hardware components for a gaming pc - Page 8

**okeee** · 09-26-2009, 04:01 PM

I checked evga precision, but what values should I look at? I see core clock, shader clock, but fan speed is only in % (which stays at 40%).

**wrench97** · 09-26-2009, 04:29 PM

Does it stay at 40% when the you hear the noise?
Move the slider to 60% and press apply as a test to see if the speed changes and the noise level.

**okeee** · 09-27-2009, 05:29 AM

Yes it does stay at 40% (at about 71c). I moved the slider to 60%, but there was no noise, just a blowing fan.

**wrench97** · 09-27-2009, 06:36 AM

That's good it tells us it's not the video card fan.
Your going to have to try and isolate the noise a little more play the game where you hear it with the side cover off and see if you can get a better idea of where it is coming from.

**okeee** · 09-27-2009, 10:50 AM

Yes it does seem to come from the videocard, could it be one of the components of it? And is 70c too hot for a videocard?

**wrench97** · 09-27-2009, 11:37 AM

No that's normal, you could set the fan up to get it a couple of degrees cooler, I would contact EVGA they may know of an issue and their support team is quite good.
By the way have you registered the card on their web site yet?

**okeee** · 09-27-2009, 07:31 PM

Ok, but the whiny noise that comes as soon as temperature increases, that is not normal, right? I havent registered, but is it useful for european purchasers?

**wrench97** · 09-28-2009, 01:15 AM

Yes it's useful, you'll get notification of any updates and special deals.

It's not a noise that should be there.

**okeee** · 09-29-2009, 05:04 AM

I'll check with them.
But I noticed a few strange things:

-the noise is worst at game menus and ingame menus like maps. It sounds like water cooking (not that loud). During the games the noise less loud and different (all kinds of screams).

-I had to reinstall windows xp. games are on another partition, i did not reinstall them. The noises of some of the games disappeared after I properly reinstalled them. But this is for some of the games only, other still have the noise after reinstall.

**wrench97** · 09-29-2009, 12:27 PM

See what EVGA has to say, I can't say I've run across it.

**okeee** · 09-30-2009, 06:46 PM

I'd like to update the drivers of the videocard: evga engtx260. Should I get the drivers from nvidia or from evga? And if there are many versions, which one is the best?

I also noticed this update from windows updates: "nVidia - Display - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260". Is this another driver a have to install?

**wrench97** · 10-01-2009, 01:31 AM

No that's the video driver, get the latest driver from Nvidia with their "Driver Robot"
http://www.nvidiadriver.org/drivers....=kidrs#geforce.

**okeee** · 10-01-2009, 01:34 PM

Ok I found another driver at nvidia for engtx260: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_190.62_whql.html
I wonder which one is better?

**wrench97** · 10-01-2009, 02:15 PM

Usually the newest is the best to use.

**grimx133** · 10-01-2009, 02:21 PM

For running folding, I've found the 190.62's have been very good. The previous 190.38 would cause errors after folding for less than a day.

**okeee** · 10-01-2009, 03:10 PM

What exactly is "running folding" ?

**grimx133** · 10-01-2009, 03:22 PM

Folding At Home, aka FAH is a distributed computing effort from Stanford University in California. There are cpu and gpu clients, which run them at 100%. The gpu client crunches numbers much faster than the cpu, for either they do make components heat up, kind of like running an endless stress test. With the new drivers, I can run it for days without issues, the previous set were a real pain, so don't get those.
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**okeee** · 10-02-2009, 01:03 PM

Ok I installed the new drivers, unfortunately the noise did not disappear.
I'd like to check on the memory with memtest86+, I still haven't done that. There is a .iso that you're supposed to burn, could it be done with a virtual dvd-drive as well?

Phædrus2401 · 10-02-2009, 01:07 PM

It has to run from boot. I usually run it from my GPartedLive CD so I have HDD and RAM utilities on one disk.

09-26-2009, 04:01 PM	#141 (permalink)
okeee TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 547 OS: win me	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc I checked evga precision, but what values should I look at? I see core clock, shader clock, but fan speed is only in % (which stays at 40%).

09-26-2009, 04:29 PM	#142 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,324 OS: Win7	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc Does it stay at 40% when the you hear the noise? Move the slider to 60% and press apply as a test to see if the speed changes and the noise level. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

09-27-2009, 05:29 AM	#143 (permalink)
okeee TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 547 OS: win me	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc Yes it does stay at 40% (at about 71c). I moved the slider to 60%, but there was no noise, just a blowing fan.

09-27-2009, 06:36 AM	#144 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,324 OS: Win7	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc That's good it tells us it's not the video card fan. Your going to have to try and isolate the noise a little more play the game where you hear it with the side cover off and see if you can get a better idea of where it is coming from. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

09-27-2009, 10:50 AM	#145 (permalink)
okeee TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 547 OS: win me	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc Yes it does seem to come from the videocard, could it be one of the components of it? And is 70c too hot for a videocard?

09-27-2009, 11:37 AM	#146 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,324 OS: Win7	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc No that's normal, you could set the fan up to get it a couple of degrees cooler, I would contact EVGA they may know of an issue and their support team is quite good. By the way have you registered the card on their web site yet? __________________ Power Supply and Selection

09-27-2009, 07:31 PM	#147 (permalink)
okeee TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 547 OS: win me	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc Ok, but the whiny noise that comes as soon as temperature increases, that is not normal, right? I havent registered, but is it useful for european purchasers?

09-28-2009, 01:15 AM	#148 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,324 OS: Win7	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc Yes it's useful, you'll get notification of any updates and special deals. It's not a noise that should be there. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

09-29-2009, 05:04 AM	#149 (permalink)
okeee TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 547 OS: win me	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc I'll check with them. But I noticed a few strange things: -the noise is worst at game menus and ingame menus like maps. It sounds like water cooking (not that loud). During the games the noise less loud and different (all kinds of screams). -I had to reinstall windows xp. games are on another partition, i did not reinstall them. The noises of some of the games disappeared after I properly reinstalled them. But this is for some of the games only, other still have the noise after reinstall.

09-29-2009, 12:27 PM	#150 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,324 OS: Win7	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc See what EVGA has to say, I can't say I've run across it. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

09-30-2009, 06:46 PM	#151 (permalink)
okeee TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 547 OS: win me	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc I'd like to update the drivers of the videocard: evga engtx260. Should I get the drivers from nvidia or from evga? And if there are many versions, which one is the best? I also noticed this update from windows updates: "nVidia - Display - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260". Is this another driver a have to install?

10-01-2009, 01:31 AM	#152 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,324 OS: Win7	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc No that's the video driver, get the latest driver from Nvidia with their "Driver Robot" http://www.nvidiadriver.org/drivers....=kidrs#geforce. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

10-01-2009, 01:34 PM	#153 (permalink)
okeee TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 547 OS: win me	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc Ok I found another driver at nvidia for engtx260: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_190.62_whql.html I wonder which one is better?

10-01-2009, 02:15 PM	#154 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,324 OS: Win7	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc Usually the newest is the best to use. __________________ Power Supply and Selection Last edited by wrench97; 10-01-2009 at 02:17 PM.

10-01-2009, 02:21 PM	#155 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,121 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc For running folding, I've found the 190.62's have been very good. The previous 190.38 would cause errors after folding for less than a day. __________________

10-01-2009, 03:10 PM	#156 (permalink)
okeee TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 547 OS: win me	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc What exactly is "running folding" ?

10-01-2009, 03:22 PM	#157 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,121 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc Folding At Home, aka FAH is a distributed computing effort from Stanford University in California. There are cpu and gpu clients, which run them at 100%. The gpu client crunches numbers much faster than the cpu, for either they do make components heat up, kind of like running an endless stress test. With the new drivers, I can run it for days without issues, the previous set were a real pain, so don't get those. We have a folding team here at TSF, not that there are many of us that are actively running it. Help beat Cancer and other serious Illness __________________

10-02-2009, 01:03 PM	#158 (permalink)
okeee TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 547 OS: win me	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc Ok I installed the new drivers, unfortunately the noise did not disappear. I'd like to check on the memory with memtest86+, I still haven't done that. There is a .iso that you're supposed to burn, could it be done with a virtual dvd-drive as well? Last edited by okeee; 10-02-2009 at 01:06 PM.

10-02-2009, 01:07 PM	#159 (permalink)
Phædrus2401 Hardware Tech Team Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Orleans Posts: 3,660 OS: Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 + Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: hardware components for a gaming pc It has to run from boot. I usually run it from my GPartedLive CD so I have HDD and RAM utilities on one disk. __________________ Good PSU brands: Corsair, SeaSonic, CWT, PC Power and Cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower, CoolerMaster Real Power Pro On 80+ Certification - PSU Information and Selection - Power Supply Myths You don't get what you don't pay for.