I used the defaults in both os's and even removed "coolbits" from my xorg.conf.

In windows xp the highest temp i have seen was in the 60's and in linux the high 80's (C).

Using the Nvidia Driver, version NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-346.16. Both temps taken after playing Q2 for a while on a busy server.

Has anyone else noticed this? Anyone know if there is a fan control problem with the latest driver? Or with the linux driver generally?

seeing as the 346 driver is a testing one
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/346.16/


use one of these

the LONG life driver is
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/drive...px/79413/en-us
and the current short life time driver is
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/drive...px/80145/en-us

check with one of those
then see

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Thanks. You know i didnt even notice that i had grabbed a beta. I just took the first one from the list the search tool provided i guess.
I see if i can get it heated up with the new (older) driver

Ok i think i found out what was happening. In windows im using a utility that came with my video card called PrecisionX, it allows you to plot a custom fan rpm curve in response to temp changes and i had changed the default to a steeper increase after about 50C so the card was being kept cooler in windows.
It would be great if there were a similar utility for linux or if the linux driver had a more aggressive fan ramp up in response to temp.
So problem solved, my mistake in forgetting the config changes i had made in windows.

EDIT: You know it just occurred to me, you could do this using a perl script that ran in the background that got the temp from nvidia-settings and used to control the fan based on the reading.

it is called coolbits
it is built into the nvidia driver
but do to the possibility of killing the card it is DISABLED BY DEFAULT

using it will void the warranty

use at your own risk

you can set the fan to keep it cooler or warmer
you can also set a profile

Im using cool bits in my xorg.conf and it does allow you to set a default fan speed, but not a default fan curve in response to temperature increase.