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| 734011 | 2009-01-01 20:08:00 | Hi All I have an PCI-e 8500 GT 512 Mb (Gigabyte) i that performs fine for most functions however when playing NFS undercover about 20 mins into the game the card starts whistling cant figure this out as the card meets EA's minimum required specs Any help would be great P4 3.0 Ghz 2 Gb Ram XP SP3 Coolermaster 460 Watt PSU Thanks in advance |
moses (9010) | ||
| 734012 | 2009-01-01 20:48:00 | Is the cards temperature OK? If you don't have a utility to check this, then SIW (free version) (www.gtopala.com) has a GPU temperature tool. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 734013 | 2009-01-01 22:15:00 | Thats the fan getting up to speed as the card gets hot. Alot of graphics cards have variable speed fans on them and as the hotter the card gets the faster the fan goes. It could also be your cpu fan as per the before reasons. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 734014 | 2009-01-02 01:28:00 | Thanks For the Replies However this model only has a heatsinkI great big Frigging Gold thing theat covers two thirds of the card I thought it might be temp so will try the util suggested and post results... Many Thanks |
moses (9010) | ||
| 734015 | 2009-01-02 01:52:00 | Are you sure its the graphics card. More likely the fan on the cpu. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 734016 | 2009-01-02 05:55:00 | 20 mins into the game the card starts whistling What tune is it whistling??? Can you hum a few bars.. :) |
Pancake (6359) | ||
| 734017 | 2009-01-02 06:40:00 | What tune is it whistling??? Can you hum a few bars.. :) :lol: Someone had to say it :lol: :thumbs: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 734018 | 2009-01-02 07:34:00 | My old 8600GT just had a heat sink......lovely and quiet...and didnt take up too much space either!! | RusEvo (3572) | ||
| 734019 | 2009-01-02 08:52:00 | My old GeForce 4 Ti4200 used to make a whistling sound when running certain 3D screensavers and some games. I never determined the exact cause, but it wasn't the fan, which was at 100% all the time, (I don't think the GeForce 4s even had variable fan control) I'd take a (possibly dodgy) guess and say it was something vibrating under a higher current draw at a high frequency (probably a coil of some sort) It may also be caused by the card not getting enough power. The sound may also be coming from your PSU or something on your motherboard for the same reasons. Best way to find the location is with a cardboard tube and your ear. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 734020 | 2009-01-02 11:35:00 | What tune is it whistling??? Can you hum a few bars.. :) lol Dum de dum dum whirrrrrr Bang... oops it blew up... | ZapperBoy10647 (11988) | ||
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