Hi guys!
I've read all of your posts in that topic and I must say I'm shocked how well GX2 works for you. I was wondering if you could probably help solve my problem. I have the Gigabyte MA790X-DS4 motherboard with AMD 9850 Quad Core CPU. I bought the GX2 and the overheating problems started as the card generates temperature 73C idle and around 83C at full load. Games used to crash the computer after about 1 hour.
I bought 2x 120mm fan and mounted one on the side of the case as intake and another one on the back as outtake. I also mounted an additional 60mm fan at the front of the case as an intake. I read that the GX2 card likes to heat up all motherboard components and that's why the system is unstable. This kind of solution worked pretty well for 1400x1050 resolutions I used to play in, but then I bought the 30" monitor and started playing on 1920x1080. The stability problems appeared again. I resolved the problem when I set up the fans on the GX2 at 80% and finally I can play without crashing, but the fans are loud as hell.
I read how you overclock your cards and get great results, but geez what kind of case cooling do you use? I can barely play with the heat the card generates at mere 12000 3dmark06 points.
I don't know who else to ask so maybe you can give me some ideas what to do, maybe another configuration of case fans is needed to better cool the inside or I bought the wrong motherboard to use with this card. I wish GX2 was sold with water cooling blocks.
Regards!
EDIT: The card is BFG 9800 GX2 and I'm using 175.16 drivers.
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