Do you get overheating issues with your GTX 280 ?

[pahncrd]

Interesting. Then one card may be defective.

It sure is, I should RMA it, but I don't think I can, as I bought them second hand.

[LitHiuM]

It sure is, I should RMA it, but I don't think I can, as I bought them second hand.

Ah. Shame. Just checked Zotac warranty (as you mave have already yourself)..

Warranty Registration
ZOTAC offer extended warranty (up to 5 years) when registering 14 days after purchase. Customer gets 5 years extended warranty if the card should fail. After the 2 years regular warranty, ZOTAC will directly offer the warranty to the customer.

Therefore the customer has to:

- Register within 14 days from purchase
- Card is not tempered/manually damaged
- Card has not been registered by other customer before
- Send the card with original (readable) receipt to service center
- Printed RMA form with all information clearly filled out

o mentioning of the serial number
o unique identifier number
o card

Might be worth giving them a call/email though. Never know unless you try..
Good luck.

[cucubits]

I have a question. I got my hands on a Inno3d GTX 280, same problem, after 5 - 10 mins of Crysis or 2 - 3 mins of Furmark temps get to 105. It is weird that temps stay at 105, no artefacts, no higher temps, no slowdowns... however the cooler stays at 100% making a horrible noise. Clearly there is a problem; RMA is out of the question, I got the card without warranty, long story...

Is there a chance to help if I change the thermal paste? I saw some cloth-like paste on the memory chips and regulators, and some grey goo on the GPU. If not the thermal paste, what can I do to keep it below 105. Would water cooling help?

[aZn_plyR]

105c BFG in furmark here.... FPS is 100+ before it hits 105c and the card throttles down and fps drops a lot.

Never let it go longer than 30 seconds.

Getting an RMA with BFG :(

[WeReWoLf]

Artifacting and Driver crashing @ 85ish °c. Does it for Wow, Farcry 2, TF2. Only thing that stops it is leaving fan @ 100% speed.

[WeReWoLf]

Oddly, doesn't do this in Vista now, only happened in XP.

[MrHydes]

i've bought about 4 months ago 2x EVGA and 0 issues problems ;)

[Monnie Rock]

Hello Everyone,

Cross post from other thread just to show EVGA SCC 280 Results

Got my GTX280, I am very happy with the results. Ran Furmark 5 mins. Strange how the memory clocks do not match.
Thank you,
Monnie
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/MonnieRock/GTX280_Temp.jpg

[Neospy]

Got my GTX280, I am very happy with the results. Ran
Dont be so happy. FPS in Furmark should be 140+ in your resolution (1024x768) in order to heat up the GPU.

[nekrosoft13]

Dont be so happy. FPS in Furmark should be 140+ in your resolution (1024x768) in order to heat up the GPU.

maybe nvidia did the same trick that ati did. set the driver to run slower then furmark is detected.

[that one guy]

Dont be so happy. FPS in Furmark should be 140+ in your resolution (1024x768) in order to heat up the GPU.

yeah i call BS on his post. i NEVER seen a stock gtx 280 stay so cool in fur stability test yet alone one thats oc to 700 core.:thumbdwn: