Nvidia 6600 temperature question

z_one · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 8

I have the Nvidia 6600 (AGP version) - 256 MB graphics card.
I fiddled around with the bios and was able to add the option for viewing the core temperature in the Nvidia properties window.
My questions are the following:

I noticed that my card's temperature is 65 degrees Celsius when it's idle and it reaches 80 degrees Celsius when I play Earth 2160 !! Isn't that too high ?

Can I overclock the card while using the stock fan ?

What are the maximum safe temperatures for this card ?

What type of cooling (brand name etc...) do you recommend ?

Thanks in advance.

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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

What is your case temperature?
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z_one · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 8

Hmmm... good question.
I'm very new to all this stuff and frankly I have no idea what the case temperature is.
How can I check it ?

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Go into your motherboard bios and look for system temperature in the PC health section.
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z_one · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 8

Ok, I'll do that tonight and I'll let you know what I find,
In the mean time I found an interesting little program called SpeedFan: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
Dunno if it can also help and I don't know if I'm allowed to post links in this forum

(moderators feel free to delete the link if required).

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

You best be gaining more knowledge before you start tinkering with programs so freely.
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z_one · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 8

I guess you're right about that.
One last question though... my Nvidia properties window says "Nvidia 6600 GO".
Any idea what the GO stands for ? I know there the plain 6600 and the 6600 GT... but the GO, never heard of it.

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

You sure you were playing with the videocard's BIOS or just the drivers?
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z_one · TweakNOOB Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 8

Well, I downloaded the latest drivers from Nvidia's website and installed them.

As for the bios I did what this page says and it worked fine for me: http://www.ocia.net/articles/tempmonitoring/page1.shtml