really high temps for my gpu?

hey guys, i've been getting artifacts recently after gaming for about 4-5 hours straight. i noticed soem wierd sounds with my fans while playing medal of honor airborne today, it seemed like the fan speed was bouncing from 40% to 100% and back every second or so.

i have an 8800GT, and the fan speed is turned up defaultly to 50% with rivatuner. after i heard the sounds, i put up the temp monitor from rivatuner. it said that my core temperature for my gpu was 102 C. thats not good at all.

i bumped the fan speed all the way up to 100% and kept playing. after a while my temperatures got to about 98 C. with the fan speeds at 100%!!!

is something really wrong here? my idle temps for my gpu right now is 63 C, and for my q6600 the average temp is about 51 C. those arent necesarily very high are they?

Whats your ambient temp? Ambient temp plays a big factor on the temps of your PC hardwares.

It also seems that your casing isn't well ventilated, theres alot of hot air packets building up around your case.

Whats your ambient temp? Ambient temp plays a big factor on the temps of your PC hardwares.

It also seems that your casing isn't well ventilated, theres alot of hot air packets building up around your case.

SSJBen

how could i check my ambient temp? is that in the BIOS?

1. check dust

2. make sure its not overclocked

3. reset fan to default.

4. if all else fails use your warranty

hm. i just played crysis online for a bit, and the temps leveled off at about 88 C. maybe it was just the game medal of honor airborne that made it go all the way up to 100 C. i still need to check for dust though, but i dont have canned air at the moment.

also, how complicated is it to install an aftermarket cooler? and could you guys recommend a good one? thanks for all the advice so far guys.

OMG turn your PC off now!!!!!!!!!!! IF you oced it get rid of that OC, the temp should never reach obove 75C on a videocard. Technically it can be allowed higher but it will eventually kill your card.TrooperManaic

lol alright alright i'll turn off the OC. what should i turn it down to? (it's factory OC'd, dont know the default speeds)

also, my idle temp is around 60 C. is that too high?

hey guys, i've been getting artifacts recently after gaming for about 4-5 hours straight. i noticed soem wierd sounds with my fans while playing medal of honor airborne today, it seemed like the fan speed was bouncing from 40% to 100% and back every second or so.

i have an 8800GT, and the fan speed is turned up defaultly to 50% with rivatuner. after i heard the sounds, i put up the temp monitor from rivatuner. it said that my core temperature for my gpu was 102 C. thats not good at all.

i bumped the fan speed all the way up to 100% and kept playing. after a while my temperatures got to about 98 C. with the fan speeds at 100%!!!

is something really wrong here? my idle temps for my gpu right now is 63 C, and for my q6600 the average temp is about 51 C. those arent necesarily very high are they?

chronogamer27

manufacture?

[QUOTE="chronogamer27"]

hey guys, i've been getting artifacts recently after gaming for about 4-5 hours straight. i noticed soem wierd sounds with my fans while playing medal of honor airborne today, it seemed like the fan speed was bouncing from 40% to 100% and back every second or so.

i have an 8800GT, and the fan speed is turned up defaultly to 50% with rivatuner. after i heard the sounds, i put up the temp monitor from rivatuner. it said that my core temperature for my gpu was 102 C. thats not good at all.

i bumped the fan speed all the way up to 100% and kept playing. after a while my temperatures got to about 98 C. with the fan speeds at 100%!!!

is something really wrong here? my idle temps for my gpu right now is 63 C, and for my q6600 the average temp is about 51 C. those arent necesarily very high are they?

PC_X360

manufacture?

XFX. Here is a direct link to the card i ordered on newegg.

Also My Idle temp for my XFX 8800GT EE is 50-52C and max is 76-78C with Crysis.

OMG turn your PC off now!!!!!!!!!!! IF you oced it get rid of that OC, the temp should never reach obove 75C on a videocard. Technically it can be allowed higher but it will eventually kill your card.TrooperManaic

The 8800GT's can handle upto 85C easy they are made to handle heat I read somewhere from XFX's own mouth saying they can go as high as 100C without issues so idk. All I know is try keeping the cards under 80C and you will be fine.

[QUOTE="TrooperManaic"]OMG turn your PC off now!!!!!!!!!!! IF you oced it get rid of that OC, the temp should never reach obove 75C on a videocard. Technically it can be allowed higher but it will eventually kill your card.04dcarraher

The 8800GT's can handle upto 85C easy they are made to handle heat I read somewhere from XFX's own mouth saying they can go as high as 100C without issues so idk. All I know is try keeping the cards under 80C and you will be fine.

I have a XFX 8800GT EE and Ive heard that some 8800GT XXX's run to hot one way to fix it is to lower the Clock speeds to 640/1625/950(~1900) and if your temps dont lower try 600/1600/900 (~1800) which is standard clock speeds. And If your temps dont get lower like below 85C in gaming then see if its a air flow problem with your case. Take off the side cover and see what happens and if it gets better then you know what your problem is. If not just RMA it if you can.04dcarraher

ok well its not my clock speeds that are causing the extreme heat. i didnt even try the first set you told me to, i went straight down to the default speeds (~600/1600/900). after playing stalker for about 30 mins, the speeds got up to 108 C. thats not a typo, they were that high.

upon noticing, i immediately closed the game and came here to tell you of my results. after exiting the game, the temperatures have been going down really slowly. its taken about 10mins to get down to 66 C. its never really been like that.

so what are my options that are left? i'll try taking off the side of my case next. if that doesnt work, i'll have to RMA the card?

Yeah, that's way too hot. I'd grab a thermalright HR-03 GT to cool it. I have the HR-03 Plus for my GTX and it dropped the idle temp from 55c to ~38c, and load temp rarely goes over 50-52c. It's probably the best cooler for the 8800 series. Not too hard to put on either, and it looks awesome :D

There's the HR-03 on my GTX. It rocks. Newegg doesn't have it, but you can get it on ncix. http://www.ncixus.com/products/27412/HR-03-GT/THERMALRIGHT/ and for a fan: http://www.ncixus.com/products/19036/FBA09A12H1BX/Panasonic/

Also, this is great for monitoring temps: http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]I have a XFX 8800GT EE and Ive heard that some 8800GT XXX's run to hot one way to fix it is to lower the Clock speeds to 640/1625/950(~1900) and if your temps dont lower try 600/1600/900 (~1800) which is standard clock speeds. And If your temps dont get lower like below 85C in gaming then see if its a air flow problem with your case. Take off the side cover and see what happens and if it gets better then you know what your problem is. If not just RMA it if you can.chronogamer27

ok well its not my clock speeds that are causing the extreme heat. i didnt even try the first set you told me to, i went straight down to the default speeds (~600/1600/900). after playing stalker for about 30 mins, the speeds got up to 108 C. thats not a typo, they were that high.

upon noticing, i immediately closed the game and came here to tell you of my results. after exiting the game, the temperatures have been going down really slowly. its taken about 10mins to get down to 66 C. its never really been like that.

so what are my options that are left? i'll try taking off the side of my case next. if that doesnt work, i'll have to RMA the card?

Wow, I would check and see if the gpu fan is even running. Then I would check and see if theres enough or too much thermal paste on the card and adjust it as needed. Getting an aftermarket cooler is piontless with the temps your are getting. If you dont want to check the thermal paste on the card just RMA it and XFX will ethier fix or replace it their support is really good.

Return Merchandise Authorization, basically returning a defective product.ch5richards

Wow....I have never heard that term before. Thanks though.

well guys, it looks like i'll have to RMA it.

i took the side of my case off AND turned the fan speeds for my gpu up to 100% (they were previously on 50%), and while it did lower the temperature a little bit, it still bounced around from 92-98 C. the temp for my cpu also only went down about 4 degrees celcius, so that tells me its definately not an airflow problem.

sigh. could anyone give me a rough process of how to RMA something like this? i've never done it before. also, how long can RMA'ing a card take?

Where did you buy it fromGuitarFreak2

newegg. theres a link to it in one of my posts.