8800GTS- raising voltage helps cooling?

TheGreatSatan · 14-June-07, 09:57 AM

Someone I know who is an avid gamer and owns a 8800GTX told me that if I raise the voltage in the video card bios it will help keep my 8800GTS cooler. (1) How do you get into the Video BIOS? (2) Is any of this actually true?

TheOutcast · 14-June-07, 10:25 AM

At least with most every CPU I've heard of, raising voltage increases temps ... more power to dissipate.

Logically, no it wouldn't ... but I don't own a 8800, either.

killert · 14-June-07, 12:01 PM

I think its bull raising the volts will most likely make it run hotter but it will give you higher overclocks(I know you don't o/c) and it will void your warrety. But anyway, There are programs for it that you could probably get from Guru3d.com, just make sure its for the 8800 series cards.

reflux · 14-June-07, 12:06 PM

I've never heard of any situation in which raising voltage creates less heat. The only reason for a voltage increase is to achieve a better overclock.

If you want to have a tinker though, I suggest this little app... Download NVIDIA BIOS Editor (NiBiTor) 3.4a - BIOS editor for nVIDIA cards - Change hidden features, sign-on message, etc. on Nvidia cards - Softpedia

It's a vidbios reader/tweaker, and you can use to adjust all sorts of stuff. In fact I was contemplating using it to overclock my stream processors, but there's no need for the extra power with current games.

Zaltan · 14-June-07, 12:06 PM

From what I understand thats sort of a stupid theory.

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killert Apex Tech God Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Norristown Pennsylvania Posts: 2,134	Re: 8800GTS- raising voltage helps cooling? I think its bull raising the volts will most likely make it run hotter but it will give you higher overclocks(I know you don't o/c) and it will void your warrety. But anyway, There are programs for it that you could probably get from Guru3d.com, just make sure its for the 8800 series cards. __________________ P3. 384 mb of ram. Toy list: 1984 Honda VF700C Andromeda Red 1988 Pontiac Firebird Black. Next hopefully: Honda 1984 VF1000F Honda 1984 VF1100C 88' Fiero (GT or Formula)

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reflux Sempr0n? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leeds/Ipswich, UK Posts: 3,523	Re: 8800GTS- raising voltage helps cooling? I've never heard of any situation in which raising voltage creates less heat. The only reason for a voltage increase is to achieve a better overclock. If you want to have a tinker though, I suggest this little app... Download NVIDIA BIOS Editor (NiBiTor) 3.4a - BIOS editor for nVIDIA cards - Change hidden features, sign-on message, etc. on Nvidia cards - Softpedia It's a vidbios reader/tweaker, and you can use to adjust all sorts of stuff. In fact I was contemplating using it to overclock my stream processors, but there's no need for the extra power with current games. __________________

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Zaltan Apex Tech God Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 2,400	Re: 8800GTS- raising voltage helps cooling? From what I understand thats sort of a stupid theory. __________________ *E6600 @ 3.6GHz/P5B-Deluxe/TeamXtreem 667MHz 21GB/HD4670**

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