OK....so I'll revive this thread.....I'm looking into a NV5 silence rev 02 or a VF700-CU
My 6800U currently Idles at 60C and load in HL2 and BF:V (prepare yourself for a shocker) is 85C....THAT f*cking bad. Yes. So I'm going to get a VF700-CU, because it seems to be listed as doing a little better.....although I wouldn't think that, since the nv5 vents the hot air outside....
oh well, I have a PCI blower unit (called a blower, but it moves a fair amount of air with little noise...maybe 25DB or around .7-.8 sone) and I'll try that in conjuntion with my VF700-CU to see how I do....I'll let everyone know how it goes!
Anything, I say ANYTHING is better than a 85C load....it crashes if it gets any hotter (and it has gone a bit higher twice now, and caused a system crash.) My question: is that just a complete hardware or software failure due to the temp, or is my card going into "ultra" protection mode? (pun intented)