NVIDIA 191.07 driver dangerous?

Laurijan · 11-06-2009, 04:08 PM

Hi all!

I read on Finnish Wikipedia that the 191.07 driver version is capable of destroying a grafics card thru not rising the fan speed over 30-40% when the GPU temp increases? So basically locking the fan speed...

I have a Palit GFX275 with that driver version and my PC shuts down everytime i game and do not set the fan speed manually to like 70% with EVGA Presicion or Riva Tuner

Anyone have more info on that?

Lauri

AthlonX2 · 11-06-2009, 04:18 PM

wouldnt the video card bios control that?

Laurijan · 11-06-2009, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AthlonX2

wouldnt the video card bios control that?

Dont know but it seems that there is more info here:
http://www.yougamers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1236840

DonInKansas · 11-06-2009, 04:20 PM

I'm running that driver and it's kept my card around 65 or so C at load with 60% fanspeed according to the GPU-Z monitor.

marsey99 · 11-06-2009, 04:21 PM

use msi afterburner and setup your own fan speed profile, its what i do with mine and it keeps my card nice and cool, tbh i dont think i have ever seen my driver/bios up my fan speed to more than 37% unless i do this.

i will try it after to see what happens tho and post back if its like that.

AthlonX2 · 11-06-2009, 04:39 PM

im also using the 191.07 but i also use evga precision when i start gaming i increase the fan speed manually

sneekypeet · 11-06-2009, 04:46 PM

using said driver on my 280 with no issues. Maybe you should contact the retailer/manufacturer and dig a bit deeper on that end.

wolf · 11-06-2009, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marsey99

use msi afterburner and setup your own fan speed profile, its what i do with mine and it keeps my card nice and cool, tbh i dont think i have ever seen my driver/bios up my fan speed to more than 37% unless i do this.

I also do this with MSI Afterburner and stand by it as a very effective solution, piece of mind is paramount with your expensive PC gear!

DanishDevil · 11-06-2009, 05:17 PM

Using it on my two 285s and they spin up nice and loud under Furmark just fine.

dhoshaw · 11-06-2009, 08:28 PM

I use EVGA Precision and have the fan on my 9800GX2 set to auto and it ramps upto 100% during folding.

francis511 · 11-06-2009, 09:03 PM

Any word on a fix for this ?

Laurijan · 11-07-2009, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by francis511

Any word on a fix for this ?

None that i know of.. but i´ll try an older driver version..

Laurijan · 11-07-2009, 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laurijan

None that i know of.. but i´ll try an older driver version..

I tried 190.62 and i still have the fan speed fixed to 40% even if the GPU gets as hot as 82 Celsius.. i begin to wonder if the Palit GTX275 Bios has something to do with it.. man i dont want my card to spin up only when it reaches like 100 Celsius.. that would be stupidity..

Here the pics i got when checking the Bios fan setting with Nibitor:

By default it seems to be on dynamic speed like this pic shows from VTune:

DanishDevil · 11-07-2009, 05:47 AM

I think you're fine man. Some manufacturers tweak their cards for quiet operation over low temperatures.

Laurijan · 11-07-2009, 04:12 PM

I started to use MSI Afterburner to manually set the fan behavior of my Palit GTX275 like this pic shows:

skylamer · 11-07-2009, 04:19 PM

I am with 195.39 and it's perfect

Retro* · 11-08-2009, 02:01 AM

I am playing it safe, sticking with 186.18. None of the early 190 and up series has worked well for me, the most recent releases weren't as bad as the earlier ones, but they still suck.
And I have never had to wait this long for a good-working Nvidia driver, what is up with this?
Don't know about any destroyed hardware though

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