Temps too high on a 6800GT?

[Booshanky]

I've had this 6800gt for a while now, probably close to a year, and I was previously using it with a 21inch CRT. It would get pretty hot while playing games, enough to pop up that temp notification saying it'd got as high as 120C. I ended up just opening the side of my case and sticking a big 12 inch fan next to it and that did the trick. Messy, but I really dont care.

The other day though, I got a Dell 2405FPW and running games at 1920x1200 is KILLING this card. I can have the fan on next to the card and it still will overheat like crazy. Right now I dont have that 12 inch fan going, but the ambient temp is 50C and the GPU core temp is 82C, just posting crap on the internet.

Is this normal? Is there anything I can do about it? Any aftermarket heatsink/fans you'd reccomend?

 

[KBTuning]

you need to try and reseat your cooler or you have some temp probes that are WAY off... i think my OC'd 6600GT that i had only maxed at like 60C w/ the stock cooler. and my x800GTO2 now only hits 50C if my case temp hits 40C..

there has to be something not working right... if you cant reseat the stock cooler get a NVSilencer... someone will chime in and say exactly which one to get or they'll say get teh zalman... .both are good but i like the silencer because it shoots the hot air out the back of the case....

 

[diapickle]

Your ambient is way too high too, what about your CPU temps?

 

[Nirach]

What's your airflow like around the rest of the case?

I'd suggest an aftermarket cooler, a lot of NV users seem to like the NV Silencer, or something to that effect, and one of Zalmans pieces of kit.

 

[CKXP]

but the ambient temp is 50C

Originally posted by: diapickle
Your ambient is way too high too, what about your CPU temps?

yeah that's pretty hot, first you might want to find a way to bring down your ambient temps, as far as aftermarket cooling, even a NV5 silencer or Zalman won't be as effective with your ambient temps being that high already.

i have a NV5 on my 6800gt and i get idle temps around 46-47c, but my ambient is at 34c, and 1920x1200 will push just about any card, let alone a 6800gt

 

[Booshanky]

Well, I just ran that fan for about 10 minutes on high, like I do playing games, and here's what my temps were.

CPU, 37C
System, 22C

GPU, 65C
"ambient" temperature according to the nvidia driver, 33C

Anyway, here's a pic to sort of illustrate better what my setup looks like.

http://pics.markmatich.com/random/IMG_9359.jpg

So anyway, the fact that it can go from 65 all the way past 120 seems to be the problem, not really the ambient temps. I think i'm going to pick up one of those zalman heatsinks to see if that can fix the problem better, cause this is a bit ridiculous.

 

[CKXP]

Originally posted by: Booshanky
Well, I just ran that fan for about 10 minutes on high, like I do playing games, and here's what my temps were.

CPU, 37C
System, 22C

GPU, 65C
"ambient" temperature according to the nvidia driver, 33C

Anyway, here's a pic to sort of illustrate better what my setup looks like.

http://pics.markmatich.com/random/IMG_9359.jpg

So anyway, the fact that it can go from 65 all the way past 120 seems to be the problem, not really the ambient temps. I think i'm going to pick up one of those zalman heatsinks to see if that can fix the problem better, cause this is a bit ridiculous.

KBTuning made a good suggestion, try reseating your heatsink, it might be loose or might not be making proper contact with the GPU, your 6800gt's temps should not be able to rise that high(120c)

 

[Booshanky]

Well, KBTuning was right on the money. I took the old hs/fan off it and put on the zalman VF700 and my 2D temps are around 47C and after playing some games it only gets up to around 53C. Thanks a bunch!

 

[alanore]

65oC is well within its limits, GFX cards can deal withy higher heat the processor even still you have a rather high value it maybe down to a temp sensor thats not calibrated correctly, or that the HSF on the GFX card is not seated proparlly. I would recommend getting a aftermarket HSF like the artic silencer and attaching it with a good quality TIM such as Artic Silver 5.