8800 GT Question and Deathadder Issue

[TwystedMonkey]

Hi all i managed to fit a new 8800 gt in my HP yesterday morning all but for the grace of god... anyways I am wondering if I should crank the speed on stock cooling up wih Riva tuner, just to be safe. I know people have been doing that with the 4850's but I don't know if its neccesary for the 8800. And a mystery for you guys if you want to help... I had a "mishap" with a driver cleaner and it cleaned a few drivers right out of existence. Since then 2 of the 3 cleaned drivers are back and working great now. The third driver though downloaded and installed is giving me grief. My computer recognizes my Deathadder as a USB compliant mouse. But the actualy Deathadder driver tells me I don't have a DA hooked up to my system. its frustrating. any idea or help would be appreciated. And if any admins are reading this I started an almost identical thread in the Off Topic section and if it could be erased it would be good. Sorry for the trouble I just realised afterwards no-one would see it there.

[slntdth93]

IMO no. mines idling around 60 degress on stock cooling and 70 on load(crysis) (BFG 8800GT OC) compared to an idle of (forgot 70s or so i think) for the 4850

[TwystedMonkey]

Thanks for the info dude.

[DarKStar]

What model is it ? Some older models have a BIOS update to improve the fan profiles. For recent ones they are already patched - I have my 8800GT (BFG) OC 512MB and never had to touch the fan - It's optional, but you can get up to 10C on average cooler at full load with 100% settings, although not required, the less heat inside your case the better. If you notice your temps going up in the 90s~100s, it's a good idea to raise it up - I've tried mine at 100% just for testing purposes and I could hardly hear the fan - during a game all sounds overpower your fans - :D
If i'm not mistaken the 8800GT GPU is rated to 105C before the card throttles down, someone correct me on this, could be rated actually much higher than that, but those are conservative figures. Based on my own judgement I would say keep them <100!

Actually 105C that's for the GTX280....

[TwystedMonkey]

its a regularly clocked EVGA 8800 gt