NVIDIA GeForce 260.63 Verde Beta - Discuss Here

[aneroid]

Borderlands - the 'nvidia recommended' setting "global" doesn't SLI (or very little), even on the 258.96 drivers. I had set it to Alternate Frame Rendering before. On the new drivers, was seeing a lot of slowdown (like when the card gets hot).

Was going to post about the crap performance, but then saw that it had gone back to global setting and only one card had heated up. HW Monitor Max temp for GPU: 108 C ! (226 F). That's for the 2nd GPU (right side); the first stayed at a gaming-regular 77 C max. (see screenshot). The fan didn't go into it's super fast mode during the game, which I normally hear while doing an OCCT test.

Isn't 108 C at the max spec temp for the GPU? Is that 110 C?

I've re-enabled AFR1. The 258.x drivers didn't perform better with the wrong SLI setting but they definitely didn't let the card go to 100 C during Borderlands.

[reborn2003]

Borderlands - the 'nvidia recommended' setting "global" doesn't SLI (or very little), even on the 258.96 drivers. I had set it to Alternate Frame Rendering before. On the new drivers, was seeing a lot of slowdown (like when the card gets hot).

Was going to post about the crap performance, but then saw that it had gone back to global setting and only one card had heated up. HW Monitor Max temp for GPU: 108 C ! (226 F). That's for the 2nd GPU (right side); the first stayed at a gaming-regular 77 C max. (see screenshot). The fan didn't go into it's super fast mode during the game, which I normally hear while doing an OCCT test.

Isn't 108 C at the max spec temp for the GPU? Is that 110 C?

I've re-enabled AFR1. The 258.x drivers didn't perform better with the wrong SLI setting but they definitely didn't let the card go to 100 C during Borderlands.

That is super high temps there chief. You might want to check the thermal paste and pads. Re-apply the paste and get new thermal pads if your planning to fix up the cooling.
Or if your still under warrenty you should definitely give dell a call and get them to change the GPU card. Or both cards or maybe even the fans. Just to be sure. The GPUs can still run and those temps but it is not recommended. Thats for sure. Others have seen even like 150 and the notebook still runs however their fans were spinning like max ultra at over 4000rpm.

Def give dell a call to replace the GPUs or fans if your still under warranty. Thats the simplest way to fix it.

Cheers.

[aneroid]

150 C...centigrade? ?! okay, didn't think that was possible for notebook GPUs.

My fans are definitely not running as fast as they used to. Don't know if that's driver dependent or card/age.

I haven't unscrewed/removed the fan from a laptop GPU before, though, I'm happy to try Will call Dell anyway. I'm under warranty so it's not a problem.

[reborn2003]

150 C...centigrade? ?! okay, didn't think that was possible for notebook GPUs.

My fans are definitely not running as fast as they used to. Don't know if that's driver dependent or card/age.

I haven't unscrewed/removed the fan from a laptop GPU before, though, I'm happy to try Will call Dell anyway. I'm under warranty so it's not a problem.

Yeh there was a guy here on the forums who had some card temp trouble and were hitting 150 degs C and idling around 100 degs C. Needless to say he was really worried.

Ah thats good you still have warrenty. Yeh just get them changed.

Cheers.

[aneroid]

okay, is definitely a fan issue. started up from idle after a 30 min break (switched off) and it's idling at 64 C. The other card - fan is clearly louder and idles at 44 C. Airflow underneath and at the back is much less for the 2nd card which is heating up.

Will open up tomorrow to check for the cause.

[Mr Pras]

Sounds like a fan error or maybe a blocked intake (could be a dust buildup?)

[aneroid]

Definitely dust build up...in the intakes, bearings or cooler vents. But I used an air duster about 3 weeks ago when I upgraded my RAM and all was ok. I think the bearings might need some oiling. Looking at Moo's GPU repair/replacement vid, I think I can access the bearings from the sticker on top, after removing the GPU.

Will leave that for another thread. To rule out any driver issues, I've gone back to 197.31. Haven't used those in a while but I recall it performing well. Issue still remains. Will clean up and see if it gets better. If not, will call support for a relacement.

[Signus]

Well guys either these recent drivers dont like the game grand chase that i'm playing or they all like crashing randomly while i'm playing it.

[pellinore]

I get the random computer freeze with these, playing games or just surfing the net. I'm back on the 197s.

[myx]

Same here. Display driver had to be recovered all day long, while playing Lineage2. Didn't try anything else since that's what I wanted to play yesterday and it kinda failed.
Back to 197 also.