GPU NVIDIA xfx 7900gs Overclock

gamersat678 · April 17th, 2008

Decided on overclocking this card via software on a Vista machine. I have run into a problem. When I use Riva tuner the overclock goes fine (set at 612mhz core) but when I set a new fan speed in Riva tuner the fan speed resets after a minute or so of a default of 29%. Any ideas?

Phil · April 17th, 2008

Maybe it s throttling down to save energy? thats seems wierd though. how old is your card? it might have a faulty fan control

gamersat678 · April 17th, 2008

It's fairly new. Got it in December at Christmas. I can change the fan speed. But it always resets to 29%. Then if the GPU isn't doing any work it goes to 25%.

Hackers89cool · April 17th, 2008

huh..try change overclock tool..mm..maybe u should change atitraytool..its also compatible for nvida series...

StriderVM · April 17th, 2008

Double check whether the "overclock" is in 2D or 3D mode. On games, it uses 3D mode clocks, on Windows, it uses 2D mode clocks.

Squall-Leonhart · April 18th, 2008

Geforce 7 doesn't have 3D mode,...least not that i've seen.

April 17th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
gamersat678 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In the Neighbor's Trash Can (USA) Posts: 457	GPU NVIDIA xfx 7900gs Overclock Decided on overclocking this card via software on a Vista machine. I have run into a problem. When I use Riva tuner the overclock goes fine (set at 612mhz core) but when I set a new fan speed in Riva tuner the fan speed resets after a minute or so of a default of 29%. Any ideas? __________________ Primary: Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8 ghz, 3 gb DDR II ram, Overclock XFX 7900GS 580/745 Secondary: Mod P4 HT 3.18ghz, 1.5gb ram, AGP HIS Radeon X1650 Pro IceQ II / 512MB Need To Post a Bug? Use This Program PCSX2 Bug Reporter

April 17th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
Phil Mod Master Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: United States of Money Posts: 3,663	Maybe it s throttling down to save energy? thats seems wierd though. how old is your card? it might have a faulty fan control __________________

April 17th, 2008	#3 (permalink)
gamersat678 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In the Neighbor's Trash Can (USA) Posts: 457	It's fairly new. Got it in December at Christmas. I can change the fan speed. But it always resets to 29%. Then if the GPU isn't doing any work it goes to 25%. __________________ Primary: Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8 ghz, 3 gb DDR II ram, Overclock XFX 7900GS 580/745 Secondary: Mod P4 HT 3.18ghz, 1.5gb ram, AGP HIS Radeon X1650 Pro IceQ II / 512MB Need To Post a Bug? Use This Program PCSX2 Bug Reporter Last edited by gamersat678; April 17th, 2008 at 01:11.

April 17th, 2008	#4 (permalink)
Hackers89cool ZeroFrog Processing Coder Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: TheBlackParade Posts: 147	huh..try change overclock tool..mm..maybe u should change atitraytool..its also compatible for nvida series... __________________ Intel ...Intel Core 2 T6800 Extreme.2GbDDR2 Corsair..366 HDD Western DIgital..Nvidia Geforce 8800..Microsoft Windows Vista XP Professional/Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate ...

April 17th, 2008	#5 (permalink)
StriderVM Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 1,765	Double check whether the "overclock" is in 2D or 3D mode. On games, it uses 3D mode clocks, on Windows, it uses 2D mode clocks. __________________ Current PC specs : ECS 780GM-A Black (Swapped my old mobo.) AMD Athlon64 X2 5600 OCed @ 3220Mhz (230x14) (1.43v) Palit Radeon 4850 Sonic 512MB gDDR3 2x1024MB DDR2 667Mhz RAM (One PQI one Kingston.... O_o)

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Squall-Leonhart VBA-M Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 5,892	Geforce 7 doesn't have 3D mode,...least not that i've seen. __________________ TechZone3K \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct

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