Hardware issue

[goranmax]

Hi all.

Since last week I'm the happy and sad owner of a new Nvidia GTX 480 card,....and Octane Render

First I had a hardware issue with my PC when I started up Octane my PC just turned off.
....the Power supply was not strong enough .....550W...
Now I bought a 850W and that issue was solved....I was happy again.

But now a other issue....when I start the render.. my Displays goes black after a minute or directly..... GTX 480 seems to turn off
but the PC is still running.
I have reinstalled the latest Nvidia driver... but still the same.

Now my question......

-Did someone of you had a issue like this and can you tell me how you fixed it?
-can it be that my PC / Hardware has not the right configuration...it not a new PC.

I could not find the Hardware requirement for the GTX 480.

I really would appreciate it if someone can help me.

Goran

[Amplitude]

Hi,

A 850w psu should be plenty enough for one 480gtx.
Maybe the card is overheating? Are you sure your case has a good airflow around it? Is the card very loud when rendering?

[radiance]

try using a tool to view what's going on, there's a free download of 'evga precision' that allows you to monitor temperature of your card etc...

Radiance

[goranmax]

HI

I tested the demo chees set object again.

I see that the GPU Teperature is on 108 C
the GPU usage 93%
Fan Speed 92%
Core Clock MHz 2021

So I think it is to high....right?

Goran

[radiance]

yeah, that's too high.

try adding an extra fan to your box, make sure you have good airflow.

Radiance

[Amplitude]

no wonder you reached the shutdown limit with those temps.

[havensole]

This is one of the nice things about the cubix xpander boxes. It takes the cooling away from the PC entirely and I barely notice when the fans start to whirl on my gtx470's.

[goranmax]

hi

thank you for your fast responds.

I will get a better tower with better cooling.

can you tell me what tempertures you all have....so I can compare

thanks alot

G

[radiance]

hi

thank you for your fast responds.

I will get a better tower with better cooling.

can you tell me what tempertures you all have....so I can compare

thanks alot

G

about 91C while at full load on a GTX480 here.

Radiance

[heydabop]

79-83° C on an overclocked 470 here.

Fermi cards are within spec up to 105° C.