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Old 29 Jun 09, 12:00 AM
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Default Re: Does underclocking gfx card help reduce temp??

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Originally Posted by udayrulz View Post
75C Load is fine , did you manually set the fan to a higher speed ? If not , use Riva Tuner to set fan at a higher speed .
Also since you mentioned card is new no need to re-apply thermal - paste .
+1 To fan speed, i completely forgot to ask that.

On a side note, 75 degrees IS high for a 9600GT, though probably not high enough to cause alarm. Also, at times even new cards come with poorly applied/low quality thermal compound, so im quite sure it will help.
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