Why does my video card get hot and loud.?

Question

Usually during gameplay, my ati card's fan gets noiser and the metal at the back of the card is hot, really hot, and the usb and monitor connections next to the outake are soaking in the heat.

Thank you all for your support

Answer 1

Use some temperature monitoring software like Rivatuner or Ati tool to find out exactly how the card is doing temperature-wise.

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Or, if you don't have adequate case ventilation and airflow, you need to improve it . An intake fan at front/bottom and an exhaust fan at rear/adjacent to the processor, and if the video card still runs hot, another intake fan mounted in the side panel above the video card is a good idea.

Answer 2

whether it is a PCI-E16x device, might to boot use the rattle as an excuse to strengthen. A 9500GT or HD4650 would be exceedingly quicker in video games, yet might elect to cost $35-40 and $50-fifty 5 in video games, respectively. the two run on extensively used 3 hundred watt ability components, and the ATI card is an best bit quicker than the 9500GT. Use Newegg and Tigerdirect for all your identifying to purchase desires.

Answer 3

Remove the fan, on the opposite site of the fan usually you can find a small round sticker or the round plastic. Remove it and spay (just a little bit of W-D 40) Clean the chipset and put some Thermal Compound on it ( get it in any local repair shop )

OR REPLACE THE FAN

Answer 4

For the best perfomance replace the heasink with a new high perfomace heatsink like a zalman, arctic cooling.

Answer 5

hook up an extra cooling fan, and make sure the air is blowing out.

Answer 6

Try to put a fan on it.!

Good luck.