8800 Ultra Question on temps

[terencek]

I just got an eVGA 8800 Ultra and the temps idle are 60-61C and load is 81-82C. Are these temps a little high? I don't know if it's normal due to it being an Ultra or are they just high.

Also, is the Ultra PCI Express 2.0?

Thanks

 

[imported_Scoop]

I'm not sure what these cards nowadays are supposed to run at, my 7600GT is 71C on idle, so compared to that you're safe 🙂

No, 8800 Ultra isn't PCIe 2.0. Not that it would matter anyway.

 

[terencek]

Does anyone know of where I can find out what the ceiling temps are for the Ultra? I just want to know if it's running too hot.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

The tolerance is really high. I'm not sure what it is for the ultra, but for the 8800GT, the tolerance goes to 120C.

 

[BFG10K]

The 8800 Ultra is quite a hot card so those temps look about right.

In fact mine's idling at 66C at the moment but it?s sandwiched right next to an X-Fi.

 

[F1shF4t]

Originally posted by: terencek
Does anyone know of where I can find out what the ceiling temps are for the Ultra? I just want to know if it's running too hot.

82C is fine, my GTX regularly hit 92C on load before i modded it.
These cards get really hot.

 

[taltamir]

for a video card that is nice and breezy...

Most people with an 8800GT (with first fan revision) were getting 90c load temps...

 

[terencek]

Thank you to all. I was a little concerned that temps were high, but I see that it's pretty normal.

😎

 

[terencek]

Well, last night I was playing CoD4 for about an hour and I looked at the temp from Rivatuner and the highest it got to was 87C. So I imagine that 87C is ok for load?

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Yea, thats fine... You can use Rivatuner to set the fan higher if you haven't already.

 

[terencek]

Originally posted by: BlueAcolyte
Yea, thats fine... You can use Rivatuner to set the fan higher if you haven't already.

Is there a "how to" on RivaTuner? I have it and used it to OC the frequency, but nothing with fan control.

 

[the unknown]

Yeah, this is a very good step-by-step guide on how to do all things fan related in rivatuner. Works really well if you want to find the best cooling/sound level combination as your GPU gets hotter.

 

[James01]

My 8800GTX used to idle in the mid 70's and reach the high 80's under load. I've since set up temperature-triggered fan profiles in RivaTuner and installed a Thermaltake TMG SL1 slot cooler. The fan profiles helped the most, but the cooler reduced temps by a further 4C or so.

It now idles in the low to mid 60's and reaches the high 70's under heavy load.