Nvidia fixes overheating issue
The latest drivers from Nvidia should fix the issues some users have reported with their cards overheating.
As reported over on PC Mag, Nvidia's GeForce 196.75 driver package failed to properly control the speed of the onboard fans on certain graphics cards - with the result that, under load, the card can heat up to potentially damaging levels.
While the issue was easily fixed - by reverting back to 196.21 - many users were unaware that there was even a problem until they further investigated the cause of graphical glitches and system crashes.
Thankfully, Nvidia has finally fixed the problem properly with the release of the 197.13 GeForce driver package, which brings both the fixes and updates expected of 196.75 plus a working fan speed patch to prevent overheating issues.
Nvidia has stated that it "apologises to any GeForce owners that installed the 196.75 driver and experience quality issues," but hopes that this patch will fix things once and for all. For users who still experience issues once the latest drivers are installed - because of hardware damage caused by overheating, for example - Nvidia recommends that they "contact their [graphics card] board supplier" directly.
Are you pleased to see Nvidia fixing the issue, or does your mind boggle as to how such a major issue ever made it through testing into a driver release? Share your thoughts over in the forums.
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Discuss in the forums Replyomg no wonder my pc kept rebooting
oh damn
tbh thats the way I thought they done it. more to the point tho, if they had it working, how on earth did they break it?
we'll see... /me cues download.
Glad i missed the 196.75 drivers, though
Theres a couple fix's for that somewhere for Nvidia and ATI. Read it on another forum recently.. If anyone needs it let me know and I'll go find it.
That would be pretty much exactly the same time that strain was put on the card after installing 196.75 drivers.
Me too.
I experienced artifacts and slowness in games with the 196.75.
Solved that by increasing fan RPM in Precision. That saved my card.
Later went back to 196.21 because 196.75 caused anomalies in MPC.
These 197.13 seem to solve both issues.
But nVidia really lost it with drivers lately, besides this problem there was also a six (6!) month period where ETW with Shader Model 3 enabled would have missing objects in game.
They were all of different types, but the same driver was responsible.
Well done nVidia! you've alienated many fans.
Will only consider an ATI card now.
yes yes very funny. Using the nVidia website's own Driver search function for 64bit drivers only results are 32bit drivers. little more help and less sarcasm thankyou very much
http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/win7_winvista_64bit_197.13_uk.html
Thanks for the link. That's the page that I kept getting to each time, however the download link for some reason was always 32bit :-/
Anyway, time to see what ME2 looks like without all the jaggies everywhere!
I always do that. Never even got close to the problem ones.
I'm in the same situation. XFX aren't interested, but it's not really their place to be. Let me know how you get on!
the problem I see mainly with these expensive cases is they are overcompensating so the end user gets it done simple.. in my case I ducted the air from directly outside using a drying duct.. you can get temps low on the cheap too- using big fans is a good idea along with speed control on your cpu and gpu fans, and any fans blowing externally should be put on a controller too
then on the gpu.. use nibitor to edit the bios and set lower limits on your gpu's fan speed.. on my 260 have it 58-63C it will slowly ramp up from 40% to 100% at 63C instead of the insanely high number.. think was 80- you won't be able to hold any sort of decent oc without flashing or using rivatuner (which I don't use)
results are running 756 core and 1512 shader on games like street fighter 4- while also maintaining 16q+8q app enhanced aa- it doesn't get any better than that, just look at the screen posted =].. newer games like napoleon total war which tax the heck out of the gpu- I can still get 702 on the gpu but I have to decrease the shader speed quite a bit for 100% stability.. and even then it rarely hits 70C
then older games like gw course can run 16q enhancing the in game 4x while keeping the temps low with a mild oc.. I say mild but it's better than the ftw line of evga.. this is all on a 260 before the die shrink, it'd be even better on a newer card :D using the duct also lets you idle at 43C after a good dusting- before the duct I was idling upper 40s stock cooler..
attached a 92 to the gpu and a slim 80 to the case.. duct runs between the two.. the 92 should be put on a controller for noise- the slim 80 can be anything quiet.. it doesn't matter what the driver says as air is being push directly over the gpu from outside all the time.. also lowered my cpu temps a bit
it's all about the airflow from the outside- by the time the air get to where it needs to in a normal case.. it's been heated up, so guys buy these huge full towers to get the same oc's.. ducting just works- only down side is guys with window cases- they probably wouldn't want to do this
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6708/imgp0988.jpg http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/8171/imgp0983q.jpg
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6234/streetfighteriv20100318.jpg http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/83/streetfighteriv20100318n.jpg
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7042/gw2010022713423030.jpg http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2111/napoleon201003151343088.jpg
ah thats a nice case, not sure how to adapt a 120 down using a dryer duct.. just wanted something small that could oc well and after trying a bunch of different things, ended up with the duct after a trip to home depot :D had a thermalright hr-03 plus on a 8800gtx a couple cards before this one and it really heated up the case if you gamed awhile.. summer time the cpu would get up over spec remember.. anyhow the duct works good
can't really fit much more in there.. temps compare to a bigger case- so I'm happy with it
nvidia drivers have always been hit and miss too imo.. still run a really old one
Not to mention it's not too loud.