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How hot is too hot?

70C and even higher is not uncommon for a 6800-series card under load. Mine idles at around 60C and rises to about 75C at load, I believe.
 
My 7800gtx idles at 41c and 57c load

They are a bit cooler than the 6x series. Over 90 would be getting into the to too hot range
 
Originally posted by: Xed
Over 90 would be getting into the to too hot range
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In NVIDIA's Properties, in Temperature settings, why is the threshold all the way at 127C by default? Would the card actually even be able to get that far before throttling?
 
Originally posted by: Regs
My 6800GT goes up to 75c in some games.
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I'd start to be concerned if you were dipping into the 80's C.
Or until your card starts to produce artifacts.

 
Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Originally posted by: Regs
My 6800GT goes up to 75c in some games.
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I'd start to be concerned if you were dipping into the 80's C.
Or until your card starts to produce artifacts.
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Riddick has some but I dont know if thats from the games shader models or the card.
 
6800gt will go to 72. i wonder why the CPU is called the hottest thing in the computer when the GPU gets way hotter (probably all of those transistors)
 
i think my 6600gt will go closer to 80 sometimes...it seems to be fine though, no artifacts or any other problems yet.
 
Originally posted by: SuperTyphoon
6800gt will go to 72. i wonder why the CPU is called the hottest thing in the computer when the GPU gets way hotter (probably all of those transistors)
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Well if your not a gamer, then the cpu is the hottest thing...
 
Good lord man, you brought this thread back from the DEAD!

But above 90*C I'd be concerned for 6x00 cards. Mine will hit into the 80s when gaming. If I need to clean my fans out again it'll be into the low 90s.
 
For a 6 series.... I would try to stay under 85C.

My card stock was 70C full load.

AS5 lowered my temps.

 
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