Is my gfx card too hot?

[JellyWorld]

I was playing Halo on my Leadtek 6600GT (factory overclocked to 550/1125), when I started to notice artifacting. I alt-tabbed out and checked the gfx temperature and it said 100 degrees. Is that a bit excessive? I didn't get artifacting on 3dmark05 or HL2/CS:S, not sure what the temperature was in those games. The normal operating temperature while idle is around 65-70 degrees. The card shouldn't be artifacting at stock speeds right? I got the card second hand, just installed it a couple of hours ago.

 

[Lahire149]

sounds ok to me

 

[JellyWorld]

yeah but Halo artifacts at that speed...

 

[giant384]

yea i get artifacts to sometimes not a big deal if its like 1 or 2 specks

 

[JellyWorld]

Often its more than 1 or two specks though, its like there'll be 10 artifacted polygons on the screen. I'll post screenshots later, I'm going to bed now.

 

[Lahire149]

have u tried to turn the clock down?

 

[JellyWorld]

have u tried to turn the clock down?

I turned the clock down to 500/1000 and the temperature still hits 98 degrees.

 

[socK]

open case
get a fan on/near it
RMA if it keeps up

 

[JellyWorld]

Wow I opened the case up and the temps dropped to 82 degrees under load. I think my case has a ventilation problem.

 

[Ren.182]

Wow I opened the case up and the temps dropped to 82 degrees under load. I think my case has a ventilation problem.

Sounds like it could be the problem. What do you have for intake and outtake?

 

[JellyWorld]

Sounds like it could be the problem. What do you have for intake and outtake?

According to PC mag the fan in my PC runs slowly to reduce sound (its a prebuilt Dell com, wasn't designed to hold my 6600GT).

 

[N.P.C.]

Fans, fans and more fans sounds like a good solution oh and a cool liquid nitrogen cooling system....or not your choice...

 

[Dumb Dude]

My 6600gt idled at about 50-55, so I think something maybe wrong here in terms of cooling.

 

[xLostx]

just keep your tower in a deep freezer or a refridgerator

 

[JellyWorld]

I guess I have to play with the case open until I get better cooling.