9600GT Temp Limit?

[Wolfcastle]

I have a ECS 9600GT passive Accelero S2. With ATITool running an artifact test, it reaches 93C.

Is it safe to run it that hot for days on end? How hot can I run it safely and constantly?

 

[Syntax Error]

93F = 33.88C. That's fine, and is on the very cool side. Nothing to worry about there.

Unless you meant 93C...

 

[Wolfcastle]

Had a typo. I meant 93C.

 

[reviewhunter]

93C is too hot, it can damage your card, not recommended for pro-longed operation.

Get a silent fan to get the hot air out.

 

[imported_Scoop]

After how long does it reach that 93C? 5min or 2h? If the latter, I don't think there's a problem. If it reaches that temp in a few minutes, then I'd say get a silent 120mm 800RPM fan to blow on it. The Accelero doesn't need a lot of air on it to make a big difference. I would even think that a case intake fan in the front or side or bottom would be sufficient if you don't have one.

 

[Wolfcastle]

With UT2004, it doesn't get too hot at all. With the ATITool Artifact test, it gets to 80C in about 7 minutes and 90C in about 20 minutes. This sort of defeats the purpose of me exchanging in my MSI 9600GT for the Accelero if I have to get a fan anyway.

 

[error8]

Try to increase your fan speed with riva tuner. Make some profiles there so that the fan spins faster with the increasing temperature.

 

[v8envy]

The Accelero doesn't have a fan (well, except the 2x60mm Turbo Module ones, optional). There is no fan control to muck with.

What I've done to *really* make a huge difference: turn your case on the side so that the heat pipes are in a vertical rather than horizontal position. This is good for 15C. Getting good airflow below the radiator (by mounting a fan outside the PCI slots) is good for 20C.

I've reached temperatures as high as 75C on mine during that stress test. That was scary. Since then I've been giving in to my OCD and playing with cooling and I'm looking at mid 30C idle and 58C load with the atitool artifact checker.

This is on an 8800GT with an S1, but same thing.

The fact that it takes 20 minutes to get to 90c implies there's a pocket of hot air building up below your card that has nowhere to go. Lose the PCI slot cover immediately below the accelero and make sure you have negative case pressure.

 

[Wolfcastle]

ECS says the 9600GT has a rating of 100c. So apparently, it can operate ok in the 90 range. I'm probably just gonna tape a 120mm fan to it and undervolt the fan to 5v. At least it'll be whisper quiet.

 

[reviewhunter]

nah, its still not advisable to let it run at such high temp.

just get a fan controller for that 120mm

 

[imported_wired247]

What do they put in heat pipes these days? Ethanol? Methanol? Water? Mix?

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: Wolfcastle
ECS says the 9600GT has a rating of 100c. So apparently, it can operate ok in the 90 range. I'm probably just gonna tape a 120mm fan to it and undervolt the fan to 5v. At least it'll be whisper quiet.

Ok, my previous post was stupid since I haven't really read everything you said there and I'm sorry for that. The best thing you can do is to strap a 120 mm fan on the S2 ,at around 800 rpm, no need to undervolt it. At that speed the fan is totally silent. I have an Accelero S1 in my 8800 GT with a 120 mm fan that spins at 1000 rpm and it's whisper quiet. A 800 rpm fan would be ,I guess, dead silent, pretty close to passive mode for the S2.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

The fan will (I'm serious) cut your load temps by about 30-50%. This was with an 80mm fan. The Accelero only needs a small amount of air to blow the competition away. Don't you have a turbo module for the accelero? I thought ECS packed one in.