6600gt idle and load temps

[InlineFour]

installed zalman copper vga cooler.
idle: 45C
load: 65C

i forgot what the temp was with the stock cooler, but the current temp seems rather high for an aftermarket cooler.

 

[Suture]

My 6600GT idles around 61C, stock cooling.

 

[0roo0roo]

depends on ambient and your case ventelation...

 

[thesurge]

wow....suture you may want to invest in aftermarket cooling or declocking that. 61C idle is a little high. on my oclocked ati x800gto at load it becomes 70 (fan @ 78%) w/ idle at 43 (i adjusted the fan settings so that it would slow the fan significantly when it's idling otherwise I could probably idle around 35). what are your settings.

 

[mehmetmunur]

Mine idles at 37 when ambient temperature in the case is ~27. Load temperatures go up to ~76-78 when not overclocked, and about 80 when overclocked.

 

[Suture]

Well, it's a Dell 4700 case if that's any indication, lol.

 

[Cygnus X1]

My Leadtek 6600GT with stock cooling idles at 38c and runs at 70c at load overclocked. I would cut a hole in that Dell case if I were you. :laugh:

 

[lifeguard1999]

Please note that the 6600GT stock heatsink can be very loose leading to high temps. While this article talks about over-volting the Gainward 6600GT, they also point out the problem with its stock heatsink. My XFX 6600GT had the same problem. Idle temps in the 60s; load in the 90s. I reseated my heatsink and it now idles in the 40s; load in the 60s. It cost me nothing but a little time.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

AGP runs hotter than PCIe because of bridge chip. My PCIe with Ceramique' and NV6 rev.2 idled@41-44c depending on room temp, 54c is the highest load temp I saw reported. Stock ideled 50-55c load 70-73c.