Limpy Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Hi guys This is my story: Bought a new pc around november. My hiper 530 made wierd noises and my gfx overheated. Got a TX750, loved it. From the box my GTX260 was overheating like crazy (MSN window makes the temps go up 10C!!) RMA'd the card, and it came back with the note "all tests went fine" Opened up rivatuner and monitored "Voltage regulator current, A" Which seems to live it's own life. I'll post a pic and let you see for yourselves. NOTE: this is a Empire Total War starting up. http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp102/twhaze/GTX260monitor.jpg Im not good at the whole PSU/rail/ampere/voltage thing as you might guess. Is this a faulty supply? What could have made it this way? Im starting to think my house (appartment) are having "powerspikes" since my last psu behaved very strange too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limpy Posted March 8, 2009 Author Share Posted March 8, 2009 Forgot to mention one thing. What the picture is missing is that the amperes sometimes peaks at around 90, then continues to jump between 20 and 70 when gaming. Is there need for a power surge protector? Or is the PSU faulty? Could the house powerlines have caused the PSU to havoc? Sweden here, english not perfect but you get my point yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limpy Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 I broke a golden rule in my first post by naming a competitors brand. Im very sorry for that. So here i go again. Please accept my apology. My GTX260 was overheating ridiculous fast, 2 min into a demanding game would give me a solid color and pc would rev down from 100% fanspeed and stop responding. Needless to say i RMA'd the card, but only to recive it with them saying "card ran fine on all tests" So now i don't really know were to look. I was monitoring the ampere with a software program with my TX750. And when gaming, i can see its peaking over 90 irregulary and fluctuates between 60 - 70 ampere. Is this normal? Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 10, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 10, 2009 Are you having any system instability or crashes in Windows, or are you just worried about the temps that are being reported by your software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limpy Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 Thanks for answering. In windows i have not experienced any instability, nor do i use any heavy 3d applications besides games. I'm wondering if it's possible for a PSU to have anything to do with my overheating/crash issues and if the amp readings are normal? Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 11, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 11, 2009 Software readings for temperature and voltage are rarely 100% correct and can be off by quite a bit. If possible you may want to test the video card in a different system, or test the PSU in a different system and see if you have similar issues. I would not suspect that the PSU is causing the video card to overheat, but it's hard to know for sure unless you can duplicate the same issues when using the PSU in a different system. If the PSU is responsible for overheating the card, then I would suspect you would have the same issues with any video card. If at any point you would like to try a new PSU, we can get it replaced for you. Just use the On Line RMA Request Form and we will be happy to replace it. Be sure to check the box that says “I've already spoken to Technical Support and/or RAM Guy.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limpy Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 First off i want to thank you Corsair for having the patient to answer my questions. Second, i just booted my pc from having tested my card in a mates pc. The card ran hot as it did in my setup. As said above TX750 is doing its job and it's my XFX Nvidia GTX 260 thats causing all the crashes. After some forum time i've seen many guys having issues with Nvida 260&280 overheating (mainly the 280). The odd's of me buying nvidia as next is minimal. Thumbs down. I want technology thats work. Cheers Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted March 11, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted March 11, 2009 NP and thank you for the follow up, please let us know if you have any more questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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