turning off my 8600 GTS
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turning off my 8600 GTS
Hi,
is there an option, or a program, that lets me turn off the power of my Graphics Card completely?
i have a Gigabyte 8600GTS SilentPipe 3 (no fan).
i'm running under Vista 64bit.
i want to shut it because, when i turn off the monitor, and not using the computer, the card still gets power. it heats up.
i want to cancel that so when i leave my computer on to DL, and i don't need the screen, it won't be so hot. which effects other components - and my room temp.
is there anything like this?
thanks a lot,
Dan.
is there an option, or a program, that lets me turn off the power of my Graphics Card completely?
i have a Gigabyte 8600GTS SilentPipe 3 (no fan).
i'm running under Vista 64bit.
i want to shut it because, when i turn off the monitor, and not using the computer, the card still gets power. it heats up.
i want to cancel that so when i leave my computer on to DL, and i don't need the screen, it won't be so hot. which effects other components - and my room temp.
is there anything like this?
thanks a lot,
Dan.
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If there were something like that it would be awesome for my Gainward 8600GT SilenFX, not only to save on electricity and minimize heat but also to save the card a bit, although I'm pretty sure theres nothing that does that. You can underclock the core with an app that allows it although one bad thing of these utilities is that when you overclock the mem it doesnt downclock when you go 2d.
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