Reasonable GPU temp

[yank51]

What type of normal (non-OC'd) temp should I see with an Nvidia 6800GT AGP card? Running in a non-oc'd mode, with a AMD 64 3200+ CPU on an ASUS A8V deluxe MB? Is around 60c to hot??

 

[jonesthewine]

mine idles around 50c, peaks around 57-60c in 3D mode...with an arctic cooling aftermarket cooler.

 

[Markbnj]

Identical setup with nvsilencer... idling right now at 54c, probably loads to 63c or so.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

60 is not hot for GPUs. 80 is however, though the x1900 cards can take it.

 

[DaRkLoRd666]

Originally posted by: yank51
What type of normal (non-OC'd) temp should I see with an Nvidia 6800GT AGP card? Running in a non-oc'd mode, with a AMD 64 3200+ CPU on an ASUS A8V deluxe MB? Is around 60c to hot??

less then 65C is fine 70+ is a little much for me

 

[Madwand1]

It's fine. My factory OC 6800 GT ran for months/years at mid-high 60's idle and high 70's load. What's the difference between an OC and regular? It's the same chip, so if the OC version can take it, the regular one can. Check your load temps though if you're concerned.

 

[orangat]

Summer temp - idle - 58C, load - 88C. I blame the wimpy Leadtek fan for the poor load temp. Winter temps are much much better because the big heatsink gets to dissipate alot of the heat if the ambient temp is low enough.

Since Nvidia sets the threshold at 120C, I'm not worried about the temps. I suspect alot of artifacts/lockups happen because of the memory chips not the core.