what is a good core temp for a 6800GT?

[Stumps]

I have an ASUS V9999GT 128mb 6800GT, it's completly stock, no overclocking and has the tiny standard HSF unit.

I get 55-58c at idle and 65ish at full load on a 30c+ day.

My case is an Antec Sonata and I have a pair of 120mm fans inside, one exhaust and one setup right in front of the Video card just behind the harddisks.

I noticed that the HSF unit is pretty noisy and spins at around 3500rpm. so I decided to use the Asus Smart doctor software and setup the auto fan control which now runs the HSF at a much quieter 2400-2800rpm at idle.

Are these good temps? or should I just run the HSF flatout?

 

[Cookie Monster]

That is pretty normal for ambient temps of 30c. Your loard temps are great actually. If you dont like the noise of the stock hsf, then go grab a NV5 silencer which will both cool your card while making it totally silent.

 

[imported_Kiwi]

I have a 6600 GT myself, and didn't notice any serious noise. It's a Leadtek, with only 128 MBs of RAM on it. I was trying to find where in NVtweak the setting(s) was(were) for temps on screen and in a text log file that I recalled in Coolbits (I thought). Unless it was Riva Tuner that I'm thinking of. I lost confidence in nVidia due to the fx fiasco, and lost track of my utilities along the way from then to now, while going seriously into pro-ATI territory.

Now, I play some NWN2 and Oblivion here in this room on a PC with that GPU occasionally, and worry about how hot that core might be getting (my Sapphire X800 XT-PE on the game box in my bedroom needed an aftermarket fan to stay cool enough in Oblivion to suit me, since it wanted to run at 90 C and even above that when the screen action was at all busy).

How are you getting the GPU temps on screen (if you are) with your 6600 GT?

 

[BassBomb]

Thats amazing cooling,

in this case i can hit max high 70's

in old case i saw 90's

 

[Icepick]

I have a 6800GT too. I get 59C idle and around 70-75C load. That's with a Zalman VF700 on low voltage.