Gfx card temperatures

[Ev!lP!e]

Well im not quite sure what temperature my card should be at when its under extreme usage. I just had a 3 hour session on Bf2, 1024*786, all full Gfx. and the top temperature for my Gfx core was 82 degrees celcius, with an ambient temp of 50. Is this ok? should it be lower, if so i will buy an artic cooling fan, the case is well cooled but im worried about the core, sorry if its been asked 10000 times.

Cheers in advance. Pie

 

[giant384]

that is very hot u need it to be around 60c

 

[holydeadpenguins]

that is very hot u need it to be around 60c

nah... Dont know what video cards you've been buying....

 

[Ev!lP!e]

take into account 82 is the very max it went to. it idles at 52. and usually about 70 while in game

 

[Asus]

CPUs turn off or lower clockspeed at 70-75C.
My Nvidia 6800GT lists 120C as the Core slowdown threshold by default.

I am hitting 85C as I speak (playing WoW). GFX cards can go higher than CPUs for normal operation. Now if you see artifacts on the screen then start to think about extra cooling.

 

[Ev!lP!e]

CPUs turn off or lower clockspeed at 70-75C.
My Nvidia 6800GT lists 120C as the Core slowdown threshold by default.

I am hitting 85C as I speak (playing WoW). GFX cards can go higher than CPUs for normal operation. Now if you see artifacts on the screen then start to think about extra cooling.

I have the same card and noticed the slowdown threshold but you can never trust them really, but if your running WoW @ that temp with no troubles i think i should be fine, and i dont get any aftifacts or snow, so im not too worried, better to be safe than sorry though.

 

[J_Tweedy]

I had a couple of Gigabyte 6800gts that used to hit the 80s and 90s- they had turd HSFs on them, and i was getting artifacts. I always thought an idle temp of between 45 and 65C was fairly normal for 6800gts.
Mate, I wouldnt worry about it- in fact ignore your temps from now on unless you're getting artifacts or slowdown- the 6800gt is made to run a lot hotter than other graphics cards.

 

[Ev!lP!e]

Cheers guys. lets get overcocking some more then =)