Dual Monitor/ Temperature question

XprophX · 12-13-2006, 09:29 PM

Hi, I just recently built a custom PC with dual video card support. My current video card supports dual monitors. Question one, if I had 2 of those video cards does that mean I can run 4 monitors? (Would make life 4x easier

). Question 2, what is a normal GPU temperature? While playing EverQuest 2 for a few hours my computer got up to about 60 degrees celsius, which is around 140 degrees Fahrenheit, a local computer store said 140 is the max you want to run, BUT I have read in countless spots online that 60 C is normal. Idle is about 40 btw. And question 3, if I were to put the second video card in, would that increase the heat? Or no, because it has a fan on it and they would individually keep themselves cold. Thank you.

bigl2007 · 12-13-2006, 09:32 PM

i cant answer all your questions but what system do you have thats having temperatures of 60 celcius? like what proccessor and speed of the cpu?

XprophX · 12-13-2006, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bigl2007

i cant answer all your questions but what system do you have thats having temperatures of 60 celcius?

I'm not at my home PC right now. But the video card of 60 C I BELIEVE, is an nVidia GeForce 7800+ or something along those lines. Definitely a 7800. Im not sure if I left anything out. [edit] 256 megabytes

bigl2007 · 12-13-2006, 09:38 PM

my cpu usually hangs around 50 to 55 celcius when i have aim msn avg nvidia control panel open and my temperature monitor and soundmax audio idle would prolly be under 55 clecius when i play video game it jumps to ten degrees about 65 celcius and thats normal my cpu can handle up to 80 celcius so its safe 80 is dangerous and 75 is not so good so i wouldnt worry if i was you.

bigl2007 · 12-13-2006, 09:41 PM

dont worry about your video card 60 should be alright for a video card they can handle higher temperatures then cpu's can handle sorry i thought you were talking about cpu now that i reread it says video card temp mines hangs around 55 to 60 celcius so i wouldnt worry

**The_Other_One** · 12-13-2006, 09:41 PM

My 7600GT is around 50*C idle and 60's in games. If you look in the setup, there's a shutdown temp, which is usally in the 130's or higher. As long as you're under 70*C, I woudln't worry that much about it. Even that range is OK...

XprophX · 12-13-2006, 09:41 PM

Thanks, my main concern was the GPU video card. I was worried about over heating. The fan was dirty beyond belief , and it was getting temps of 83 C which is 181 Fahreneheit. But after the cleaning it went down to 54-60 C. Glad to see thats fine though. Thanks for your help.

XprophX · 12-13-2006, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Other_One

My 7600GT is around 50*C idle and 60's in games. If you look in the setup, there's a shutdown temp, which is usally in the 130's or higher. As long as you're under 70*C, I woudln't worry that much about it. Even that range is OK...

Thanks a ton.

bigl2007 · 12-13-2006, 09:44 PM

slowdown threshold is 125 celcius so thats the only way the video card would slow down if it hit that temperature so you should be pretty safe to overclock for a good while that is if you want to and need to overclock

XprophX · 12-13-2006, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bigl2007

slowdown threshold is 125 celcius so thats the only way the video card would slow down if it hit that temperature so you should be pretty safe to overclock for a good while that is if you want to and need to overclock

No, I'm able to run EverQuest 2 at the highest settings with virtually no lag, and the heat still stayed below 60 C. So I dont even see the need to over clock at this point. Maybe in the future though, but by then I'll probably be using a different card/s.

12-13-2006, 09:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
XprophX New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Long Island, New York. Age: 22 Posts: 6	Dual Monitor/ Temperature question Hi, I just recently built a custom PC with dual video card support. My current video card supports dual monitors. Question one, if I had 2 of those video cards does that mean I can run 4 monitors? (Would make life 4x easier ). Question 2, what is a normal GPU temperature? While playing EverQuest 2 for a few hours my computer got up to about 60 degrees celsius, which is around 140 degrees Fahrenheit, a local computer store said 140 is the max you want to run, BUT I have read in countless spots online that 60 C is normal. Idle is about 40 btw. And question 3, if I were to put the second video card in, would that increase the heat? Or no, because it has a fan on it and they would individually keep themselves cold. Thank you.

12-13-2006, 09:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
bigl2007 Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 22 Posts: 345	cant answer them all i cant answer all your questions but what system do you have thats having temperatures of 60 celcius? like what proccessor and speed of the cpu? __________________ psu Coolmax / CX-550B / Black / 550-Watt cpu intel celeron d 3.06ghz mobo intel d 865perl ram 1280 mb ddr pc 3200 ram single channel mobo can run dual channel video card xfx geforce 6800 xt agp 8x ddr3 350 mhz core 1000mhz 1.00ghz mem clock acer al2017 model atx dvd drive nec 4x up to 16x dvd burner

12-13-2006, 09:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
bigl2007 Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 22 Posts: 345	btw my cpu usually hangs around 50 to 55 celcius when i have aim msn avg nvidia control panel open and my temperature monitor and soundmax audio idle would prolly be under 55 clecius when i play video game it jumps to ten degrees about 65 celcius and thats normal my cpu can handle up to 80 celcius so its safe 80 is dangerous and 75 is not so good so i wouldnt worry if i was you. __________________ psu Coolmax / CX-550B / Black / 550-Watt cpu intel celeron d 3.06ghz mobo intel d 865perl ram 1280 mb ddr pc 3200 ram single channel mobo can run dual channel video card xfx geforce 6800 xt agp 8x ddr3 350 mhz core 1000mhz 1.00ghz mem clock acer al2017 model atx dvd drive nec 4x up to 16x dvd burner

12-13-2006, 09:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
bigl2007 Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 22 Posts: 345	oh ok dont worry about your video card 60 should be alright for a video card they can handle higher temperatures then cpu's can handle sorry i thought you were talking about cpu now that i reread it says video card temp mines hangs around 55 to 60 celcius so i wouldnt worry __________________ psu Coolmax / CX-550B / Black / 550-Watt cpu intel celeron d 3.06ghz mobo intel d 865perl ram 1280 mb ddr pc 3200 ram single channel mobo can run dual channel video card xfx geforce 6800 xt agp 8x ddr3 350 mhz core 1000mhz 1.00ghz mem clock acer al2017 model atx dvd drive nec 4x up to 16x dvd burner

12-13-2006, 09:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,307	My 7600GT is around 50C idle and 60's in games. If you look in the setup, there's a shutdown temp, which is usally in the 130's or higher. As long as you're under 70C, I woudln't worry that much about it. Even that range is OK... __________________ Urban De-Development * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT * C2D T5250 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100 * G4 1.33GHz \| 512M RAM \| 40G HD \| Radeon 9200

12-13-2006, 09:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
XprophX New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Long Island, New York. Age: 22 Posts: 6	Thanks, my main concern was the GPU video card. I was worried about over heating. The fan was dirty beyond belief , and it was getting temps of 83 C which is 181 Fahreneheit. But after the cleaning it went down to 54-60 C. Glad to see thats fine though. Thanks for your help. __________________ Motherboard: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe RAM: 1.5 DDR CPU: AMD 64x 2.2 GHz Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 7800+ 256MB HDD: 120 gigabytes

12-13-2006, 09:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
bigl2007 Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 22 Posts: 345	on my video card slowdown threshold is 125 celcius so thats the only way the video card would slow down if it hit that temperature so you should be pretty safe to overclock for a good while that is if you want to and need to overclock __________________ psu Coolmax / CX-550B / Black / 550-Watt cpu intel celeron d 3.06ghz mobo intel d 865perl ram 1280 mb ddr pc 3200 ram single channel mobo can run dual channel video card xfx geforce 6800 xt agp 8x ddr3 350 mhz core 1000mhz 1.00ghz mem clock acer al2017 model atx dvd drive nec 4x up to 16x dvd burner

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