Geforce 6800 GT Overheat?

DanCanovas · 03-08-06, 12:50 PM

My graphics card is strangely running at about 79-80 degrees in game. is this too hot and any ideas about whats causing this? im sure it has never been this hot before

UberRN69 · 03-08-06, 01:01 PM

Well, you have it clocked pretty high, and I'm assuming your using a stock HS. So I would say that's definately within the normal range. You also might want to blast some air in the heatsink and clear any dust build-up.

If you are still using a stock heatsink, you might want to try a 3rd party HS from Zalman or Arctic Cooling. otherwise at those clock speeds your going to "fry" your GPU out in 1 year or less

DanCanovas · 03-08-06, 01:09 PM

I do apologise...its been a while since I was on but i dont have anything overclocked now.

DanCanovas · 03-08-06, 01:14 PM

this is also with the side of the case off in a fairly chilly room

03-08-06, 04:45 PM

My current 6800U and the 6800GT (both non overclocked) I use to have both run at about 80C when playing games. I thought that was about normal for these cards and I am experiencing no graphical problems or lockups.

ynnek · 03-08-06, 05:19 PM

did u take the top plate off to reveal the heatsink? you'd be surprised how much dust hides under there.. even if you keep your case clean.

SLippe · 03-08-06, 05:30 PM

Yes, take the face plate off and I bet your heatsink has a wall of dust. Mine was up about 10-15 degrees and that was the problem. Just blowing air with the face plat on will not do the trick. It's not your overclock, so much, as it is dust.

**dandano** · 03-08-06, 07:13 PM

I'm with betterdan. 80 C doesn't seem excessively hot for a 6800GT. Of course you should dust, but unless you start seeing glitches in game, I wouldn't worry.

**snowmanwithahat** · 03-08-06, 07:34 PM

the stock heatsinks on the 6800 GT's just suck by nature. they're small and aluminum, enough said

i ran mine at 400/1100 with the stock heatsink and it hit 89 C max, and even at stock speeds peaked at 84 C...... i'd say your temperatures are normal, because the fact is, is that the heatsink just sucks, i didn't even have dust in mine before i decided to swap it for this Zalman vf-700, because those temperatures just didn't seem good for my card.

03-08-06, 07:49 PM

So with the Zalman what does yours idle at and what is max temp under load? How easy was it to put on?

Edit: Nevermind about the installation I just checked out a flash video of it's installation and it looks easy as hell. Maybe even Gib could do it.

SLippe · 03-08-06, 08:19 PM

84' C is way high. My 6800 GT idled in the low 40's and when the dust blocked the heatsink under the cover, it would get into the mid 50's. Mine never hit 84' under load even. Only thing I can think of is, you must not have very good case air flow/ventilation. Plus, mine had the eVGA copper heatsink, but that wouldn't make a 30' difference.

**snowmanwithahat** · 03-08-06, 08:34 PM

mine idled high, at about 65~70 C and peaked at 89C (400/1100) and now it idles around 50, and peaks at 73 C (overclocked to 400/1100)

and yes, i have good airflow, 2x80mm in, 2x80mm out, and 1 80mm blowing right on the video card through the window

03-08-06, 12:50 PM	#1
DanCanovas Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lincolnshire, UK Posts: 119	Geforce 6800 GT Overheat? My graphics card is strangely running at about 79-80 degrees in game. is this too hot and any ideas about whats causing this? im sure it has never been this hot before __________________ Epox 8RDA+ Nforce 2 AMD Athlon XP 3200 1024mb Crucial DDR400 RAM Audigy 4 Soundcard Gainward Geforce 6800 GT @

03-08-06, 01:01 PM	#2
UberRN69 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Saratoga Springs, Utah Posts: 230	Re: Geforce 6800 GT Overheat? Well, you have it clocked pretty high, and I'm assuming your using a stock HS. So I would say that's definately within the normal range. You also might want to blast some air in the heatsink and clear any dust build-up. If you are still using a stock heatsink, you might want to try a 3rd party HS from Zalman or Arctic Cooling. otherwise at those clock speeds your going to "fry" your GPU out in 1 year or less __________________ Lian-Li Case, MSI 890FXA-GD70, AMD Phenom II 965BE OC'd @ 3.9GHz with ZALMAN CNPS9900ALED, OCZ AMD Black Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600, XFX HD 5870 1GB with AC Accelero Twin Turbo Pro @ 920/1250, X-Fi XtremeGamer, WD Caviar Black 500GB x2 in RAID 0, WD Caviar Black 500GB for Backup, Pioneer DVR-115DBK & LG Blu-Ray GGC-H20LK, KINGWIN LZG-700 GOLD 700W, Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

03-08-06, 01:09 PM	#3
DanCanovas Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lincolnshire, UK Posts: 119	Re: Geforce 6800 GT Overheat? I do apologise...its been a while since I was on but i dont have anything overclocked now. __________________ Epox 8RDA+ Nforce 2 AMD Athlon XP 3200 1024mb Crucial DDR400 RAM Audigy 4 Soundcard Gainward Geforce 6800 GT @

03-08-06, 01:14 PM	#4
DanCanovas Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lincolnshire, UK Posts: 119	Re: Geforce 6800 GT Overheat? this is also with the side of the case off in a fairly chilly room __________________ Epox 8RDA+ Nforce 2 AMD Athlon XP 3200 1024mb Crucial DDR400 RAM Audigy 4 Soundcard Gainward Geforce 6800 GT @

03-08-06, 04:45 PM	#5
betterdan Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Geforce 6800 GT Overheat? My current 6800U and the 6800GT (both non overclocked) I use to have both run at about 80C when playing games. I thought that was about normal for these cards and I am experiencing no graphical problems or lockups.

03-08-06, 05:19 PM	#6
ynnek Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,364	Re: Geforce 6800 GT Overheat? did u take the top plate off to reveal the heatsink? you'd be surprised how much dust hides under there.. even if you keep your case clean.

03-08-06, 05:30 PM	#7
SLippe R.I.P. Babe Thread Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 12,387	Re: Geforce 6800 GT Overheat? Yes, take the face plate off and I bet your heatsink has a wall of dust. Mine was up about 10-15 degrees and that was the problem. Just blowing air with the face plat on will not do the trick. It's not your overclock, so much, as it is dust.

03-08-06, 07:13 PM	#8
dandano hardware antiquarian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Lynchburg, VA Posts: 281	Re: Geforce 6800 GT Overheat? I'm with betterdan. 80 C doesn't seem excessively hot for a 6800GT. Of course you should dust, but unless you start seeing glitches in game, I wouldn't worry. __________________ Intel Core i7-950 3.06GHz LGA 1366 \| Asus P6X58D-E \| Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (7-8-7-20) \| Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB SATA (Windows 7 Pro) \| LiteOn iHES208 BluRay DVD Burner SATA \| EVGA GTX 570 SC \| Corsair HX650 PSU 3.3v(24A) 5v(30A) 12v(52A) \| Lian Li PC-60 Plus case with window (black) \| Monsoon 2.1 Speakers \| Dell UltraSharp U2410 LCD (1920x1200@60Hz)

03-08-06, 07:34 PM	#9
snowmanwithahat Snowy Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 973	Re: Geforce 6800 GT Overheat? the stock heatsinks on the 6800 GT's just suck by nature. they're small and aluminum, enough said i ran mine at 400/1100 with the stock heatsink and it hit 89 C max, and even at stock speeds peaked at 84 C...... i'd say your temperatures are normal, because the fact is, is that the heatsink just sucks, i didn't even have dust in mine before i decided to swap it for this Zalman vf-700, because those temperatures just didn't seem good for my card. __________________ ---Gaming Rig--- Q6600 3.4ghz (378x9) - 1.5v Gigabyte EP45-UD3P 8gb (4x2gb) OCZ Gold DDR2-800 (5-4-4-12) MSI+ASUS GTX 470 SLI Dell u3011 IPS Display HP 22" Auxiliary Monitor 256gb Western Digital Silicon Edge Blue SSD 5x2tb RAID-5 Array 750W PC P&C PSU Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit & Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit ---Gaming Laptop--- ASUS G53JW Core i7 740QM 16gb DDR3 Nvidia GTX 460m 1tb WD HDD 120gb Corsair SSD Join the NvNews Folding @ Home Team

03-08-06, 07:49 PM	#10
betterdan Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Geforce 6800 GT Overheat? So with the Zalman what does yours idle at and what is max temp under load? How easy was it to put on? Edit: Nevermind about the installation I just checked out a flash video of it's installation and it looks easy as hell. Maybe even Gib could do it. Last edited by betterdan; 03-08-06 at 08:04 PM.

03-08-06, 08:19 PM	#11
SLippe R.I.P. Babe Thread Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 12,387	Re: Geforce 6800 GT Overheat? 84' C is way high. My 6800 GT idled in the low 40's and when the dust blocked the heatsink under the cover, it would get into the mid 50's. Mine never hit 84' under load even. Only thing I can think of is, you must not have very good case air flow/ventilation. Plus, mine had the eVGA copper heatsink, but that wouldn't make a 30' difference.

03-08-06, 08:34 PM	#12
snowmanwithahat Snowy Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 973	Re: Geforce 6800 GT Overheat? mine idled high, at about 65~70 C and peaked at 89C (400/1100) and now it idles around 50, and peaks at 73 C (overclocked to 400/1100) and yes, i have good airflow, 2x80mm in, 2x80mm out, and 1 80mm blowing right on the video card through the window __________________ ---Gaming Rig--- Q6600 3.4ghz (378x9) - 1.5v Gigabyte EP45-UD3P 8gb (4x2gb) OCZ Gold DDR2-800 (5-4-4-12) MSI+ASUS GTX 470 SLI Dell u3011 IPS Display HP 22" Auxiliary Monitor 256gb Western Digital Silicon Edge Blue SSD 5x2tb RAID-5 Array 750W PC P&C PSU Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit & Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit ---Gaming Laptop--- ASUS G53JW Core i7 740QM 16gb DDR3 Nvidia GTX 460m 1tb WD HDD 120gb Corsair SSD Join the NvNews Folding @ Home Team

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