ATITool temp readings on X800 Pro

[imported_obsidian]

6800 temps:
http://www.nvnews.net/previews/geforce_6800_ultra/page_9.shtml

 

[PrayForDeath]

How do I know my Nvidia card's temperature? What tool are you using (nVidia owners)?

 

[Rent]

Originally posted by: PrayForDeath
How do I know my Nvidia card's temperature? What tool are you using (nVidia owners)?

As long as your card has a temp monitor, its under the Geforce XXXXXX tab in your advanced display settings. There will be a "tempature settings" option.

 

[JeffCY]

For those of us without a temp monitor on our card... how should I go about applying some kind of finger test just to get a general idea whether my card is running too hot or not? I have the VGA silencer so I only have access to the back of the card.

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: JeffCY
For those of us without a temp monitor on our card... how should I go about applying some kind of finger test just to get a general idea whether my card is running too hot or not? I have the VGA silencer so I only have access to the back of the card.

Infrared thermometer?

 

[John]

Originally posted by: DoobieOnline
Great overclock John! Did atitool give you those core/mem numbers as your max stable or did you set it manually? You've inspired me to try for more tonight. It's also good to see that all three of our cards are running at about the same temps idle/load. Pretty incredible that the gpu can handle that much heat and remain stable. Thanks for the numbers!

Doobie

At first I used the ati tool "find max core" selection, and once the core reached 565 my display corrupted and the pc rebooted, so I assume the ati vpu recover kicked in. I figured 560 was max so I manually set it to 555 to play it safe. I then let the ati tool find my max memory and it climbed to 602ish so I turned it off since I didn't want to push my luck. I settled for 600 and let it scan for artifacts for ~10min and no artifacts were detected. I then ran 3dMark03 a few times and things looked good except during the trolls pass I could see a few "triangle" screen flickers which led me to believe the memory could be cranked up a little too much, so I dropped it a little bit to play it safe.

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
It might...but no chip would make it that high. Maybe it wouldn't melt but the intense heat of the chip would force expansion and the chip might crack. Not to mention the thermal grease between the CPU and HSF would be way passed boiling. Naw i think max temp for most things right now hover around 85C for CPUs and 90 for GPUs.

-Kevin

The thermal grease will pass boiling? It is not made out of alcohol. The operating range of many thermal greases extends to 200 deg C. Some of them may be fluid at that point. There can be evaporation at the top of the range too, but it usually is measured as a small percentage over a period of time at that high temp.

 

[BJKNR2004]

My x800 pro is anywhere from 45-55c at idle and is always right around 78, 79, or 80c under full load. On hot days I'll have to bring the clock down. My clock settings are 510 for the core and 555 for the memory.

Also my case has 7 intake and exhaust fans (4 in front 1 on the side, and two in the rear) so my ambient temps are very good and consistant.

 

[BFG10K]

Some of the temperatures in this thread are really worrying. 80+ degrees can damage a card.

 

[VirtualLarry]

BFG10K, I dunno about that. I thought that I had read on another site that someone had asked an ATI rep about the (apparently) extremely-high temps of their card, and the ATI rep had stated that they are good for (some number above 100C), without damaging the chip.

Also, there was another thread about exactly this, on either the GH or Video forums, posted by someone that had flashed their X800 Pro to an X800 XT, and noticed the insane temps (since the ATI "overdrive" tool is enabled with the X800 XT BIOS flash, and the temps were now visible). All of the replies that I read in that thread, indicated that temps near 80C under load were in fact normal.

Another thing, about the huge disparity of temps between idle and under full 3D load - the drivers actually change the voltage when running in 3D mode, that increases the power-dissipation/heat quite substantially too. So that huge change in temp isn't solely due to load, but also due to more power being pushed into the chip.

As long as the card is stable, I wouldn't worry, although I might tend to wonder about the overall longevity of the card at those temps. Makes you wonder a bit about possible electromigration effects too, if those are "real", since they supposedly occur more often at higher temps.

 

[Bar81]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
Some of the temperatures in this thread are really worrying. 80+ degrees can damage a card.

No, it cannot. It's really hard to damage a card by operating at a temperature within its acceptable operating range :roll:

 

[BFG10K]

and the ATI rep had stated that they are good for (some number above 100C), without damaging the chip.

I read something about that as well and I seem to remember 80-85 being thrown around. 100 was definitely at the critical stage.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
Some of the temperatures in this thread are really worrying. 80+ degrees can damage a card.

So they sell a card that is deliberately going to be near its extreme operating conditions?
(They did always have the option of a 2 slot cooler, people may not have been happy, but I'm sure they would have used one if it had been necessary)

 

[FiberoN]

Mine is running at stock speeds. I hit 55-60 load and 45-47 idle.