I was pushing 74c in prime @ 3ghz stock VID of 1.2625. I'll revisit my Q6600 overclock once sandy is within grasp.
Thanks for the responses everyone. My concerns are slightly subsiding though I wish I could find out the max operating temp of the card. My google foo is failing me right now.
Of course. I'm waiting for sandybridge. This G0 chip heats up like hell with a basic overclock so maybe when we're closer to a sandy purchase, I'll fry it then.
Just to reiterate, the card did not shut down when it hit 103c but it did crank the fan up to 100% for a second or so. The game never crashed or anything of that sort. I tried finding the design specs to see what the thermal limit is but I haven't been able to find anything like that yet.
Obvious throw away..... I was tinkering with my manual fan speed control and I set it down to 25% and walked away from the computer. A short time later I was back at the computer with my brother near and I loaded up BC2 to show him the game with the new GPU. On a separate screen I had HW Monitor...
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