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Actually I wouldn't count on it... the highest temperatures I have seen were:
GPU: 89 celcius
RAM: 79 celcius
*BUT* these were the temperatures I saw after EXITING the game. This means that during the game the temperatures must've been higher
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A tad higher than I might have expected but nothing to be concerned with at all.
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Another bothersome issue is the idlying temperature of the GPU...
As I've mentioned, during the summer the temperatures were lower, for some obscure reason...
During the summer, the GPU was idle at ~54 celcius, and the RAM at ~44 celcius.
Then, as I've told you, I sent the card to Asus and got a new one instead, for I was not happy with the Fan's RPM (never above 3667 RPM).
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Idle temp for stock cooling here is roughly that temperature -- and quit worrying about the ram temps. They're fine.
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Because, by the way, the Fan's RPM *continues* to be always lower than or equal to 3667...
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Why is the RPM an issue? Does it say somewhere that the rpm has/should be a certain value?
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Hmm... I have never tried any other monitoring program on this card. I know that Asus have tampered a bit with the whole configuration around the 6800 on their v9999 GE, so I was hesitant to use any software but the intended ones by Asus... but nevertheless I will try this nVidia program you speak of, right before I try that particle fury
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Screw the software and drivers that come with the ASUS card. Use the nvidia drivers (which are newer). You can get them from here
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_66.93
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What do you make of these values (GPU 89c, RAM 79c)?
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Nothing at all to be concerned about ... unless your ambient temp is like -10C or something... what is your ambient temp (room) and ambient temp (case)?
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I wonder: if the RAM and the GPU can sustain over 100c, exactly how much?
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1. Quit worrying about the ram
2. The 6800 series automatically starts to throttle itself when it hits 120C ... which leaves you plenty of room
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if it is so, then why did Asus program the SmartDoctor to alert by default at values of 80 for GPU and 70 for RAM?
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Because it's stupid.
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The most important question is probably: do you think it is safe for me to go on playing a game (assuming it does not hang my machine) all the while ignoring such values?
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Set the threshold higher.
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Possibly something to do with this dumbass norton antivirus which I stubbornly refuse to remove (in spite of being behind a physical firewall machine and a router...
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And IDS and router wont protect you from the inside
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I'm saying, little by little - the fear of using nvidia programs over asus ones
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Get over it (seriously). I had a V9999Ultra Deluxe a couple weeks ago ... didnt bother installing the drivers from ASUS... went straight to nVidia. Think about it this way: you look at eBay or whatnot ... they sell OEM cards (cards without CDs and boxes and fancy drivers) ... what do you think the people who buy those cards do? The likeliness of each one of them having a copy of ASUS's driver CD is remote and granted they could goto the ASUS website (and navigate through the mess IMO) but most just goto nVidia.com and grab the latest.
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the stubbornness by leaving NAV installed
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That's good stubborness.
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btw: how's the weather in Canada now? I bet you could overclock your whole machine so long as you turned the heating off...
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The heating is off. The windows are wide open. The ambient room temp is -6 to -12. Case temp is in the 10C-15C range.
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I've searched the nvidia site - and I have not found any nvidia temperature sensor. Only something for nForce motherboards. I've also searched google - no results for "nvidia temperature sensor".
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LOL. Well first you have to overcome your stubborness and install the nVidia drivers. Heehee. Then you can get to the temps tab (Display --> Settings-->Advanced-->GeForce 6800 -->Temperature Settings)
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And the nvidia drivers version 66.93 do not support Gforce6800 GE. They support the GT and plain 6800s, but no GE.
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They support it (otherwise I wouldnt be reccomending you look now would i?
). The GE stands for Gamer Edition -- an ASUS name. Not an nVidia name. Chip in there is a GeForce6800. You'll be fine.
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do you think it is safe to go on playing while the GPU is over 90c and RAM over 80c?
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As long as "over 90C" means "over 90C and less than 125C"