Temperature of Parhelia / Lockup in UT2004

[wingie]

He people,

How hot should a parhelia get?

If i start my ut2004 than after 1 game or 2 it locks up completely (i can do ctrl+alt+del, and then I see my hd led flashing) but will not get back to windows and have to restart my machine.

After that I touch the back of the card (so not the fan side) and it feels real hot. (i don't have anything to measure the real temp.)

Should I RMA this card?

In other games like Halo / MotoGP2 there is no problem.

Regards,
Wingie

[GNEP]

Ut2004 is fine on my parhelia (original 4x version)... but then it is watercooled

[Wombat]

Parhelias run hot. Are you sure you have adequate cooling in the system?

[bsdgeek]

Yeah they do run hot, are you sure that's the problem? Maybe run it with side panel off and say with a fan blowing on it to make sure?

[Faramir1966]

Check for dust on the cooler.

[Unicron]

GNEP whats the highest overclock you have got on your parhelia with watercooling?

[Greebe]

GNEP whats the highest overclock you have got on your parhelia with watercooling?

Not much

[GNEP]

I haven't actually tried to overclock it at all. But probably about 1% if I did...

The watercooling was for noise rather than performance, although the CPU is happily overclocked...

[DentyCracker]

My CPU gets up to 59 degrees during gameplay. I have played NFSU for hours on end without any problems. My brother plays UT2K4 for hours at a time and no lockups either (needs to get his own machine)

[SitFlyer]

My parhelia doesn't get too hot

[dZeus]

my p650 overheats a bit when I run NFS:U for extended periods with my case airflow set to minimum (which is my default useage setting). I get a lot of visible artifacting, but no lockups (artifacts disappear when I increase airflow).