changing 9800GT fan speed?

[Motorcharge]

Ok so for whatever reason my 9800 is overheating with CoD4 (oddly enough I can run about anything else with full graphics without any problems) and it seems to be a common problem with this card for cod4.

It was suggested I increase the fan speed on the card with Rivatuner since the cards aren't shipped with the fans operating at full speed and that it should make a noticeable difference.

I've downloaded Rivatuner but I'm not quite sure how to increase the fan speed on the card.

Current Idle Temp: 60*

 

[Motorcharge]

Nevermind, I figured it out.

GPU idles at 48* now :good:

edit: it's only idling at 45* now

 

[Motorcharge]

Well this is stupid, it's still overheating with cod4, although it took a lot longer to happen this time.

I'm not even playing at full resolution or graphics yet I can run Crysis on full both without any issues.

 

[Ryeong]

Nevermind, I figured it out.

GPU idles at 48* now :good:

edit: it's only idling at 45* now

Omg, how can you idle with that high temps? that's like 15c MORE than my GTX 480's idle.. Your previous idle was almost as high as the max temp i saw in gaming with 480.. I think there might be something wrong with the cooling of your card. Maybe you should consider a cheap aftermarket cooler?

 

[Motorcharge]

Honestly, I dunno. This comp has always run hot, even with the parts I had before it did but I'd never had any issues til now. Even my old 8600 ran around these same temps and I NEVER had any issues with that card. The case is clean, very light dust and I clean it out periodically and its on a desk and we don't have carpet. It gets good airflow, ect.

Can't, I'm broke or I would. Not going to buy one when the issue I have is only for 1 game either.