Dimension Gen 4 Video problem

Question

Dell Gen4 3.6Ghz HT, 2G 533Mhz RAM, ATI Radeon 850XT PE
Audigy 2 sound card,160 Gig HD with NCQ.

My computer has been giving me an video card overheating warning when playing Far Cry.
I checked the 5 fans in system and they seem to be spinning.The fan on the video cards is spinning too.
I have the catalyst driver from the ATI site installed. Does anyone think the card may be overheating because I dont have the Dell OEM video drivers installed or is it more likely that a fan is working less than optimally? The comp is about 6 months old and this is the second video card installed in it. The first one blew after about 3 months. Thx for any suggestions.

NeoCon · Answer

Cardfan doesn't run fast enough to cool the card. Download and run the atitool. Problem solved.

Mikey10010192 · Answer

Where can this Atitool be found? It doesnt seem to be listed on the ATI web site.

Mikey10010192 · Answer

I did find this utility and I installed it. I set the fan control to dynamic. I hope this will fix problem. One more question if you dont mind. Why does the ATI 850 PE card need a helper program to control fan speed? Why doesnt the card and drivers control this function?
I hope this isnt bad quality control. Thx again

NeoCon · Answer

I got no clue why the card doesn't cool itself better. There has been a lot of discussion on this topic, I am sure if you do a search on this board you will be able to find more answers.

Btw, I have my fan set something like this:

0% - 5c

30% - 31c

47% - 47c

76% - 52c

100% - 60c

This works fine for me but I also installed a new cardfan. I don't think it was necassary but I did it before I found the atitool.

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