Ominous but not 100% confirmation that there is no temp sensor on the NX6600GT-VTD128

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User Support    Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 3:52PM
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Dear Customer,
There is no sensor on the video card for temperature.
Sincerely,
Technical Support Division
MSI Computer Corp.
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Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 11:36 PM
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I appreciate the response but my questions were not completely answered.
I know the sensor is disabled, but does the sensor PHYSICALLY exist on the
PCB itself?
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:14:54 -0800, User Support
wrote:
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> Dear Customer,
>
> The answer to your questions is no, this video card does not support
> temperature monitoring.
>
> Sincerely,
> Technical Support Division
> MSI Computer Corp.
> MSI Platinum Series Motherboards -- In Pursuit of Quality Perfection.
> http://www.msicomputer.com 1.626.913.0828
> 1.626.581.7721 Fax
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Answer 1

Strange indeed, since I always thought that the nvidia chip itself contains an internal thermal diode. But maybe MSI has just "forgotten" to wire the corresponding pin? What about other card manufacturers?
To be honest, offering "D.O.T" on the one hand but no temp monitoring on the other one is ridiulous in my eyes, I'll go favor another brand for the next videocard I purchase.
cu,
Jackie