Video Card Temperatures normal?

[trevortbor]

Hi all. I have a NVidia 8800GT and when im idle on my desktop (with my external fan blowing as well as the video card fan at 60%) the temperature is about 53C. Is this normal? Im not too knowledgeable about video card temperatures. What is about the max temp it should ever get to? Thanks.

 

[LCS/drummer]

from what i heard that seems to be fine, my card idles at 46c and it doesn't even have a fan on it let alone a side fan but its an old ATI card ( pooey) this is where i saw 8800GT temps (look at the second post) http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion/index.php?t54946.html

 

[vonfeldt7]

That's not too bad....although it's not great. Do you have a small case? Mine idles at about the same as yours with the fan speed at 52%, but I have a crappy Dell case.

My friend's case lets the 8800GT idle at 42C with stock fan speed settings.

 

[elitehacker]

Around 50-60 would be the normal temperature for the 8800GT, I have an 8800GTS (G92) which is very similar with the GT, just with 10 more unified shaders, and it idles at 55.

 

[Darkserge]

Mine XFX NVidia GeForce7950GT running 53C in idle with 20% fan speed. In Gamming, it reach 64C with 90% fan speed.

 

[oscaryu1]

53C is a good temperature. Is that under load or idle?

 

[Darkserge]

53C is a good temperature. Is that under load or idle?

53C in idle (in window xp) and 64C in load.(playing world of warcraft)

 

[Kesava]

im at about 55 idle with my 8800 GT.

goes up to like 85 when im gaming lol. cos i havent got the fan speed on auto..

anything up to 120*C should damage a card.

 

[elitehacker]

I have heard that the 8800GT runs really hot, maybe that's why it goes all the way up to 85 degrees underload. I think its due to its single slot design as well. The 512MB 8800GTS I have only reach as hight as 70 degrees even when I overclock it underload, it has a double slotted design which exhausts hot air straight out of the case instead of recycling it inside the case like single slot cards. 85 degrees, I think is rather high, my CPU does not even go near that, the hottest its ever been is only 80 degrees and its a Q6600 clocked at 3.4Ghz.