6600(GT) running at 89 Celsius at full load!

[jancz3rt]

Hey everyone, my card hits up to 89 Celsius at full load (80 at 400/1150)! I have a feeling that's too much. What do you think? What cooling solution would you recommend?

JAN

 

[evilxp2800]

No my dads at 90 full load

 

[jancz3rt]

I see...

Hmmm..so it seems like I am not the only one. It does not do that high when playing UT 2004. That goes 80 max. However I get such high temps when playing Underground 2.

JAN

 

[TonyBAMF]

More shaders?

 

[jancz3rt]

Hmmm

Certainly has something to do with more intensive graphics. Actually with Unreal 2004 I barely get over 75.

JAN

 

[Blue]

Wow that is higher then my 6800Gt which I actualy forget what it is at full load but is somthing like 69 Celsius. Right now with the air conditioner on in the next room it's 60 Celsius at Idle.

 

[Praetor]

1. Yer overclocking. That comes with the territory
2. 6600s tend to overheat due to a different (and inferior) heatsink mount
3. depending on the driver rev you have, you may be experiencing the temperature bug ... 76.44 and later corrected this

 

[jancz3rt]

Yeah

This sucks. I may have to get a Zalman or something to keep it cool. I know that I would not be able to use the Arctics because of the heatsinks applied to all the memory on my board. I had a careful look at the heatsink. It seems good and solid copper...going by reference design. However, there is a lot of gunk on the GPU. I think that there is too much.

JAN