Message boards : Graphics cards (GPUs) : 65nm GTX260-216 issue.
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I've just purchased 2 55nm GTX260s and 1 65nm GTX260; they are solely for GPUGRID purposes. | |
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The 65nm was the old version of the GTX260 with 192SP or maybe the 65nm version with 216SP, which still uses more more & produces more heat. I've read they're troublesome. Try different driver versions until you find one that's working well. It might not even be possible, but you never know if you try hard enough & try to optimize airflow as much as possible to reduce heat as much as possible. Try downloading NVIDIA Control Panel & manually set your fan speed to 100%. Stability "may" also be gained by either downclocking or increasing voltage, but DON'T do this unless you're confident with what you know your GPU can take & understand the risk there still is, this will also produce more heat if you increase voltage. | |
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It is a GTX260 core216 with a 65nm chip. I always keep the temps under 75 degrees and I have multiple fans blowing onto the cards. | |
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I'd guess that the same one that works with a GTX280 would work well with a GTX260 core216 65nm. But I don't know who uses that anymore. Try the 197.45 driver & move downwards in slow, painful, trial & error in search for a stable version. | |
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lkiller123, It is unlikely that your 65nm GTX260 will work well. | |
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Will there be a fix of some sort for this? | |
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Another update: | |
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It does not help that you put one 55nm and one 65nm GTX260 into the same system. | |
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It's also possible that the stock GPU voltage is insufficient | |
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It isn't the problem with the voltage. I've bumped up the 65nm up to 1.2V, and the tasks still fail. | |
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Giving it more juice, isn't the same as drowning it. Don't kill your GPU on voltage & believe that it was just a crappy card. You give it what it needs & not more than it needs. Maybe it even got too much to start out with... But if everybody else says that they simply can't get anything running on that model, maybe it wasn't the voltage at all, but that it indeed was a crappy card... | |
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Finally believed that it is the designs fault. Most 65nms simply can't work with GPUGRID yet.. | |
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Message boards : Graphics cards (GPUs) : 65nm GTX260-216 issue.