What's your GPU temperature under full load?

[nyker96]

I use the following for gpu loading, Kombustor//DX9//1280x1024//Post-FX//16XQ CSAA
DX9 somehow gives me the highest temperature compare to DX10 or DX11.

my spec: Asus TOP GTX 460/768mb@869core/1.05v+2178mem.
case: haf 932, with an extra 92mm behind the video card.

Kombustor load temp measured after 15min of burn time: 64C
for completeness, idling after 15min cool down: 36C
delta: 64-36=28C

 

[Termie]

With my EVGA GTX460 768, using EVGA's OC Scanner (similar to furmark), it was 72C (edit), and it idles at 35C. I'll run the Kombustor benchmark later today to confirm.

This is in my HTPC, tuned for low power and low noise (i.e. only one case fan!). BTW, it loaded at 199 watts at the wall. I was pretty surprised it wasn't higher.

I should add that the card is not overclocked (core is at 720 from the factory).

 

[Arkadrel]

It all depends on ambience and how well your case air flow is.... My airflow isnt so good... I know because my idle is like 43-44 degree's currently ^-^ I have a slight overclocked 5870.

 

[Termie]

It all depends on ambience and how well your case air flow is.... My airflow isnt so good... I know because my idle is like 43-44 degree's currently ^-^ I have a slight overclocked 5870.

True, ambients and airflow are important, but GPU and cooler are king. My reference 5850 idles at 39 and loads at ~75 (furmark) with fantastic airflow, while my 460 comes in at 5-10 degrees cooler in the same ambient and with terrible airflow.

Ambient is around 68F.

 

[IGemini]

I use a Powercolor 1GB Radeon 5770 PCS+, standard overclocked at 875/1225. Stock 92mm cooler (kept at 50%), reapplied thermal paste, in front of a 120mm side intake.

Ambient room temp: 20C
Idles @ 36C (hasn't been doing anything yet today)

Ran Kombustor 1.1.2 with the same settings (except my card only allows 8XQ CSAA), temperature topped out at 65C. Delta-T 29 degrees.

Not a bad deal for $100 in June (thank you Newegg open box).

 

[tyl998]

I idle at like 42C but that's because I SLI my two Gigabyte 460s and they're literally right next to each other.

 

[Kenmitch]

Haven't checked lately but during the summer months I've seen mine hit mid 40's in Furmark. Specs in sig.

 

[Destiny]

My EVGA SC GTX 470 i have seen hit 100 degrees Celsius + under full load when I used the EVGA Precision tool to monitor it (haven't hit tha since I uninstalled it)... It idles at 40 degrees celsius... :ninja:

 

[MangoX]

66C while folding 24/7 at 50% fan speed with sig rig (Quiet. I can barely hear the fan on the card).

 

[BFG10K]

85C-87C under regular gaming loads.

 

[nyker96]

My EVGA SC GTX 470 i have seen hit 100 degrees Celsius + under full load when I used the EVGA Precision tool to monitor it (haven't hit tha since I uninstalled it)... It idles at 40 degrees celsius... :ninja:

I think you might need to put some ice on that one. I thought the evga SC editions has great cooler. If it's going that high I don't think you should use the EVGA Precision tool (which = msi afterburner) to load it maybe only for a few minutes.

85C-87C under regular gaming loads.

damn that's pretty hot. I used to own an 8800GT which goes to near 90C under furmark. pretty crazy that they don't burnt out at that temp.

 

[blastingcap]

High 60s, around 65-69C

 

[Destiny]

I think you might need to put some ice on that one. I thought the evga SC editions has great cooler. If it's going that high I don't think you should use the EVGA Precision tool (which = msi afterburner) to load it maybe only for a few minutes.



damn that's pretty hot. I used to own an 8800GT which goes to near 90C under furmark. pretty crazy that they don't burnt out at that temp.

Yep, I uninstalled the EVGA Precision Tool and installed the MSI Afterburner... best advice ever! Now my EVGA SuperClocked GTX 470 doesn't go over 75C without even having to customize MSI afterburner...

EVGA Precision Tool doesn't even work poperly = FAIL!!

SuperClocked doesn't come with a cooler backplate only the SuperClocked + does and NewEgg was sold out of those... :'(

 

[cusideabelincoln]

34C idle.
Around 55C while gaming.

 

[Rifter]

Ill post my old card and new card temps, were in same case with same airflow and ambients.

My 4890(@1Ghz) idled around 45c and loaded up to 90c. My GTX460(@900Mhz) idles at 36c and hits 65-70c fully loaded. I was very surprised after the whole fermi is hotter than the sun crying that was going on that my GTX460 walked all over the 4890 where temps are concerned.

Edited to add, both cards had GPU heatspreader lapped as well as the stock sink, and reinstalled with AS 5 thermal compound.

 

[Arkadrel]

by lapping you mean you used sandpapir going to higher and finer counts, and then polished it off at end? (to give a much smoother surface area than it was when bought) And then used a top grade thermal compound instead of what came with the card?

Wow... well if you love your cards its probably worth the time to do it, Ive never done that though. Im afraid Id do more harm than good trying to lap the finished product, trying to lap the heat sinks.

How good is surface area on heat sinks for grafics cards? For some reason I suspect its alot worse than the CPU quality in that reguard, and even those usually benefit from lapping.

 

[Rifter]

by lapping you mean you used sandpapir going to higher and finer counts, and then polished it off at end? (to give a much smoother surface area than it was when bought) And then used a top grade thermal compound instead of what came with the card?

Wow... well if you love your cards its probably worth the time to do it, Ive never done that though. Im afraid Id do more harm than good trying to lap the finished product, trying to lap the heat sinks.

How good is surface area on heat sinks for grafics cards? For some reason I suspect its alot worse than the CPU quality in that reguard, and even those usually benefit from lapping.

Your description of lapping is bang on, thats exactly what i did going up to 2000 grit at the end. I actually tested the 4890 at 1Ghz before and after and it lowered temps close to 10c. Would not take furmark at 1Ghz for more than 5 min before getting to 100c and throttling itself, after lapping stayed at 90c and would run furmark for a hour no problem.

It is scary when you first do it but i have been lapping every CPU and GPU i have owned since the Nvidia TNT days so am very used to it. I always try and get the most from my CPU and GPU and lapping is a cheap way to do it without having to go to water cooling, cost very little other than time.

 

[Arkadrel]

Wow shaveing 10º celcius, and keeping it at max load without it throttling down (when it did before lapping). Huge gains.

I thought about doing it for the CPU coolers, but those have improved alot over time when it comes to the area surface.

I wonder if those AIBs that make the cards, think about stuff like "surface area" smoothness, when they make them. Maybe it ll catch on with GPU coolers like it did for the CPUs.

But like I said... Im scared of messing things up... or going to far and ruining things.
I tried the pencil trick to OC cpus
Ive been tempted to try and add resistors ect for some of the volt mods but never really done that either.
I think its cool there are people out there trying to better the products they buy, weither its by something like lapping (to give cooler/quieter experiance or more OC headroom), or volt mods ect.

 

[Rifter]

Wow shaveing 10º celcius, and keeping it at max load without it throttling down (when it did before lapping). Huge gains.

I thought about doing it for the CPU coolers, but those have improved alot over time when it comes to the area surface.

I wonder if those AIBs that make the cards, think about stuff like "surface area" smoothness, when they make them. Maybe it ll catch on with GPU coolers like it did for the CPUs.

But like I said... Im scared of messing things up... or going to far and ruining things.
I tried the pencil trick to OC cpus
Ive been tempted to try and add resistors ect for some of the volt mods but never really done that either.
I think its cool there are people out there trying to better the products they buy, weither its by something like lapping (to give cooler/quieter experiance or more OC headroom), or volt mods ect.

yup CPU coolers have come a long way my noctura was damn near perfect out of the box. CPU heatspreaders on the other hand have gone downhill apparantly. when i lapped my i7 930 it had a fairly large depression in the middle that took hours to flatten out.

You also dont really have to worry about going to far, just start with a high grit(like 800 or 1200) and spend some extra time, no way you are going to remove to much material with 1200 grit unless you literally spend days with it.

 

[Edrick]

29C Idle and only 49C at full load (folding). Ambient temp is always 19-20C.
Fan speed on card is set to 45% using Nvidia System Tools. Specs in Sig.

 

[Qbah]

Idle: 50C (two screens - 400 / 1150 clocks)
Load: ~65C

2 intake Nexus fans in the front at ~5V, 2 fans to pull the air out in the back on on top also at ~5V. Card's fan is running at ~30% idle. A 5th Nexus @ ~5V on my TRUE.

Most of the time all I hear is the PSU fan, when idle. Though the card's fan becomes audible when gaming.

 

[Barfo]

My 4850 got to 99C in furmark before I got scared and turned it off. It's usually 89-91C under normal gaming load.

 

[solofly]

85C-87C under regular gaming loads.

Is that so. I was cooking my 580s with Furmark last night and guess what the temperature was like. Very impressive not exceeding 92C and that's was at 860mhz overclock and the fans still had room to spare...

 

[solofly]

EVGA Precision Tool doesn't even work poperly = FAIL!! '

Both are written by the same guy...

 

[muskie32]

My GTX 470 OC is in my sig.

It gets about 38ºc idle. And 80ºc full load (kombuster) for 10 mins.

I have a GTX 480 coming so i wil have to try that one out as well though