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Title: Video Card Temp?
Post by: aSTAR on January 12, 2004, 07:04:20 PM

At present I can monitor the CPU tempt also the MoBo, is there a program where one can see the VIDEO CARD TEMP?

ASUS P4C800Deluxe Intel 3.0 MHz. AIW 9800PRO 128.

Thanks.

Title: Video Card Temp?
Post by: 715 on January 12, 2004, 08:25:44 PM

The program that monitors the video card temperature should have come on the video card CD.  For my Radeon 9600XT the program is called "SmartDoctor" and it throttles the video card fan depending on temperature (or 3D load, user choice).

Title: Video Card Temp?
Post by: aSTAR on January 12, 2004, 09:26:34 PM

I'll check the CD and see if it is there.
Thanks for the hint.

Title: Video Card Temp?
Post by: aSTAR on January 12, 2004, 10:25:54 PM

Looked in the CD, could not indentify anything that would record temps for the video card, may have missed it or not knowing what to look for.

Title: Video Card Temp?
Post by: aSTAR on January 12, 2004, 10:30:34 PM

BTW, am using the ASUS Probe V2.20.07, it does not show video card temps.

HELP:o

Title: Video Card Temp?
Post by: bloom25 on January 13, 2004, 12:07:06 AM

Only the ATI 9600 XT and 9800 XT have an onboard temperature sensor.  The 9800 Pro does not.  

(One way you could get some sort of temperature display for that card is to attach a thermistor to the heatsink on the video card and use one of the front panel diagnostic devices you can find at some computer stores.)

Title: Video Card Temp?
Post by: aSTAR on January 13, 2004, 07:54:15 AM

Thanks Bloom25

Title: Video Card Temp?
Post by: zmeg on January 13, 2004, 08:21:25 AM

You can get a cooling fan that plugs into tha mobo to monitor fan speed, as long as your fan is running your gpu is not likely to overheat.

Title: Video Card Temp?
Post by: aSTAR on January 13, 2004, 08:38:15 AM

ZMEG, would the Zalman cooling fan for the video card work?

Title: Video Card Temp?
Post by: Hap on January 13, 2004, 09:03:44 AM

asus probe (came with your mobo) will do it for you.  load it up from the disk that came with board.

hap1

Title: Video Card Temp?
Post by: aSTAR on January 13, 2004, 09:10:05 AM

HAP, I have that installed, but it does not show video card temps.

Title: Video Card Temp?
Post by: zmeg on January 13, 2004, 11:28:13 AM

Any fan with 3 wires will work.

Title: Video Card Temp?
Post by: aSTAR on January 13, 2004, 01:43:56 PM

Thanks all: I got the Zalman VGA Heatpipe Cooler ZM80C-HP plus the ZM-OP1 80mm Fan, should help.
This installs on the Radeon 9800Pro 128.