Is the fan noisy? [MSI 6600GT AGP]

hey guys
I want to get this card but could some of you how has the card tell me if the fan is noisy?
thanks

HSI heatsink is to cool the HSI chip...
Anyways...I hate Zalman
I tossed out all the Zalman stuff I had after a passive disk cooler fried one of my Raptors...and the HSF appeared to make more noise then a stock hsf....
To bad there is no Arctic that fits on a AGP 6600.
But this one does:
http://www.ikbenstil.nl/product_info.php?cPath=26_54&products_id=1024
Be sure to know what ur doing, cus replacing the hsf will void your warrenty...

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MSI 6600GT AGP - Measured fan voltage

I wanted to know exactly what was going on with the fan on my MSI 6600GT AGP so I measured the voltage. The fan runs at a constant 12 volts even under load. No matter what temperature the card is the fan runs at full rpm's.
I'm not sure if this a change from earlier revisions, because this is my second 6600GT. The fan on the first one seemed to vary the fan speed going by what I heard, but I never had a chance to actually measure it. So I could be mistaken and it also was running at full rpm's all the time.

Quote from: Glenn on 27-February-05, 07:49:55
I had the exact same thing happen with my X800 but in reverse, the one I currently have seems to vary fan speed, I can tell at startup, the fan is pretty loud, at first I thought it was my burner but after investigation, I see that it is my card. My son has the other one and it runs constant, but it isn't much louder as I remember. He has case fans that are louder.
For me, it's a no care item. That may be a different story for you.
I'm glad it is running constant because if it wasn't I was ready to mod it. It's not loud at full voltage either so its better all around IMO.

I modded my MSI 6600GT AGP

I took my MSI 6600GT AGP all apart to mod it. I thought I would share what I found out in case anything wants to mod theirs also.
I didn't want to flash the bios for the temperature, so I attached this probe to the GPU.
http://www.bestbyteinc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=SEN-CNU-001
The bridge chip uses a thin foil thermal pad, which I replaced with Artic Silver Ceramique. The GPU heatsink uses what I think is a thick thermal compound, it didin't come off like a pad. It might also have some silver content because of it's grayish color. There are four approx. 1/16" white thermal pads for the memory.
I don't think both of the heatsinks are copper. Because when I removed the heatsink I could see in the threads of where the support arms get screwed into and it wasn't the same color as copper. I think they are copper colored anodized aluminum or maybe even copper covered aluminum if that is even possible. My best guess is they are not copper. The color is slightly wrong to be true copper.
To take the main heatsink off.
You need to press down slightly on one side of the back support bar and swing if off of the post. If you look at the support bar both ends are different. One side has little metal nubs that need to clear the post to swing it off. The other end is shaped like a C and just rides on the groove in the other post.
After you take off that bar, there is another flat bar that has a pad in the middle to protect the components. That bar just lifts straight up and off the posts. Remember which way you took it off, it is very important. The components make litte dents in the pad. So putting it back on the exact same way fits the components in the same dents they made when the bar was first installed.
Once you have both support bars removed, you need a flat screwdriver to unscrew both posts from the heatsink. At this point I don't believe the heatink is attached anymore to the board even with the posts still attached. Once you take off the posts flip the card over holding the heatsink as you do so. I gently twisted the heatsink and it came right off. You need to unplug the fan at this point.
I took four copper slugs around the size of a penny, and thinned them down to get the right height of the pads. The pads were removed to be replaced by the copper slugs. It took a very long time to do this. I would take one and rest it on the memory. Then I would use a small straight edge ruler to test the height with the GPU. The copper slugs have to be at the same exact height or slightly lower then the GPU or the heatsink will not make proper contact with the GPU.
What I found by doing this is, without having the support bar on the video card the GPU is not on a flat plane to the memory chips. So thinning the slugs down the right height was hard to do because of this.
Once I got the slugs down to the right height I used Arctic Silver thermal epoxy to glue each one to the memory. After that I used the Artic Silver Ceramique on the GPU and on the copper slugs. Then I attached the thermal probe with a little dab of Artic Silver Ceramique on the tip to contact the side of the GPU. I used double sided thermal tape to stick the probe to the board and to the area on the side of the GPU.
I then re-attached the heatsink in the reverse order I removed it. I checked under the heatsink with a light and everything looked like it was making good contact.
My idle temp with the probe is around 34C, stressing the card with benchmarks the highest I have seen it is around 55C.
The copper slugs didn't really gain me all that much overclocking the memory, but that could just be the memory has reached its limits. The copper slugs will probably help the memory last a little longer then the pads. I wouldn't suggest using the slugs to anyone. It is just too much work, a lot of risk and doesn't really gain you anything.

Quote from: akeer on 16-February-05, 18:17:49
fw off, agp set to 4x.... many times tried this with various drivers (also setting the 2d and 3d speed to the same and many other trix...)
also tried to unplug devices... no help.... as I said if I help the cooling with really biiiiiiig fan underneath the card, it will not freeze... but 12cm fan at full speed generates looooooots of noise ))
it seems that aftermarket cooling (e.g. Zalman vf700cu) is the only solution
thanx and have a nice day
Here is something I just thought of. There are a lot of components on the board. There might a possibility one of them is not working very well when it heats up.
The GPU could also be overheating, but you have to understand something here.
The 6600GT has automatic core slowdown if it gets too hot so how could you have damaaged it? If you didn't put on enough thermal compound or the heatsink wasn't tight enough the core would slowdown to protect itself from heat damage.
If it was damaged by heat going by everything I know so far, it would probably only be damaged in the first few seconds right after you turn the computer on, but even then that would probably only happen if there was no heatsink attached at all.
Another thing to consider. I have an idle temperature of around 34C using the probe, the internal temperature would be slightly higher so lets say it's around 40C. The highest load temperature I have seen has been around 55C with the probe, so lets say inside its around 60C inside.
Those temperatures using the stock heatsink are very good. So what I am saying is even if you get a new heatsink, it might lower the temperature a bit on the card...but I doubt it will help with any heat related problems your describing.
If that stock "heatsink is on correctly" it should be more then enough to keep the card cool.
Maybe you should take the chance and flash the bios so you can see the actual internal temperature of the card. At this point it really doesn't matter because you can't return it anyway, but there is always a slight risk flashing a bios.
There is a forum here that will explain flashing the bios if you decide to do it.
http://www.mvktech.net

Msi 6600gt agp not working on epox mobo ?

I have this mobo (http://www.epox.nl/products/view.php?product_id=420).
I bought a msi 6600gt agp card and installed it in this pc, when i tried to boot up the pc all the fans including the cards were spinning.
But nothing else seemed to get power, dvd drives and hard drives didn't get any power.
Now somebody said to me that the card needs 0.8 volts and that ly mobo only supports 1.5 volts.
I'm not sure if this is true, so thats why i post here and i hope someone can help me out with this.
thx in advance

Quote from: polokus on 20-November-05, 06:18:08
My old one is a 5600 fx and that one works.
I changed power suply to a 400 watt cause i thought it was that, no change.
We plugged it in another machine and there it boots, someone said to me that it is my agp slot that is not giving the right amount of voltage.
greetz
It may very well still be the power supply. Stating using a 400w power supply means absolutely nothing these daysPower Supply Guide
And, as Overvolt suggested, it might be a good idea to look into the BIOS for your motherboard....
So after you read the link I gave, let's have the specs on that power supply you tried, and what was in the other machine?

MSI Kt6 and NEW Msi 6600GT AGP will not boot up!

My Girlfriend's computer.
I put this new video card in today MSI 6600GT AGP .For the 2nd time.
It frezzing up at startup on this screen....
"GO TO SET UP ...Press F11 , F10 ,Tab: LOGO Ckecking NVRAM..."
I rma the 1st one . Now 2nd 6600 Gt card samething.frezzing up too.
This time I put it in my PC, MSI K8T Neo, 3000 64 processor (Socket 754)
It worked Great!!!
6600GT power cord is hooked up.
So it must be the motherboard?
The 6600Gt card box
MIN.System Requirements ,On the MSI BOX
DOESNT SAY ,You might need to Flash your BIOS!!!!
Ive never flash a bios,To SCARY!!!
MSI KT6 Delta-FISR ....5.10 bios
AMD Barton 2500XP
512 2700 333
True Blue 430 PS
CD burner
floppy
40 gig
I love MSI , Ive built 15 pcs, ALL with MSI motherboards!
Thanks
G

Hello!
Don't think you have to flash the BIOS. Nor do I think there is a problem with the mobo.
Two main reasons for boot problems are:
PSU with not enough grunt - please say something about it.
Memory timings are too tight - don't have any special or ultra settings.
The power cable has not been attached to the graphics card - don't know really if it is needed but I think so.
Please note that a weak PSU might not reveal itself til the power cable is connected.
About flashing BIOS, if you use the LiveUpdate program that came on the MSI install CD, it is no more trouble than upgrading any driver. But please make sure you get the right BIOS, and that it solves the issue you got.

Msi 6600gt Agp + Win Xp

Hey guys,
Just brought an msi 6600gt agp and it is awsome...
Having a bit of trouble with the D.O.T software.
It seems that i have enabled it, i try to change the core and memory speeds and
save settings. I log out of xp and log back in to check if the setting have saved
and they have. But, everytime i restart the computer it just goes back to the
default settings. Is this normal?
The other thing is if i use o/c tools like coolbits, can i still enable d.o.t so that my
card is not clocked when i'm on my desktop surfing?
Thanks in advance,
Pooki3

oops..
sorry i didn't make my self clear. I also unticked the d.o.t feature and bumped the
core and memory.. saved it and restarted the computer again...
It just goes back to defaults again...
Anyone got the same issue?
Pookie

MSI 6600GT AGP running HOT!

Hi guys,
i did the "enable temp monitoring" BIOS mod on my MSI 6600GT AGP video card and it worked fine. But now i'm a little bit concerned about the high temp readings i get. Idle temps are around ~55°C and ~81°C while playing games. Look at the attached pic.
Is this to high? What are your MSI 6600GT AGP temps?
BTW: System is rockstable, no crashes and no visual artifacts. I've used "RivaTuner" to log the temps: http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/

Here`s my max temp for MSI NX6600GT agp.
Yours seems a little high. Maybe you need more ventilation. I removed my HSF and applied artic silver 5. Also removed the thermal pads off mem chips--they caused the HSF to not sit flat on GPU.

MOVED: How to set AGP so my MSI 6600GT (AGP) is stable?

This topic has been moved to Overclocking and Modding Corner Forum.
How to set AGP so my MSI 6600GT (AGP) is stable?

Quote from: jlpicard1412 on 27-February-05, 07:08:30
OK, that's the question .... how do I make my system stable if I overclock the CPU and want the graphics card stable too ... boils down to the AGP clock ... what do I need to do ... motherboard is K8T800 Neo 2 .... what about Cell Menu settings?
Tried using 3dmark2001 and 03 ... neither worked.
I thought standard AGP was 66MHz .....
JLP
Yes standard is 66MHz.
I did a little bit of research on your motherboard as far as I know it has AGP spped lock. Which means no matter how you set the speed of your CPU, the AGP should always stay at 66Mhz. There might be a manual override in the bios to raise it higher then 66, but you don't really gain anything raising it higher then 66Mhz.
I also read your motherboard might have problems keeping it locked at 66Mhz. So you might want to check to see if they have released any bios updates.
Most nVidia cards will work fine with higher then 66 so your problems might be something else. I'm not saying to set it higher I'm just saying they usually don't have problems running on a faster AGP bus.

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MSI 6600GT AGP standard clock speeds?

Ok, I got coolbits installed. Opening the tab for the first time, The "no overclocking" button is selected, 2D is selected along with core clock set at 300 and memory clock at 900. I DO NOT have the "apply these settings at startup" selected yet.
I cannot find anywhere in the owners manual what the standard core and memory clock settings are supposed to be for thing. Can anyone tell me?

Quote from: Trailryder on 14-February-05, 01:32:15
Thanks Richard, I'll try those.
Ok, just a sec, the core is 500. The ram on it is DDR. When you say 1000 for the ram clock speed that means I actually set the clock speed to 500, right? Setting it to 1000, because of DDR, would actually make the speed 2000. Is this right? Or does the actual setting slider not take into account the DDR(2x)?
You set the number to 2 times the memory clock speed. If you bring down the menu to 3D, it should be 900Mhz which is the default for the MSI. If you were to overclock it you would set it to 1Ghz, which is 100Mhz higher. The MSI card should be able to handle that with no problems. The memory is rated for 1Ghz. Once your start going over 1Ghz your starting to really overclock the memory. Most of the MSI cards should be able to do at least 1.1Ghz.
I have had two MSI 6600GT cards. The first card could do 1.17 on the memory stable. The second card can do only around 1.14.

Overclocking MSI 6600GT AGP VTD128

I am really confused on the memory clock and core clock on my video card. I thought that my memory clock was supposed to be 1000Mhz, but it really shows 900Mhz
Also, the 2D Clock is at 300 and i don't know if that is correct or not
Can someone tell me what good speeds for the 2D Clock and 3D Clock and the Memory Clock are?
I am now running 300 for 2D, 500 for 3D, and 900 for memory clock
thanks

Your card is running at the nvidia reference specs for an AGP 6600GT. The PCIe card has a mem clock at 1000.
Some vendors run at 1000 - I had the Inno3D with 300/500/1000 as stock. This card did not overclock at all and beware - HEAT is the big problem with these cards, unless you buy a 3rd party HSF or go water cooled.
You should be able to OC the memory to 1000 but the core is pot-luck, just don't go too high.

Msi 6600gt AGP, broken image when starting up!?, driver´s or hard problem...

hello everybody:
config: p4 3.0 prescott
mobo asus p4 800...
psu topower 400
the thing is that sometimes when starting up windows it givers a broken image, like lot´s of artifacts.
I´m gone try a nv detonator clean up since it´s the second card i´ve tried with this config´s.
any piece of advice??...

I know your problem. Solution is very easy.
Go to nvidia display options, and under the tab "Digital Flat panel Settings", select Monitor scaling or Aspect Ratio scaling. If you choose "Adapter scaling" then you get that fuzzy screen while bootup.
Also, i think latest bios for NX6600gt agp from msi solved that problem, use Liveupdate utility3 to obtain it.

Hot HSI chip on msi 6600gt AGP!!

Hi, i just got my 6600gt a few days ago and noticed that the HSI heatsink was very hot to the touch even at stock speed! i was wonderin if any of you have the same problem and does a hot hsi effects the overclock abililty of the card? The GPU heatsink is only warm to the touch. If you also have a hot HSI and was able to overclock, plz post your overclock speed. I hope its not that big of a deal.

Thx for the reply. its not just hot, it VERY hot, i can only touch it for about 5 secs before it burns me! I think this is due to the small hsf on the chip. btw, how hot is ur hsi hsf? is it just warm or really hot like mine. Did you overclock your card? and yes, the card has temp monitor for the core and ambient but not for hsi chip.

How to set AGP so my MSI 6600GT (AGP) is stable?

OK, that's the question .... how do I make my system stable if I overclock the CPU and want the graphics card stable too ... boils down to the AGP clock ... what do I need to do ... motherboard is K8T800 Neo 2 .... what about Cell Menu settings?
Tried using 3dmark2001 and 03 ... neither worked.
I thought standard AGP was 66MHz .....
JLP

Quote from: jlpicard1412 on 27-February-05, 07:08:30
OK, that's the question .... how do I make my system stable if I overclock the CPU and want the graphics card stable too ... boils down to the AGP clock ... what do I need to do ... motherboard is K8T800 Neo 2 .... what about Cell Menu settings?
Tried using 3dmark2001 and 03 ... neither worked.
I thought standard AGP was 66MHz .....
JLP
Yes standard is 66MHz.
I did a little bit of research on your motherboard as far as I know it has AGP spped lock. Which means no matter how you set the speed of your CPU, the AGP should always stay at 66Mhz. There might be a manual override in the bios to raise it higher then 66, but you don't really gain anything raising it higher then 66Mhz.
I also read your motherboard might have problems keeping it locked at 66Mhz. So you might want to check to see if they have released any bios updates.
Most nVidia cards will work fine with higher then 66 so your problems might be something else. I'm not saying to set it higher I'm just saying they usually don't have problems running on a faster AGP bus.

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