Date: 05/20/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: web

i recently bought an XFX geforce 6600GT, and it worked great for a month..until the other day, i installed a new hard drive...booted up, everything is fine. i go to play guild wars, then it freezes almost instantaneously to the point where i have to do a cold reboot, i try again, still the same problem...i open up the case side, touch the card, and YOUCH enough to fry an egg....i check the temperature.....96c.....i look at the card closer, and realize that the hs fan is not spinning at all...i take the bugger apart and see the wire was actually stripping, and perhaps shorting against the heatsink....so i go out and buy a new heat sink and fan....i still have the same problem! i figure it has to with some internal traces...which makes me believe i knocked it while installing that hdd. i send the card back, get a refund.....

i pick up an x800 XL today....install, works like a beauty.....which leads to my question or advice from others..
when i play any game i feel it getting pretty hot to....i know my hs fan is working and all that for sure..
but the questions:


1. is what i'm feeling on this x800 normal?? i've used nvida gpus all my life.

2. if it sounds fishy, could i have some how damage some traces on my agp slot and should i get everything out ASAP?


please give me some input here....i want to feel safe useing this $300 card. and i really don't.
thanks.




p.s. i searched around the web for an ati temperature monitor...is there one in existance for an x800 XL?? if you know of one, please provide a link.

haha. one more thing. can anyone recommend to me a good driver set i should use??? apparantly, my cs:s stress test only comes in at 85fps...and i feel i should get higher than that with this machine....
specs:
amd athlon xp barton core 2500+ OCed to 2.2GHZ
1.25 GB of generic pc2700 RAM
ATI x800 XL 256MB AGP
ASUS A7N6X-E MOBO

sorry about the rambling, hopefully someone read this ! =)

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