Vid card running hot like heck

[pc_boy]

Ok, so I'm playing Cal of Duty 2 on my 6600GT, and it just all the sudden freezes, an I can't do anything... so i touch the vid card heatsink and it burns like crap. I mean, it's been getting hot here, like 80F-90F, but i have the side panel off for better cooling, and i even put a huge desk fan to blow right into it, but it keeps freezing. I just turn on the computer, run COD2 for like 5-10 minutes and it just freezes. I tried taking down the detal, but still
This has never happened before...
Can anyone guess what could be wrong, i mean the only thng changed was the drivers,i got the new ones, but that's it...

thanx!

 

[reckliss]

um let me think better hs vf900

 

[Travis18]

did u overclock it? if not, i dont know what to say, even tho i had the 6600gt

 

[joshd]

well, do you have exact temp reads? pop a second monitor on the system, and have a monitoring app running while you are gaming on the second monitor, then you can see what temp it is when if freezes.

 

[CrazeD]

6600's are like a frigin furnace. Those temps aren't overheating for a 6600. They can get around 120*C I do believe.

However, it is pretty hot. Get a zalman vf700, or vf900 if you can.

 

[cwiz]

before buying an expensive hsf, pop off ur old one... the thermal paste/pad may be fried/non-existent. u might just need some artic silver 5 to get things back in check.

 

[PZEROFGH]

6600's are like a frigin furnace. Those temps aren't overheating for a 6600. They can get around 120*C I do believe.

Most GPU's can take that temps when they start to slow down.

Check to see that the wimpy stock fan is spinning at least . Dust, wires, anything getting caught and/or blocking or obstructing airflow.

before buying an expensive hsf, pop off ur old one... the thermal paste/pad may be fried/non-existent. u might just need some artic silver 5 to get things back in check.

I gotta agree :classic:

 

[pc_boy]

the vid card is not overclocked, and the heatsink is one of those big ones with the twisting vents and stuff, and it's made of copper. I even tried to stick another fan under it, but that doesnt' seem to do anything.

As for the temp, i don't know how to check that... i tried getting everest home, and click on the sensor thing, and it doesn't give the vid card temp, it only gives the HD, CPU, and Mobo..

 

[reckliss]

do you have NVidia Monitor?
under nvidia corporation

 

[.....]

Must be getting extremly hot... I had a eVGA 6600GT and the heatsink poped off and the idle temps hit at around 100C, much higher than that at load and it never froze... just artifacts