Will 98C temps on a 9600GSO damage it?

[VirtualLarry]

I have a quad-GPU F@H rig, and the top card is an Asus "top" factory overclocked card, and it has a dual-wide cooler, but not the stock good cooler, in fact the cooler seems insufficient compared to the reference cooler, as it idles at 60C.

Anyways, it gets up to 98C when folding. Will this damage the card, or can it handle these temps long-term?

There's not a lot of heating and cooling cycles, pretty much it spends 100% of it's time pinned to the wall, temp wise.

 

[Cheex]

I would think so....yes.

I think Folding@Home is what killed my 8800GTS 320MB card. It pushed the temperature up to 78C - 81C at load. Doing that day in, day out may have seriously contributed to my card's death.

 

[masteryoda34]

Personally I wouldn't worry about it since thats the way they sold the card.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

i wouldn't let it be 90c+ on my video card 24/7 max would be 70 something

 

[CrystalBay]

Jethro B can we please have an answer ?

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: masteryoda34
Personally I wouldn't worry about it since thats the way they sold the card.

Bad reasoning. They might have calculated it could run for a certain amount of time at that temperature. If they calculated for the card to wear out after 2 years of normal gaming use, they need it to run at 98C, then they make it run at 98C if their goal is for it to break after 2 years.

Run it at 98C 24/7 and you bring that day forward.

 

[mruffin75]

Originally posted by: masteryoda34
Personally I wouldn't worry about it since thats the way they sold the card.

It's probably the video card that died in your laptop too:

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2254317&enterthread=y

You may want to change your reasoning

 

[Keysplayr]

98C seems incredibly hot. If I fold 24/7 on my GTX280, or the 9800GTX+, those temps seldom exceed 70C. If your temp sensor is reporting correctly, then yes, that is way too hot. What are the temps for the other 3 cards?

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
I have a quad-GPU F@H rig, and the top card is an Asus "top" factory overclocked card, and it has a dual-wide cooler, but not the stock good cooler, in fact the cooler seems insufficient compared to the reference cooler, as it idles at 60C.

You should try to change the thermal paste. It's unusual for a dual slot card to touch temperatures that high, even on a four cards configuration like yours, especially since the GSO doesn't have such a high TDP. Maybe they over applied the thermal paste and it makes a horrible contact with the GPU.

I believe that temps like that will shorten its life. By how much...that's hard to guess.

 

[AzN]

98C is high considering my 8800gs doesn't even reach 80C at overclocked speeds with stock fan.

 

[solofly]

My 9800GT is cooking at around 83C day in day out. 8800GTX gets even hotter than that...(and the power usage, holy $hit)

 

[Creig]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
I have a quad-GPU F@H rig, and the top card is an Asus "top" factory overclocked card, and it has a dual-wide cooler, but not the stock good cooler, in fact the cooler seems insufficient compared to the reference cooler, as it idles at 60C.

Anyways, it gets up to 98C when folding. Will this damage the card, or can it handle these temps long-term?

There's not a lot of heating and cooling cycles, pretty much it spends 100% of it's time pinned to the wall, temp wise.

If you have room, I would put that card at the bottom of the case and see if you get a drop in temperature. Not only will there be cooler air down there compared to higher up in the case, but you also won't be sucking in the hot air radiating off the card right below it.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
98C seems incredibly hot. If I fold 24/7 on my GTX280, or the 9800GTX+, those temps seldom exceed 70C. If your temp sensor is reporting correctly, then yes, that is way too hot. What are the temps for the other 3 cards?

Well, the window was open for the last few hours on this chilly winter day, so ambient in the room is only 64F.

Card 1: 90C
Card 2: 81.5C
Card 3: 65C
Card 4: 71C

With the ambient temps closer to 70-72F, the top card gets to 96-98C.

These are listed in order, top to bottom. The first two cards are Asus "top" factory overclocked 9600GSOs, with non-reference coolers. The next card is an EVGA single-slot with reference cooler, and the bottom card is an EVGA superclocked, single-slot with reference cooler. As you can see, the reference cooler cools better.

Like I said in my other thread in the DC forum, I'm looking to trade the two Asus "Top" overclocked 9600GSOs (600/1700/900) for EVGA single-slot 9600GSOs with reference cooler, either regular or superclocked. It could be a free upgrade for you (regular to overclocked). Must be in perfect working order, no BIOS flashes, no 3rd-party cooler upgrades. PM me.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Creig
If you have room, I would put that card at the bottom of the case and see if you get a drop in temperature. Not only will there be cooler air down there compared to higher up in the case, but you also won't be sucking in the hot air radiating off the card right below it.

I can't. The only other options are:

1: Asus "top"
2. EVGA
3. Asus "top"
4. EVGA

or

1. EVGA
2. Asus "top"
3. Asus "top"
4. EVGA

The bottom slot is only big enough for a single-wide card (an EVGA), because otherwise it bumps into the PSU.

Edit: The Asus card look exactly like the one in this picture: link , except it doesn't have the nice little heatsink over the VRM components.

 

[Creig]

Hmmm.... I would go with option 1. Asus top, EVGA, Asus top, EVGA.

Something else you could try is to remove each of the EVGA cards and just run the two "top" cards and see if the temps decrease appreciably. Then you'll know whether or not it's actually the cooling system of the "top" cards that are the issue or if it's caused by the presence of the two EVGA cards. If you do get acceptable temps without the two EVGA cards in place, you could try placing a fan perpendicular to each "top" card to blow cool air in between the "top" card and the lower EVGA card so that they each get a good supply of cool air.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Maybe I need an Antec spot-cool. I already have a 120mm TriCool fan on high blowing air in over the side of the video cards.