6800gt Hot Hot Hot

vw-Jeff · 05-09-2008, 09:06 PM

Hey, a friend of mine bought this card used from another friend of ours. He warned us that it runs hot, but using ntune it's reading it at 150c when under load. My 8800gts is only at around 60c. Is this normal for this card? Should we be worried about frying anything? He doesn't have the best case setup but even still. I can't see 150c being anywhere normal... Also, what would you recommend as a replacement for this. He was looking at the 8600gt. It's only $50 on newegg after rebate.

Garethman!!` · 05-09-2008, 09:28 PM

Why not get a new cooling fan. 150C is the maximum operating temperature I believe, are you sure you were looking at the correct column?

Timo · 05-09-2008, 09:30 PM

150 degrees is basically impossible because the whole card would just turn to dust and smoke...

Or are the older cards capable of these temperatures (I never was much for old cards, so I don't know much of their "habbits").

Garethman!!` · 05-09-2008, 09:34 PM

My old 6600GT card had a max of 149C, the older cards, for some reason, have more of a tolerance to heat I have noticed?

vw-Jeff · 05-09-2008, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garethman!!`

Why not get a new cooling fan. 150C is the maximum operating temperature I believe, are you sure you were looking at the correct column?

Yeah, I'm sure. And a nice cooling fan would be almost as much as that card. Might as well spend the extra $20 for an upgrade.

evil-xxx · 05-10-2008, 02:48 AM

6800 is not hot.not any more.
ah sorry dude it seems that you're talkin about the temp...

Cleric7x9 · 05-10-2008, 04:43 AM

if you are talking 150 degrees Celcius i really think its a faulty temp sensor or something, thats over 300 degrees F. go put your video card in the oven at 300 degrees and see what happens to it...

g25racer · 05-10-2008, 05:55 AM

The 8600gt is a great card! Dont get the cheap one though. Get the xfx 8600gt xxx zalman edition as its the coolest running and fastest running 8600gt. It's $90 on tiger with the mail in rebate, i think.

vw-Jeff · 05-10-2008, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g25racer

The 8600gt is a great card! Dont get the cheap one though. Get the xfx 8600gt xxx zalman edition as its the coolest running and fastest running 8600gt. It's $90 on tiger with the mail in rebate, i think.

Mind finding me a link sometime? I Found xfx 8600gt xxx but not Zalman edition, and it's only $70.

JlCollins005 · 05-10-2008, 09:04 AM

heres that link from newegg and its the zalman edition

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150258

05-09-2008, 09:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
vw-Jeff Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 44	6800gt Hot Hot Hot Hey, a friend of mine bought this card used from another friend of ours. He warned us that it runs hot, but using ntune it's reading it at 150c when under load. My 8800gts is only at around 60c. Is this normal for this card? Should we be worried about frying anything? He doesn't have the best case setup but even still. I can't see 150c being anywhere normal... Also, what would you recommend as a replacement for this. He was looking at the 8600gt. It's only $50 on newegg after rebate.

05-09-2008, 09:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
Garethman!!` Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK and USA Age: 18 Posts: 1,059	Why not get a new cooling fan. 150C is the maximum operating temperature I believe, are you sure you were looking at the correct column? __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 / AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 1.70GHz RAM : 8GB DDR2 PC6400 / 2GB DDR2-667 PC5300 A-DATA HDD : 750GB SATA Seagate Barracuda/ Western Digital Scorpio 250GB 7200RPM GPU : Radeon HD2900XT 512MB / Radeon Xpress 1150 128MB OS : Windows Vista Ultimate x64 / Windows Vista Home Premium PSU : Hiper 730W ATX / 80W Dell Laptop Power Brick

05-09-2008, 09:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
Timo Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Netherlands Age: 18 Posts: 289	150 degrees is basically impossible because the whole card would just turn to dust and smoke... Or are the older cards capable of these temperatures (I never was much for old cards, so I don't know much of their "habbits"). __________________ Ordered and in the making (the current one isn't worthy to be mentioned): Mobo: XFX 680i LT Sli CPU: Q6600 Vcard: 8800GTS G92 RAM: DDR2 800Mhz CL5 (OCZ) CPU Cooler: Scythe Infinity Vcard Cooler(s): Arctic Cooling Accelero S1 Rev2 PSU: Corsair 650TX

05-09-2008, 09:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
Garethman!!` Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK and USA Age: 18 Posts: 1,059	My old 6600GT card had a max of 149C, the older cards, for some reason, have more of a tolerance to heat I have noticed? __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 / AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 1.70GHz RAM : 8GB DDR2 PC6400 / 2GB DDR2-667 PC5300 A-DATA HDD : 750GB SATA Seagate Barracuda/ Western Digital Scorpio 250GB 7200RPM GPU : Radeon HD2900XT 512MB / Radeon Xpress 1150 128MB OS : Windows Vista Ultimate x64 / Windows Vista Home Premium PSU : Hiper 730W ATX / 80W Dell Laptop Power Brick

05-10-2008, 02:48 AM	#6 (permalink)
evil-xxx Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: China Age: 25 Posts: 292	6800 is not hot.not any more. ah sorry dude it seems that you're talkin about the temp... __________________ GO!Rockets!

05-10-2008, 04:43 AM	#7 (permalink)
Cleric7x9 Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Palm Beach, FL Age: 23 Posts: 1,681	if you are talking 150 degrees Celcius i really think its a faulty temp sensor or something, thats over 300 degrees F. go put your video card in the oven at 300 degrees and see what happens to it... __________________ CPU \|\| e8400 RAM \|\| 2GB corsair xms2 pc6400 800mhz HDD \|\| 2x WD Raptor 150GB 2x WD 500GB MBO \|\| EVGA 680i SE GPU \|\| Evga 8800GT Superclocked w/ Accelero PSU \|\| Silverstone 750 watt Case\|\| Antec p182

05-10-2008, 05:55 AM	#8 (permalink)
g25racer Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hamilton, MI Posts: 3,789	The 8600gt is a great card! Dont get the cheap one though. Get the xfx 8600gt xxx zalman edition as its the coolest running and fastest running 8600gt. It's $90 on tiger with the mail in rebate, i think. __________________ CPU - AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ @ 2.6ghz Ram - 2GB Stock clock HD - 320gb seagate & Samsung 750gb 32mb cache GPU - XFX 8600GT XXX Zalman @ 680 or 700mhz PSU - Ultra X-finity 600watt OS - Vista Home Premium(32) & Ubuntu (8.04) Ultimate Ed Audio - JVC 460watts Control - Logitech G25 Wheel & Logitech Rumblepad 2 Games - GTR2 and LFS -- Race Sim's for Life --

05-10-2008, 09:04 AM	#10 (permalink)
JlCollins005 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan Age: 21 Posts: 937	heres that link from newegg and its the zalman edition http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150258 __________________ My Latop Hp zv6000 AMD Athlon 3200+ 2GB Ram 60GB Hdd Cdrw/DVD rom Ati 128 Vid 15.4" Glossy Widescreen

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