. There must be external sensor for ambient temp somewhere on the pcb far away from main chip. Sadly my diagrams for graphic cards dont go that far …

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Re: Is this OK temperatures for graphics card?

Posted on 2024-03-04, 21:02

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A curiosity is that many of these chips of the time were slightly convex, perhaps you could try the thermal paste grain of rice method in the center and let the pressure of the heatsink spread it out. I have the same card, if I have time I will take a look at it and see what it does. What version …

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Re: Is this OK temperatures for graphics card?

Posted on 2024-03-04, 20:58

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It's just ridiculous. I added a bit more paste, and now the temps are a little lower, about 61 degrees on the desktop, still a lot.. 😆 OK, I'm going to give the thermal pads a try.

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Re: Is this OK temperatures for graphics card?

Posted on 2024-03-04, 16:44

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Does the GPU core temp move when you stress the card? Does it get to 80? There's no way it's hot if the heatsink isn't hot. Paste looks fine OK, so I applied some new thermal paste and now it shows 66 degrees on the desktop. Apparently, the contact between the heatsink and the chip got better? 🤨 I …

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Re: Is this OK temperatures for graphics card?

Posted on 2024-03-04, 10:15

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Did you get paste on the components around the die? There's usually a thermal sense diode. If you get thermal paste that is conductive or even capacitive on it, you will get crazy temp readings. I've had to fix this many times on repaste jobs people did. One reason I like MX-4, you can smear that …

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Re: Is this OK temperatures for graphics card?

Posted on 2024-03-04, 09:11

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Did you get paste on the components around the die? There's usually a thermal sense diode. If you get thermal paste that is conductive or even capacitive on it, you will get crazy temp readings. I've had to fix this many times on repaste jobs people did. One reason I like MX-4, you can smear that …

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Re: Is this OK temperatures for graphics card?

Posted on 2024-03-03, 23:40

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You said you changed the thermal paste right? What was it doing before you changed it? Just a little more info on before and after, and where that picture comes in. To be honest, I have no idea, because I replaced the paste after I bought it, that was a couple of months ago. I took this photo a few …

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Re: Is this OK temperatures for graphics card?

Posted on 2024-03-03, 21:23

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I've never done packaging simulations so I don't really know if those kinds of thermals would be of any concern to the packaging. But when it comes to semiconductor design, the die isn't going to output heat in a uniform manner. It could be the core temperature sensor is next to a really hot …

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Re: Is this OK temperatures for graphics card?

Posted on 2024-03-03, 13:37

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the3dfxdude wrote on 2024-03-03, 13:15: How does the back side of the card behind the gpu feel? There is a backplate at the back and it is a little warmer but not hot

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Is this OK temperatures for graphics card?

Posted on 2024-03-03, 13:11

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73°C on desktop... What the hell? With this massive heatsink? When I touch the heatsink, its not even warm. Of course I changed the termal paste, and seem like it has bad contact with chip cover. Can it be fixed or this fine temps? What is ambient temperature btw? https://a.allegroimg.com/original/ …

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Re: Is the FX5600 a great option for Win98?

Posted on 2023-11-27, 01:10

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I'd say the FX5600 is the lowest FX series card worth using unless you run a really underpowered CPU and it'll be bottlenecked anyway or the most important feature is running Glide wrappers on the cheap. Or maybe for low-profile builds, but imho then it's beaten by the GF4MX which you can actually …

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Re: Thin client for DOS

Posted on 2023-08-28, 21:19

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The HP T5710 is usually recommended for thin client DOS gaming. However, I can't remember if you can disable the cache on it or not. This one also has a PCI slot. Do you really need that PCI slot? If you can find a small PCI sound card, you'd still need to mod the thin client for it to fit and to …

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Thin client for DOS

Posted on 2023-08-28, 19:10

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Hi. Hello. I'm looking for options for DOS but to be able to slow down the processor to 386 and 486 level. And what PCI sound cards are best for a thin client, given that the those does not have SB Link?

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Re: Another question about Windows XP videocard

Posted on 2023-08-02, 16:07

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Bruno128 wrote on 2023-08-02, 15:26: nuvyi wrote on 2023-08-01, 17:23: I mean DX9 XP era games released around 2001-2006. DirectX 9.0 was in December 2002. It was not mainstream adopted until 2004. See if your GeForce model is supported by forceware 93.71. This is late 2006. No, my card is released …

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Re: Another question about Windows XP videocard

Posted on 2023-08-01, 17:23

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So the GeForce 7 has better compatibility with XP era games? https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=81908 I mean DX9 XP era games released around 2001-2006. Someone mentioned games like Republic Commando and this game has some bump mapping issues on modern cards, but this issues can be fixed …

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Re: Another question about Windows XP videocard

Posted on 2023-07-29, 01:42

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So the GeForce 7 has better compatibility with XP era games? What features don't work on newer cards? Shader models 3.0 were mentioned, they will not work on a card with unified shaders?

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Re: Actual hardware or software?

Posted on 2023-06-20, 13:10

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Can you please tell me if I used a real EAX capable SB card on Windows 7 using Creative ALchemy, would I hear any difference in sound compared to Windows XP? It will be real EAX, right? Is this some sort of "unofficial" EAX support for Windows 7?

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Re: Actual hardware or software?

Posted on 2023-06-19, 09:35

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It's unfortunate that dgVoodoo 2 does not work on XP 🙁 Can someone provide a list of wrappers that I may need?

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