6800GT Temperatures?

[styles-T]

My card is running at 65-69C idle. When under full load it runs around 84-86C.

I got the readings from ntune. Was wondering if this is normal cause my card locked up a few times the other day while playing WOW over a few hours time. It's been pretty stable ever since.

[supra]

65 is a little high for idle. when i had my 6800gt it ran 50-60 idle depending on ambient temp. and 60-75 on load.

anyway. yes it does seem a little high

[SLippe]

My card is running at 65-69C idle. When under full load it runs around 84-86C.

I got the readings from ntune. Was wondering if this is normal cause my card locked up a few times the other day while playing WOW over a few hours time. It's been pretty stable ever since.
How long have you had the card? If for a while now, then remove the card and remove the top plate covering the fan/heatsink and I'll bet you find dust clogged in the fins around the fan. This is a common problem with the 6800GT and yes, I used to own one.

[walkndude]

Listen to slippe, 55 is the norm for me. 65+ when the fan is caked with dust.

[styles-T]

thanks guys i'll give it a go and report back with my findings

[nightmare beta]

I kind of miss the days when highend GPU's were single slot and didn't go above the 40's idle with just average cooling.

Maybe this is what caused my 6800 gt to do this, but I've already recycled it.

[mojoman0]

HOLY crap I just checked mine and its at 100C gaming...79 idle...wtf...its 80 in here

[SLippe]

HOLY crap I just checked mine and its at 100C gaming...79 idle...wtf...its 80 in here
See my Post above. ;)

[mojoman0]

gave it a dust out but it wasnt LOADED with dust...idling now at 65

[nightmare beta]

It could be dying. Maybe it's not, but that's how mine was over a year ago.

[SLippe]

The 6 and 7 series cards didn't have the best cooling. The little fans were terrible. I'd suggest getting a VF900 or something similar, plus some memory heatsinks. I had one on my eVGA 7900GT CO SC and it kept my card very cool with hardly flux in idle to load temps.

[styles-T]

Thanks. It helped by about 6-7C for both idle and load. I guess your right about the fan and heat sinks they're not the greatest.

[TB303]

Hi people,
My 6800GT idles at 70c and when playing HL2:ep2 reaches 107c!

I took it out and vacuumed the dust from the heat sink but didn't actually remove it.

Any ideas?

[Absolution]

Hi people,
My 6800GT idles at 70c and when playing HL2:ep2 reaches 107c!

I took it out and vacuumed the dust from the heat sink but didn't actually remove it.

Any ideas?
be concerned about anything over 92C

check to see the fan isn't dieing or dead
if you have an extra 80mm fan, ghetto rig it so it sits on top of the GPU heatsink and put it on full blast
that will tell you if its bad contact or if the fan is dieing

[TB303]

Thanks,
It does seem a bit high to play at 110c

Should I just get a VF900 and replace the fan and heatsink altogether?

no other game gets the GPU to these temps, I played Quake ET for hours and the GPU reaches 80c...

EDIT: Just read a review of the VF900 - it only seems to lower temps by 10c - still not good enough?
What's the most powerful Fan I can put there?

thanks,

[TB303]

Anyone?

I'm having the same temp trouble in COD4 as well

thanks!

[SLippe]

The VF900! Yes, but that's 10' lower than stock cooling, not your high temps you're seeing now. Plus, your fan may be going out or there is still dust caked inside the fins of the heatsink around the fan. You won't know without taking the card out and removing the faceplate to look. At the very least, you could put your fan to 100% via Rivatuner and see if that helps.

[TB303]

The VF900! Yes, but that's 10' lower than stock cooling, not your high temps you're seeing now. Plus, your fan may be going out or there is still dust caked inside the fins of the heatsink around the fan. You won't know without taking the card out and removing the faceplate to look. At the very least, you could put your fan to 100% via Rivatuner and see if that helps.

Thanks, Good advice,
I decided to get the AC Accelero X1 - it's very cheap and seems the easiest to install. I'm also considering the evercool 2

I think you are right, my stock fan is on it's way out so any fan that works well will do the job

[thekyro]

Well my BFG 6800GS usually ran at 65c idle, 89c full load, So I decided to underclock it from default 370/1100 @ 1.4v to 350/1000 @ 1.1v and the thinger now runs 50c idle / 70c load wtfomfgblah :afro:

[TB303]

Thanks, Good advice,
I decided to get the AC Accelero X1 - it's very cheap and seems the easiest to install. I'm also considering the evercool 2

I think you are right, my stock fan is on it's way out so any fan that works well will do the job

Just to follow up,
I installed the Accelero X1 and my temps are not 50c at idle and 65c at load - over clocked to the max (430/1050)