[SOLVED] 9800 GTX overheating?

scubert1017 · 07-25-2009, 04:58 PM

I have a 9800 GTX vid card with a 750w PSU, I have had it since early June, and I also run it Vista. I was playing a game when everything went black and I got a message saying something like "Ran out of video memory, quitting application". I restarted the computer and I didn't have a wallpaper, then I started up the game and everything was fine except for a littlebit of lag. I left it off to cool down after that. Could my card be overheating and why did everything keep working after that, did it shut down to save itself or something, or will it go downhill from here?

**manic** · 07-25-2009, 05:45 PM

You need to run the fan at 100% when gaming. Most of the time out
of the box it runs at 30%, this is to make you feel that the card is
quiet, at the expense of a heating issue. You may have recieved soft
ware to allow you to do this when you purchased the card. If not do
a search for Riva tuner, there is a tool in there that will allow you to
set up the fan.....

scubert1017 · 07-25-2009, 06:09 PM

I used the Riva Tuner, It worked, thanks alot.

**manic** · 07-25-2009, 06:10 PM

Your welcome,,,

07-25-2009, 04:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
scubert1017 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 12 OS: vista	[SOLVED] 9800 GTX overheating? I have a 9800 GTX vid card with a 750w PSU, I have had it since early June, and I also run it Vista. I was playing a game when everything went black and I got a message saying something like "Ran out of video memory, quitting application". I restarted the computer and I didn't have a wallpaper, then I started up the game and everything was fine except for a littlebit of lag. I left it off to cool down after that. Could my card be overheating and why did everything keep working after that, did it shut down to save itself or something, or will it go downhill from here?

07-25-2009, 05:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,428 OS: xp	Re: 9800 GTX overheating? You need to run the fan at 100% when gaming. Most of the time out of the box it runs at 30%, this is to make you feel that the card is quiet, at the expense of a heating issue. You may have recieved soft ware to allow you to do this when you purchased the card. If not do a search for Riva tuner, there is a tool in there that will allow you to set up the fan..... __________________

07-25-2009, 06:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
scubert1017 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 12 OS: vista	Re: 9800 GTX overheating? I used the Riva Tuner, It worked, thanks alot.

07-25-2009, 06:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,428 OS: xp	Re: 9800 GTX overheating? Your welcome,,, __________________