Temp on Dual 6800GT in SLi

[markguilty]

When i work in windows, and do anything from 3dstudio to photoshop... my gpu core temp are 71° (the first) and 65° (the other one) ... is it normal?

Also, I've played for 1 hour with NFS: Most Wanted using 1280x1024 AA8x and after i close the game I saw that the temp was 91° and 68° ... but after a few seconds it returned to 71° and 65°.

Is it normal to have 91° after 1 hour of play? I got no BSOD, no Freeze, nothing, also... i usually play for 3 hours games such B&W2... and temp, are like that. Pleaseee... tell me it's all ok! :D

Also... i got this configuration on my pc:

1st 6800GT
--> Sound Blaster Audigy 2
2nd 6800GT

I've got no other free place to mount the Audigy 2.. so the only place it's between the two vga. But i think this wouldn't cause anykind of problem, even because i don't have :)

[Scream And Fly]

91° is too hot. The highest I would let mine go before I worry is 80°. You need better cooling. I would first relocating (or removing) that sound card if possible. It can't be helping airflow. At the very least, swap it with a much smaller card.

[markguilty]

i've seen on a website... that the normal idle value for a system with two 6800GT SLi... are 65 the first vga, and 68 the second one. I've opened my pc and the system is well ventilated, or at least the audigy 2 is not blocking ventilation. But even with hours of play it never goes above 90°C.

Unfortunately, i cannot move the audigy2... i mean, there are just two slot available, if not under the first vga it will be under the second vga :D

[Dazz]

the highest value is 115C, 90C is hot how ever have you cleared any dust in the fan?

[loafer87gt]

BFG told me that up to 120C is within safe operating temps for their 6800GT's. I was having alot of crashes with my old 6800GT and I thought it had something to do with the 110-115C temps on the card under load, but BFG assured me that those temps were perfectly normal and that my PSU, motherboard, or IRQ settings was to blame.

I eventually was to work around the problem by lowering my core clock to 330 from the default of 370 and the temps dropped significantly.