How hot is too hot?

[imported_Neeraj]

How hot is too hot for a GeForce 6 Series card to get?

I know that around 70C+ is too hot for a Pentium 4, so how about a GPU?

 

[SynthDude2001]

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.

 

[BroadbandGamer]

My 7800 GTX idles at 45C with stock cooling. It gets up around 65C during gaming.

 

[Xed]

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

 

[imported_Neeraj]

Originally posted by: Xed
Over 90 would be getting into the to too hot range

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?

 

[Regs]

My 6800GT goes up to 75c in some games.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Regs
My 6800GT goes up to 75c in some games.

I'd start to be concerned if you were dipping into the 80's C.
Or until your card starts to produce artifacts.

 

[The Green Bean]

54 idle... 80 load (ambient temp is 40C)

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: Regs
My 6800GT goes up to 75c in some games.

I'd start to be concerned if you were dipping into the 80's C.
Or until your card starts to produce artifacts.

Riddick has some but I dont know if thats from the games shader models or the card.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

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)

 

[hans030390]

i think my 6600gt will go closer to 80 sometimes...it seems to be fine though, no artifacts or any other problems yet.

 

[wetcat007]

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)

Well if your not a gamer, then the cpu is the hottest thing...

 

[Necrosaro420]

6800Ultra I have idles at 43c, under load barely into 60's

 

[BobDaMenkey]

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.

 

[KeepItRed]

How hot is the Nforce chipset on the Neo4 Platinum supposed to get...?

 

[fstime]

For a 6 series.... I would try to stay under 85C.

My card stock was 70C full load.

AS5 lowered my temps.