[anthonyla65]

Hi there, I just bought a new 7600GT 256mb DDR3 AGP Yesterday, I realised speed fan shows 199C to 220C on the GPU section and its said the BUS was PCI ? I really worried my grapcis is overheating, But on Nvidia Control Panel its says it 43C and the Core on the speed fan was 43 too? Some other questions are, will my 7600GT last my 2 years not on new games I dont plan to play new games, just stuff like (COD4/NFS PS/ Guild Wars and so on...) ? And do i have enough Power, it claim its a 450W summit 25A thing but its a unbranded one and was pretty cheap. also 7600GT owner can u tell me how good they can overclock and which software to use. I'd appreciate your replies.

[Rik]

Speedfan is an old, amateur written bit of software and will not read some modern equipment properly. I am not dissing speedfan, i think it's a great bit of software for the older systems. :)

Try everest home edition (google will find it, i recommend you get it from www.majorgeeks.com) and see if that works any better, if not, try looking for software that is specifically designed for your type of graphics card.

[Carbon]

it's not 200C :P

nVidia has the right temp, you're well within an OK temperature for that card.

Switch the PSU out as soon as you can. Unbranded PSU = dead hardware if it blows a capacitor, etc.

will my 7600GT last my 2 years not on new games

No. You need to buy current mid-highend hardware for a card to last two years. I think a 4850 will last two years - your card has only lasted as long as it has because games are so optimized nowadays for older hardware.

[Rik]

I definately agree about the PSU. It is by far and away the most commonly overlooked component when upgrading and can have a huge impact on how long your pc will live for.

If you have an e-machine, then PSU replacement is a must. :)