Friday, April 27, 2012

How do I cook my Video Card?

I have a Palit Super ATI 4670 Video Card, and I want to test it out under intense and difficult tasks, to determine the performance, load and temperature details of this card. Any suggestions which would be able to take my card to the absolute LIMIT!!!|||You should just leave it be and do one of two things with it:



1) Save it if your 5850 dies for some reason

2) Sell it



Although, there is a third option, but you would need some bacon grease and a frying pan...|||Run benchmark programs.|||FurMark is probably the best graphics card torture test for monitoring heat and framerates

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Benc…

At what temperature is the processor and video card consider overheating?

mine has been known to hit up to 180 and was wondering what tempature overheating can cause damage|||My friend do not worry, when CPU temperature reached more about 80 to 100 degree Centigrade the computer automatically shut down. the safest temperature for a CPU is up to 65 to 75 degree Centigrade. And i think your 180 may be in f Fahrenheit.|||Are you overclocking? If so, your system is unstable. "UnderClock" it a little bit so that your temperature goes down. Don't actually underclock it, just tune your clock down a bit. You should not be getting a "Blue Screen Error." If you are not overclocking, I suggest you get proper cooling. Google it up and figure out what will work with your computer (CPU socket type, case size, etc) I suggest never using stock fans that come with the CPU. Hope this helps :D

Video card temperature?

I recently bought an NVIDIA 8600GT that came factory overclocked to 580MHz GPU and 1.6GHz RAM. It came with an overclocking on screen display that shows the temperature to be around 65*C/149*F when idle. I haven't tried it on gaming yet, but is this too high? What is the max a video card can hit safely? I can change the fan speed, but I dont want to if I don't have to. Thanks!|||most graphics card run at 60-almost 70*c when idling and at about 90-95 when they are under stress, and changing the fan speed usually does not make a big enough difference|||That's fine. Video cards can hit 90C before it really starts to become a problem, they run much hotter than a CPU, but can easily take the extra heat. There's nothing to worry about.

Need a program to monitor the temperature of my cpu, hd, video card, etc.?

I'm using ADS Pyro A/V Link along with Adobe Premiere Elements (version 1.0) to capture analog video (VHS and 8mm tapes) to my HD so I can burn the video to disk. The Pyro Link digitized the analog video and the Adobe software allows me to edit what I capture.



I've been having problems during the video capture process. While I'm capturing video my computer will suddenly reboot after several minutes into the capture process and I lose everything I've captured. I lost 45 minutes of captured video this past Friday.



I was told that this may be caused because my video card may be overheating during the capture process.



Therefore, I'd like to monitor the temperature of my video card, my HD, and my cpu during the capture process to determine if this is causing my computer reboot (and subsequent loss of captured video) problem. Thanks|||Your motherboard may have tools for this but I've not seen HD and video card monitors. I'd open the case and put a portable fan pushing air right into the case which even if it is getting hot normally that should give you a test if heat is the issue.

What temperature range should a video card be in?

I've just downloaded Piriform's Speccy. A software tool that reveals the specs of the PC including some hardware's temperature. Funny thing about the result is, the video card's temperature is initially at 60 degrees Celsius and, after some hours of using it, the temperature is now at 70 degrees Celsius. What's a safe range of temperature should a video card be in? I'm getting worried 'cause the PC I'm using is open most of the time everyday.|||well that is actually the correct temp for your graphic card. so dont worry about it and if you really want to go into it, for your graphic card the lower the temp, the better, it increases performance, etc. but there is one thing stopping you, if your computer is on, heat will increase so dont worry about it. i keep my cpu on 24 hours for a few years already no problems so far im also running at 60-70 C. also try not to go over 70 a great way of decreasing the heat believe it or not, is to open the side and put a regular fan next to it. guarantee that it will decrease a few degrees.|||It depends very much on ambient or room temperature, but hitting 70C even at load sounds pretty nasty. Try feeling the air being blown out of your desktop - is it warm? If it's not, then the heat from your graphics processor is not transferring well to its heatsink or your case is not ventilated well enough.



You might wanna try this if your graphics card is accessible: Open up the case then start your PC, ground yourself well by touching the metal part of your desktop, then lightly touch your GPU heatsink to see if it's cool/warm/hot. You should re-apply thermal compound to your graphics heatsink if it feels too cool.

Customizing a gaming computer. Need advice on video card and if the specs will properly fit together?

These are the specs I have chosen for this computer so far -----------

CD:LG 22X DVD±/±RW + CD-R/RW Dual Layer Drive (BLACK COLOR)



CAS:Apevia X-Dreamer 3 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window & Temperature Display



CPU:AMD AthlonTII X4 630 Quad-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology



FAN:Thermaltake CL-P0466 SpinQ Gaming CPU Cooling Fan



HDD:Single Hard Drive (750GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD



MULTIVIEW:Non-SLI/Non-CrossFireX Mode Supports Multiple Monitors



Mother board: GigaByte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H AMD 785G Chipset Support DDR3 Ultra Durable™3 mATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB2.0, HDMI, SATA-II, RAID, 1 Gen2 PCIe, 1 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI



MEMORY:4GB (2GBx2) DDR3/1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Module (A-Data Gaming Series with Heat Spreader



POWERSUPPLY:600 Watts Power Supplies (XtremeGear SLI/CrossFireX Ready Power Supply



VIDEO:NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 16X PCI Express





If there is a better video card you could reccomend, it would be much appreciated, This comp is for gaming : WoW, CoD, ECT.



Here is a list of the cards they have available in my price range



ATI Radeon HD 5670 1GB DDR5 16X PCIe Video Card [DirectX 11 Support]



ATI Radeon HD 5750 1GB DDR5 16X PCIe Video Card [DirectX 11 Support]



NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1GB 16X PCI Express



Or if the one I have already chosen will be more than adequite for the job. I want good Frames per second.|||Go with the GTS 250!!! I have the 9800gt and can play some games on highest settings. But, only the games that don't mainly focus on the graphics card itself. With your specs you could do some gaming!



Plus, I believe the 250 is smaller than the 9800gt leaving you with more space in your case.



And! A GTS 250 is about the same as a 9800gtx+ but with more memory and clock rates. The 250 is pretty much the rebranded version of the 9800gtx+. But don't get the 9800gt and the 9800gtx+ confused! 9800gt<9800gtx+

Why is my video card overheating so much?!?

This is ******* ridiculous, my ati radeon 4850 hd is overheating like crazy. It's at like 86-88 degrees celsius idle and when i play games like mass effect, bf 2142, etc. the temperature on my video shoots up to like 100-112 degrees celsius. I know that if a video card runs too hot the computer will off itself which is exactly what happens to me. I have a 120mm fan in the back, an antec vcool card right next to the damn video card, and a 80 mm fan in the front panel taking in air. The 120mm blows it out... So what the hell is going on? It's really getting on my ******* nerves. I apologize for the vulgar language but. my god, why would they sell a computer not meant to handle its own components?! Any advice would be much appreciated.|||Are you positive that your temperature readings are Celsius? I have never seen a card reach 234 degrees Fahrenheit. However, there could be quite a few things causing your problem. I would recommend removing your card from your case completely and thoroughly removing any dust. Be careful and be sure you are grounded before doing this. Otherwise, ATI has wonderful customer service that is more than qualified to walk you through your problem.



Good Luck!|||Hunter lang never said that you said it reached 234° F. he was just making a guess about the maximum temperature. Before bitching about how he didn't read your question and making a complete fool of yourself you should have read his answer more carefully.

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Video Card Crashing? nVidia 8800 GT?

Hi 2 years ago I built my computer and have had no problems until the last week. I hadn't updated my drivers since March and after my video card crashed (Image turns purplish and pixilated sound begins repeating) trying to play a new video game I decided to update them. After I updated them any other game I wanted to play/movie would crash my video card while before it would be just that one game.



Power is fine, temperature between, 40-50 degrees C

Seated correctly, tryed both VC slots



Downloaded driver sweeper, cleaned all remnents of my old reinstalled new drivers still crashed when playing video games.



Reinstalled windows with a slightly older video driver seemed to work then crashed again. Used driver sweeper and then windows wouldnt boot in safe mode or normally , I was getting a blue screen with:

0xFFFFFFFFC0000005, 0xFFFFF8000985E251, 0xFFFFF98000A05898 in the stop message



The weirdest part about this was some times it would boot up and the video card would crash when I tryed playing a game or movie and othertimes it would keep going to the blue screen.



Currently I reinstalled my OS again, I havent downloaded any sort of updated and it took two restarts to get the system to load (First one crashed to the blue screen)



My Specs are:

Intel Duel Core

nForce 750i SLI FTW

GE Force 8800 GT

4 Gigs of Ram

Windows Vista 64x



I am really lost and anyone who would know more about this topic please help.

Thanks, Chris|||heres a few things you can try,

1. start a game and instead of relying on your temp monitor feel the heatsink to see if its hot.



2. download another copy of vista but recommend 7 from torrents or buy one or ask a friend.



3. uninstall the driver and try a small game see if that works like rollorcoaster tycoon, something like that.



4. RECOMMENCED-Format the drive completely and then install the OS, that usually works if not replay back.

Diamond 5770 video card?

My boyfriend just bought a Diamond ATI 5770 video card. It doesn't appear to have a GPU sensor or Temperature monitoring sensor. He has tried several utilities that monitor this data and they all show that there is no data available or sensor so it can display information. Has anybody else heard of this? Is it supposed to have these sensors? Thanks for your answers.|||Most do have this feature. Sometimes there is a utility on the disc that comes with the card. or you can use GPUZ. To be honest though, that card will run Pretty cool anyway so don't worry about it if you have good case ventilation.|||better you consult to your shop where you buy that one. get an idea from him...............|||Make sure the drivers are installed correctly and your computer recognizes the card.



Download GPUz and go through the tabs

Does ATI Catalyst software tell you what temperature your Graphics Card is?

I just bought an ATI Radeon x1300 XGE by VisionTek. I upgraded from a GeForce 7300 gs which told me the temperature of my card. I am wondering if the Catalyst software for the video card tells you what temerature it is. If you can find an answer please tell me where and how to find the temperature. Thanks!|||No, Not on any that i've run into. I guess that's good news huh? He he|||Learn2Search

For you, What's Your Maintaining temperature for your Video Card?

i have a XFX ati HD 5830 and MSI tells me its at about 34C with 20% fan speed, however when i play graphical intense games it can get up to 90c but the fan speed is only at around 35% never really goes above 50% yet unless i set it manually.|||Idle temperatures don't matter. They just test the fan control algorithm. Only temperatures under load are important.

What is the safe temperature should i keep my graphics card?

My video card is a gt 540m. I just wanna know what temperature is safe and bad for my video card. mine runs at 70'C is it good or bad?|||70 C as a max temperature? No, not bad at all. Start getting concerned if it breaks 90 C|||wow it can go up to 90c huh cool thanks.

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What the max safe temperature for a video card?

So that there will be completely no chance to damage and last that it will last as long as it's supposed to.People say that they can go well over 100c, but will it shorten the lifespan of the video card; to be in such high temperature?



I have a NVIDIA Geforce 8400. I've been overclocking it and it seems to max at 85C. I need to know when to stop overclocking accordingly to the temperature. Thanks in advanced.|||It varies, some cards can go higher than others. I'd want it to stay under 80C, although overclocking something with such a weak GPU to begin with wouldn't make much difference. But I suppose an 8400GS costs very little anyway, so there's not much at risk.|||I have that exact card if u have the silent version like me attach a fan to the heat sink and appily some new thermal paste if u got some I managed to push a 100% overclock out of mine now it's running crysis on high graphics I get the odd bit of tear every now and then but not that often and mine only ever runs between 60-70 Neva seen it go above 70 but just stick below 80 if possable|||it depends on the cooling architecture of gpu.8400gs isnt very good at that and i also used to get temperatures of over 80 while playing.but my new card rarely crosses 67-70.

Is my video card running at a good temperature when playing games?

I've got a ATI 5770 video card and i love everything about it. but i get worried if this card is overheating at times because of my case having only 2 fans 1 in the front and 1 in the back but it's a coolermaster case so it has pretty good airflow. when i look at my ATI overdrive settings to see the temperature after playing a game like BC2 for a couple of hours it stays at 57 C and when im not playing a game it's at around 40 C are the temperatures alright?|||Your fine dude. GFX cards start to lose performance at around 80°C-100°C and they usually fail at 110°C.



For a great little card like that, don't be worried if it runs a little hotter then average.



I have a ATI 5570 that idles at 55°C-60°C and stays under 80°C when gaming. It is a low profile card and it barely fits into my Gateway Slim Desktop. It is right up against the roof of my PC so my airflow isn't all that great. I get worried it will break all the time.



You have nothing to worry about compared to some of the problems others and I have.|||i have had problems with my video card before involving a fan and as long as it stays below 60 it should be fine

How can I check the temperature of my video card?

I've got a 8800 GTS 320mb and i'd like to know if there is a software that would let me know the temp of the card.

Thank you|||You can use your graphics driver to check the temp. But first you need to download ntune (link below). Install that then open it up and on the left side it should say monitor temperature levels.|||Check out the pre-made ones (I prefer because they are nicely manufactured, accurate and nice display). You can take something like this and use one of the gages and connect the sensors to your video card (it’s just sliding it between the heat sink) http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA22612&RSKU=BA22612



Do it yourself:

Same as the processor, first you have to slide in two thermal-sensors close to the area where you want the temperature to be measured. Then from here on use a peek processor and an ADC (aka comparator, aka analog to digital converter) to convert the analog readings to digital data and display on an LCD. Here is the schematic if you want to make your own: http://electronicdesign.com/Files/29/4698/Figure_01.gif (costs about $10 to make)

Let me know if you need help programming the peek processor.|||You should use ntune to check the temp, then download RivaTuner to up the fan speed to 100% to cool it down, since that is a G80 card it will run hotter.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

L4D problem with video card.?

So...



Source engine games crash my computer. I'd play and the everything freezes, the sound loops, and I'm force to press the restart button on my case.



I checked up with my friend on what's wrong with my computer because it is more than enough to play l4d.



It turns out it was my video card that is the problem.



I have a Nvidia GeForce 7300GT and by paper it should be able to handle l4d and source games with ease. In my case, not at all.



I was wondering what the heck is wrong with my video card? We cleaned it and everything. We also checked the temperature too and it was fine.|||You also want to see how much RAM you have. You'll want 2 gb or more (depending on your operating system also)



Go into your game settings and turn off multicore rendering, and turn shaders, textures, and effects down some (to lighten the load a little) and turn anti aliasing all the way off.



I'd be really anxious about playing L4D with a 7300GT myself. Yeah it'll run it, but it's nowhere near good enough for you to play and enjoy your time playing. I'd really think about upgrading if I were you (and upgrade your RAM also, if you can)

I have BFG 8800GT OC video card how do i check temperature ?

what software do i use like for CPU i use core temp ...|||The Best program to use for Nvidia cards is a program called RivaTuner. (http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=163)

It may be confusing at first, but it is easy to understand as you go through the program. Also, it is supported by a very Tech heavy and supportive group at Guru3d, so you will be able to get help with the program if you need it.|||N tune has Nvidia monitor that works great. It wil also monitor chipset and CPU temps.|||EVERST , from lavalys , it says information from all sensors... that if you have a sensor to your video card...not all cards have

Is 65 celcius a normal temperature for a video card?

If thats when its sitting there not doin ****, thats horrible.



If thats when ure playing and actually USING IT, thats great!|||That depends. Is that 65ºC IDLE temperature, or 65ºC LOAD temperature?|||yes, i wouldnt bother except if it gets 80c+

I just got a new video card and it seems that my computer is now running a little hot. How can I cool it down?

The video card is a PNY GeForce 9600GT and my power supply is a Cooler Master 430W. The minimum power requirement for the video card is 400W. Do I need a more powerful power supply? How can I lower the temperature of my PC?|||check to make sure you are not overclocking your graphics card as this can be risky and overheats your system. |||Get some software to manage the fan speed on the card and crank it up.

What is the maximum temperature a 9800 gtx video card can sustain?

The default maximum GPU temperature for an Nvidia 9800gtx is 105C.

What are normal Temperatures for the GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Video Card?

My room Temp most of the time is 80 Farenheit

and my GPU is showing 70C Idle

Gaming it goes between 85C-90C



If i keep gaming at those Temps what could happened?



What a Temps do you all have for this Video Card and what Room Temp do you have?|||Those are pretty disgusting temps. Mine never goes above 70c @ 75% fan speed. It's usually between 65 and 70f in here.

How do I check video card temperature?

How do I check what my temperature of my 2600XT video card is? Im running Windows Vista, and I tried ATI TOOLS for vista(beta), but I cant seem to get it to work. Something about unverified drivers, and kernel something isnt running.|||download speedfan. just google it. this program will tell you the temperature of your video card, cpu, ambient (temp inside your computer case), temperature per core (if you have a multi-core system). very useful to have.

Can high setting ruin my video card?

Hi everyone , I've got 7600GS video card, I ran crysis benchmark and set all the settings to max, I got 6-5 FPS , but my question is ..

can that ruin my video card or my pc either?

I monitored the temperature while it was running and it was about 75 F

my system:

e6500 @ 3 Ghz

7600GS

2gb

600W

win xp - sp3

btw: what should i need to upgrade except of my gpu ( cuz I'm planning to have the 9800gtx+ next month) to make my system a good one for hard core gaming?|||As long as the components in your system are sufficiently cooled, it cannot ruin your processor or video card. Most components have built in thermal protection which will shut them off if they get too hot.



Increasing the settings will just make the video card do more work. Your system might slow down from the extra resources needed but it is highly unlikely that anything will be damaged.|||Most video are design to run at high settings. You need proper cooling though. 75 F is kinda high, You should be ok. Airflow is important for your internal components. Dont let cables block the airflow in your case. Use cable ties to keep your case nice and neat.|||Check the system requirements, of the games you plan to play.

Video card temperature?

Hello, i want to know my video cards temperature but i cant find, im using SPEED fans program and i can only find CPU, system, AUX, HD0, CORE 0 and CORE 1 temperatures. i have radeon 6770 hd 1gb gddr5 im using xp , any suggestions?|||Just download Speccy.exe ... its free|||-5?|||Don't want video cards to get any hotter than 60C or things will end badly for it :P ideal temperature is anywhere up to 50



I don't know if you will use this but it is a sidebar gadget but it does show your GPU temperature



http://blog.orbmu2k.de/sidebar-gadgets/g…

My video card runs hot???

I just bought a 8800 gs, and for some reason, its running really hot, like 60°C idle, and when I play games, around 80°C, even with the fan 100%. I have a 300w power supply, but most people are running this card at 300w, one guy had the same computer as me, and he even overclocked it with no problems.



What I wanna know is:

Why is my video card running so hot while other people's same video card arent?

Is it because I don't have enough power?

Will a new power supply fix the temperature problems?|||What do you mean when you say yr card is hot but others aren't

From my knowledge 8800s are damn hot

Reaching 90 degrees when on Full Load

But still runs perfectly and very overclockable

It is designed to handle high temperature

If you want lower temperature you may have to buy a custom cooler

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"the reference cooled 8800 GT already runs insanely hot to 90 degrees C"|||From a technical point of view your card is conducting excessive energy creating the heat issue. Any electrical circuit need to transfer energy freely without impedance. Should impedance occur energy is trapped, creating heat build up.



Look into compatibility issues with your motherboard, mainframe.



As well. make sure your computer system is not isolated in a confined space. Ensure your system has good ventilation. If it is crammed into a little slot at the bottom of a desk unit and back faces a wall. For sure there are going to be heat and ventilation issues over heating your unit. Perhaps add a water cooler system to your unit, if you can afford it.



good luck|||its not the power supply

might have gotten a crappy card before it blows out i would take it to a good shop to ck it out or send it back and get a replacement

Video card overheating?

My computer's video card has been overheating for over a year now. Its only recently i have found a quick fix to that, by installing rivtuner and turning up fan speed. At first it worked wonders, but now it still overheats in games at 70% fan speed power. 100% fan speed doesnt make a difference now.Now im noticing that my video card overheats at lower temperatures, could this be because my video card is fried from before, so it wont live as long?



When my computer is idle, it's temperature is 53-54 degrees.

Under high powered games, it is between 70-77degrees. Before my computer would overheat at 80+, but now it does this about 75 degrees (i get these shooting polygons from buildings and characters.



I know it aint dust, because i regularly clean out my pc.|||if normal cooling doesn't work, it may be because of overclocking. You want to reduce the overclocking on your computer. However, this will probably reduce the performance of games.



Several thoughts:



1. Upgrading is an option. From your description, I would guess that your computer is a few years old now. Upgrading the video card could be an attractive and affordable option, and would improve your game performance.



2. Air flow: it is very important to make sure the air flow is positive. That means you have 3 types of places for air to move through your case: vents (no fans), exhausts (fans blow outwards) and intakes (fans blow in.) If all the fans are blowing in or all of them are blowing out, you are just trapping the air in the case. Make sure at least one fan is blowing in, and one is blowing out, or, that there is at least one vent where hot air can come out. Also, make sure vents are not blocked by a wall or desk, and that hot air has a place to move away from the computer. The worst thing to do is allow the hot air from the computer to be sucked back into the case.



3. Damaged parts: it is quite possible that you did damage the parts previously. In this case, there's really nothing you can do except start replacing parts, even if you did lower the chip tempertature later.|||Video cards in themselves run very hot because of there nature. Another thing to try is make sure it's in a slot with nothing around it leave a slot next to it empty if you can. Other than that the fan is a good thing I wouldn't work the fan to hard though If it's your regular fan to cool the comp off then it may burn out then you have bigger problems than your video card overheating. They also sell a fan that attaches in a PCI slot next to it just to keep the card cool.|||You can add more case fans--I have 3 in my pc. You can buy heat sinks for video cards--try Newegg or Pricewatch.com.

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Video Card Temp?

What should a video card's temperature be when running idle to playing a game with intense graphics (ex. FEAR or Splinter Cell 4)? I have an ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512 MB with IceQ III Cooling system. I'm just curious because when I play those graphics intense games, the card runs fine. But today I was playing Halo and the damn thing froze up twice on me. And now it just occurred to me that I should know how hot the damn thing is running just for my knowledge.|||the normal running temp of a card is about 50-60c on idle so if around there its fine... but he reason your computer maybe freezing is the temp of your CPU... how hot dose it get when playing games? well if the CPU has stock cooling and your playing intense games then you should get a bigger fan for it|||Most likely it is not the CPU, but the RAM that is causing the bottleneck. It is unlikely that throttling of the GPU is the culprit. If you loosen the RAM timings, that may help. My GPU ran fine at 84c before I moved to water cooling.

Question about Video Card (Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT)?

I've owned the video card going on two years now and just this morning I noticed that it was making a humming noise coming from my video card fan. The best way to describe it is that I at first thought it was someone mowing their lawn with a weed wacker outside.



To my dismay it was my computer. I hadn't cleaned it in some time, so I bought some dust-off and unhooked everything including my video card and gave my entire rig a good dusting.



Put the video card back in and I still have the same problem. I lowered the temperature in the room, and I still have the same problem. It stands at 65c on idle, but when I browse it has jumped to 75c which seems odd. The airflow in the computer isn't the greatest, but it's never posed a problem until this morning.



My question is, what steps should I take to fix the problem?|||Vid card chart

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Low wattage PSU's and GPU's Guide ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTQoH-j5K…|||Better change the graphic card to nvidia geforce 9600 GT.

There may be some problem with the graphic card fan.

Whats a good temperature for a video card?

Its a nvidia 9600gt and on idle its about 40 c but playing a game its 60 c is that good?|||Yes thats fine, luckily the 9600 is a low power/performance card, If you had a decent Chip under that cooler it would fry, 8800GT for example run at over 90 in some cases.

Anything up to 70 is fine but try never to go over 70.

The threshold for most graphics cards is about 120 but it can't run over 100 without seriously shortening its life|||yea



































8800GT 4 life. lol =P|||60 c is about 135 f so it should be fine.|||thats fine.

What Temperature should my GTX 460 video card be kept under when under load?

Just curious because I"m setting up my automatic fan settings.|||104C is the official max according to nVidia. http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-gef…



I'd try to keep it under 90C myself. Those graphic cards do run hotter than you would expect.|||my 5770 hd idles at 40 degrees and maxs out at 70



it performs similar too the 460 however your running nvidea so look for temps about 10 - 20 degrees above these.



this is simply because nvidea architecture although can perform better at higher resolutions isnt really built with power in mind. and as a general rule, more power means more heat.

Is my video card temperature too high?

I have an Nvidia 8800gt and its at 61Celsius ( or 140 fahrenheit ) at idle

My intel core 2 duo processor is at 40c ( 104f ) at idle



I have heard it is recommended that neither go beyond 50c, which my processor seems to be following but my video card is not. I heard that at too high temperature could reduce the lifespan of hardware. I have two case fans in my PC but it doesn't seems to help my gpu, its at a constant 61c. Also I use my PC for gaming, which causes my gpu to rise considerably higher into the mid 70c, never beyond 75c. I would like to know if it is still fine to play under this kind of heat? I read around some forums and it said as long as its below 80c its fine? I just wanted to ask and get some questions directly and get a second opinion from someone.|||Nah that is fine, only when cards reach about 120C is there something to worry about, mine idles at about 70, and it works fine.|||OK average number, you should see today's GeForce temperature...



The lifespan argument is somewhat hogwash but as long as things don't blown up the house in fire....

What is the maximum temperature of my video card?

I have a NVIDIA GeForce 8400-GS 256mb video card, I run at about 45C at idle and about 65C under full load, what is the maximum temperature? Thank You.|||NVidia claims thier chips can run at over 100C but 65C is actually pushing it...

Is my Video Card or Computer overheating?

just checked it using nTune program, how/what are these number?



Temperatures: GPU1

47 degrees C

hows this? is this my vid card temp. or my overall cpu temp?



Fans: System 31889 RPM

nForce 675 RPM

Aux2 18RPM



Performance: CPU 1-4%

Memory 62%

Disk 0%



Bus speeds : GPU core(3D) 459.000MHz

GPU memory 399.000MHz



Just got a new video card GeForce 8500GT (512mb) and im getting some funky colors and visuals when playing certain games that require high requirements. It also crashes and freezes so i have to exit the games. quite a few people say it might be overheating of the card? theres the temperature above, i dont know if its good or not. what else could be causing this?|||The temperature seems fine. Did you try getting the newest drivers from nvidia.com?



wow...don't listen to net_tech and ebilan for your own sanity. If 47 is too high, then nvidia wouldn't have set the throttle point above 100 deg. C.



Mine runs at 55 deg. C idle and it's been that way for about 4 years now so I know it's not a problem. It goes to around 70+ when I play games and this is normal. It's surprising how people try to answer these things when they really have no clue...|||The GPU is your graphics processor.

I'm guessing you took this temp reading with the system idle (not under load / not doing much).

47 degrees is a bit warm and it might be worth investing in an aftermarket cooler for your graphics card or working on some better ventilation in your case.|||Your GPU temp is too high. thats about 120 degrees Farenheidt. I would see about adding a couple more fans or maybe see about water cooling. But that is what is attributing to your funky color and locking up issue.|||Brother Look At This site This has A clear Solution I have Oftenly Visit This Site and Get Solution And Your Answer is Posted at http://www.solvater.blogspot.com

Upgrade to GeForce 8800 GTX Video Card on HP Pavilion Elite m9250f?

So ive got quite a few questions.



I realize that if i upgrades my HP Pavilion Elite m9250f to

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX Video Card the computer temperature would skyrocket. So what do i buy to keep the temperature low?



Theres so many different cooling system i dont know what to buy, GPU cooling, liquid cooling, CPU coolings. What do i buy to keep the temp. low when im using full potential of the 8800 GTX.



2. Would buying a better power supply really help?



3. If i transfered all the components of the HP to a new larger case. would heat be a problem? (I would think the heat would disapate with all the extra space)



4. CAN I EVEN TRANSFERS the HP COMPONENTS INTO THE SELECTED CASE?



Case Specs

http://www.sonaggi.com/productDetail.php?pid=734200030166&isid=4388



Here are the specs for HP

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/ho/...



Specs for Video Card

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2597917|||Here is my suggestion and it will solve most of your problems...

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/…



9800 GTX has a lower power consumption, superior performance, and games slightly faster or equal to the 8800GTX. This means it will put out less heat and less power. Hopefully you wouldn't have to upgrade your power supply. Also, given that it has a 2 slots fan that ejects hot air out the back of the case and produces less heat, I doubt you will have any temperature increase at all, givien the older hotter 8600GT was spitting its hot air into your case.|||Adding a graphics card doesn't really increase the heat in your case by much. If you have 1 or 2 case fans, you'll be fine...no need for a new case. You might see an increase of 2-3 degrees Celsius...nothing to get worked up about.



You do, however, DEFINITELY need a new power supply. The 8800GTX is a huge power hog, and a stock HP power supply isn't going to be able to power it well enough. You should buy at least a decent 600-watt power supply for your system+the 8800, or else nothing in your computer will work properly.

How hot can my Video Card get?

I just got a new Video Card for my Desktop PC. I have some programs installed that tell me what the temperature of my hardware is.



I can view the temperature of my Processor, Hard Drives, and my new Video Card. However, I don't have super great airflow inside my PC. So I'm a bit worried about my Video Card burning out since I am somewhat of a gamer.



I have an:

-MSI NVidia GeForce 9600 GSO



So my question is:

How hot can this Card get until it reaches a "dangerous" temperature?







(Note: Yes, I'm quite aware that the temperature measuring software isn't always reliable!)|||Manufacturers often list a maximum operating temperature, above which the chip could potentially be damaged (the aforementioned 105C, 115C). That's useful, but you will probably find that the card will start generating visible artifacts, or errors, or crash, at temperatures somewhat lower than those maximum safe temperatures. For me, if I saw the card was regularly getting over about 95C, at the maximum, I would do something to improve the airflow in the case. (For many cards, it's normal for them to run around 85C under load.)|||i think dangerous temp is 60-70celsius|||115C is the threshold on 512MB, 768MB versions. 384MB versions is 105C

How to cool down video card?

I have built myself a very high performance gaming desktop PC, but the video card is heating up the network card. The video card is at a perfect temperature, but the network card isnt.



The only thing i can think of is: the video card is a dual card, so there is a heat sync taking up another slot. could i not just take off the slot panel and put a fan outside to blow the heat off to the other 4 fans? (processer, huge, and i mean massive power supply and 2 case fans, one suck one blow)



or is there a PCI slot fan that i could put in the slot between the network card and the video card



note: i can't move the network card any further away, it is at the bottom and the video card is in the video card slot



note: it is slowing down the connection considerably if i have the system on for any more than about an hour, then it takes bout 20 minutes to cool the video card. The slowig down doesnt help online gaming much :/ alot of disconnection and lag|||There are pci slot fans you can put in. check http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/clic… under cooling products.|||LOOK HERE AND GET ONE OF THESE.



http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…|||I had the same problem, and weeks of searching i found the perfect product. i'm jsut waiting for it to come now!! and all you have to do is screw it to one of the screws holding down your motherbard and you can point the fan anywere!!



it's the only thing that i could find that didnt take up another slot, and you dont even have to take out the card and put a new heat sink on it. and you can use it to cool anythink. i'm getting 2! one for the graphics card and one for the Northbridge or maybe hard drive, havnt workd out which yet.



but the best is this, no noise!! you can set it to 3 diffrent speeds. and it's got blue lights on it!



http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduc…|||hi dec

this is the only problem mate when you use high end graphic cards,they produce alot of heat and you need to use some clever cooling solutions to ensure they work at their optimal performance

the ideal cooling configuration in the average p.c midi case is a 80mm fan behind the bottom of the front case fascia,and another 80mm fan at the rear center,this ensures both your processor and graphics cards get enough ventelation and dont get too hot

other optional fans can be paced in the side panel(note:this can sometimes place too much emphasis on the cpu and thus the graphic cards suffer and get even hotter),so if you use a side panel fan,allow for extra ventelation for your graphics card

and a good cooler for your graphics card come sin the shape of a Slot Mountable Cooler (System Exhaust Blower)

from http://www.moretoncomputers.co.uk/online…

this fits were a pci card would and screws into a bay the same way as a pci card,this then removes any hot air from the case and keeping your graphic cards nice and cool,these are very inexpensive and do a great job

i hope this helps ,any problems let me know

good luck mate !|||I've always found the more fans and vent holes the better. You could do like you said, take off a rear slot cover, and see if there are other places to put more chassis fans. If so you can easily get them from Frey's or CompUSA.|||If you are afraid of overheating, do what I do: take the side panels off of the tower and set a small desk fan to blow through the system at the low speed. Works wonders for me....|||Pay more attention to the overall airflow in your case. If it's a "high performance gaming desktop pc" it probably has one of those clear covers, right? Do a smoke test. Light an incense stick or something and see how the smoke blows through the case. More fans don't work if they are fighting each other and if there is a dead air spot, it will never cool.



Repeat after me:

Be the flow. Be the flow. Be the flow.

What are safe temperatures for a Sapphire 5850 Radeon video card?

Under intense use, sometimes mine will break 80 c, but has never gone over 85 to my knowledge. Is that within safe range?|||As long as it isn't operating at over 80 degrees for hours on end at a time, you should be fine. If i were you I would try and improve the cooling and airflow inside the computer by opening up the computers case, checking that there aren't any cables blocking the fans, and maybe apply some new thermal compound to the cpu.

Question about my new Radeon HD 4350 512MB video card? Temperature?

Okay so today I installed my new video card in a Radeon HD 4350 512MB.



When I touched it, it felt very hot.



I did a reading using the program called GPU-Z and I was wondering if this is too hot?



GPU Core Clock = 110.0MHZ



GPU Memory Clock = 396.0 MHZ



GPU Temp. = 75 C



Fan Speed = 30%



GPU Load = 3%



Fan Speed = --RPM



GPU Temp #1 = 73 C



GPU Temp #2 = 64 C|||Those are normal temperatures.|||That is very hot for not being under load. Have you checked to see if the fan is actually spinning? If so, it seems that either theres no thermal paste under your heat sink or the heat sink on the card is loose you could try refitting the heatsink but you would need some thermal paste to do so, there are many guides on the internet for basic installation a heat sink. But if the card is new and you do not want to mess with it yourself I would contact the manufacturer and request that it be replaced.

What should be the normal or acceptable temperature range of a video card when playing games?

i have an nvidia geforce go 7200 on my laptop.|||Your GPU should register around 55 Degrees Celsius during idle/normal use and 75 Degrees Celsius during intensive use (like gaming). If it's way over this value (around 90-100) you will need to get your laptop checked. If your computer shuts down because it gets too hot, then that might be a sign. It automatically does this to prevent any heat damage.



The computer usually cuts power to prevent overheat at 100C, even though the GPU can handle a temperature up to 120C. However, running it hot all the time will hurt the computer.|||If it gets above 60 Celsius then start worrying. I think normal would be around 45-50. I'm not positive, but I believe that's the right temperature for processors. Really it'll shut itself down if it gets too hot so you don't have to worry too much. But if it starts shutting down randomly it usually means something is overheating too much. An easy fix is to clean the dust off of it.|||50 to 80 degrees c|||every card has its temp range specify what card it is|||122-176 F

Where did the video card temperature monitor for the nvidia Forceware drivers go??

Back when I had XP, the nvidia Forceware drivers had the option of the classic menu, and one of the tabs had a little graph that showed the current temperature of the GPU.



However, I've installed Vista, and now the Forceware drivers use the severely dumbed-down "nvidia control panel". I have no idea where to find the temp monitor now, and don't even know if it still exists.



Can someone tell me where it is? Or if it doesn't exist as part of the drivers anymore, is there another program that will give me the same info?



PS. I hate the nvidia control panel!|||i think u can switch back over to the actual control panel .. thers a setting for it somewhere there ...

Will underclocking my 9800gt video card reduce the Temperature?

i want to leave my pc on over night to download files from the internet but i don't want my video card to be running at 45 C all night when im not even using it for anything my monitor is off. so i was thing that i use ntune to really underclock the core and memory frequencies.will uderclocking cause damage the card thanks for any info|||Dude, relax. Your card is in no danger, in fact it's in a very safe place because the computer keeps it at a constant 45C. That's a very safe temperature for a vidcard and by keeping it at a constant temperature, you prevent expansion and contraction in the circuits and therefore extend the life of your card. I wouldn't worry too much, another year and the 9800 GT will have gone the way of the 9500 GT. (i.e. It will only cost $50 to replace it.) Keep in mind something else too:



If your card is made by BFG, EVGA, Sparkle or XFX, it has a lifetime guarantee and running in a computer case at stock speeds like it's supposed to is NOT going to void your warranty.|||It will reduce the temperature a little, but first I would look into how you're cooling it. If the card has a fan on the board, I would check to make sure it's still working. Open the case and see if it moves when the computer is on. I'd also check to make sure any heat sinks are on tight. You can also buy a fan that will fit into an expansion slot. Put it right under the video card and see if that brings the temperature down.



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…|||Youre good there. Mine runs a lot cooler. Might be the airflow in your comp chasis.

My acer aspire 6930g after playing game for some time its video card temperature reach to 70C is this normal?

my video card is NVIDIA geforce 9600 m gt also its temperature in normal use reach to 52C and also i notice that my processor core 2 duo t6400 reach to 50C or little higher ..so is this temperature normal for this laptop and can video card and processor bear with this temperature?|||Yep they get hotter and hotter the more faster and harder you play, add a Fan in the front (blowing in) one at the Rear(sucking out) in you Computer Case to help keepings things under Control for longer, if you dont like the noise only use them when playing games add a switch if nec.

You Temp. is within a Normal Range for what you have being doing.|||may be the temperature ur viewing is not showing accurate please check it or if ur computer is running well u don't need to worry and computers has built in function that if it gets maximum temputer it will shut down showing warning ....|||hello how r u you just download a software from my website then you laptop do better work ok please click on google ads in my sites please friend

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Video card (bfg gts 250 1gb) and case advice.?

just got my bfg tech gts 250. put it in my new dell vostro 220 case. i just installed a 650 watt power supply that im kind of regretting because its just taking all the room up in the case with these massive meshed cables. anyway I have 2 questions.

1. i ran a stress test on it and got it up to 80 degrees celcius before i stopped it. I have no idea what a safe max temperature i should run on this card is? i want to OC it as well.

2. those thick mesh cables are touching my video card. is that ok? everything is so crammed. i'm not buying another new case.. i've tied the cables but their still very heavy, can i electical tape them to the top of my case? how do i manage with a small case and massive parts.|||Go for a 260 for just a few bucks more or a 285 if you really like some quality, many Nvidia models below the X6XX is typically questionable at best and cost almost as much|||You could tape them, but that's gonna be a mess if you want to change things up at all. I would just get a bunch of zip ties. I zip tie mine and shove them into the empty optical drive/hard drive slots.



80 is hot, but I would look at the manuals that your stuff came with, they should give you max operating temps.



My stuff runs between 25 and 50 degrees C, but I would be fine with them going a little hotter. I wouldn't OC your graphics card, a GTS 250 can handle anything out right now, and 80 is pretty hot.



OC your processor instead, it probably runs cooler and the improvement you'll get from that will be better.|||80C is high for any component. I run a 9800GTX+, a GTS 250 1GB is a rebranded 9800GTX+. My temps never go above 65C overclocked ( It was a factory unoverclocked model and I pushed it up to the factory overclocked speeds ). I run in an antec 1200 full tower case. An antec 900 would work for you.



Dell cases are meant for relatively tame parts. You will not be able to overclock in that case without putting ridiculously loud fans in it or water cooling. The high end of systems meant to fit in that case are dual core systems with a 9600GT or other video cards not longer than the PCI slot.



To put it in perspective, I have 3 120MM intakes, a 120MM side intake, 2 120MM exhausts, and 1 200MM exhaust on my case. The PSU and GPU pretty much monopolize the part of the case with 2 of the 3 120MM intakes and yet the card still stays that toasty.



At 80C, it's likely going to die within a year to year in a half. If you overclock it it'll toast itself pretty instantly.



An antec 900 is a 90 dollar investment that will save you hundreds in the long term. ( I don't recommend the 1200 unless you run with 5 or more hard drives. )



If you want other opinions, check http://www.pcper.com , this is my setup: http://www.wolvenmoon.com/sharedfiles/pa… , I used to run my quad core system with 9800GTX+ and 550W PSU in the silver case with 5 CD-rom sized bays, it was too cramped and my temps were too high and the fans too loud.

Problems with video card! help?

Recently after playing some games (with massive graphics, like Mass Effect 2), i have witnessed a problem.



After playing for some hours, the PC suddenly stops, and after it, the monitor view goes like this:



http://www.putimg.net/uploads/1269815355…



It wasn't exactly like this. I had to re-create the effect in Photoshop, because Print Screen seem not to detect this error.



Along with it a message "A critical error in your video card drive has been successfully fixed". yet, the problem persisted.



Everything ran perfectly during this error. I connected to Messenger, opened photoshop, everything, but with this mezzotinted effect running along.



And it wasn't static: the error "reacted" to movements at the monitor screen (like the mouse cursor), which makes me think the problem is at the Video Card.



Some other kinds of errors already happened when playing games, but it was momentary; errors like the monitor screen go like a off-air TV, or the colors turns bursted ( too hued )



Summarizing, a lots of error have been happening when playing 3D games for a long time.



My Video Card is GeForce 8600 GT 512 mb DDR2.



My current Video Card Temperature is 144ºF (62ºC).



Could you help me guys?|||If the pixelation persists (it stays after you reboot and especialy if it is there before you load windows) try changing the chord or try another monitor if you have one. This will probably not work but worth a shot. My guess your graphics card gave up. The 8 series GeForce is prone to overheating and dying (my 8800GT did the same thing).|||This looks like hardware failure. I would suggest not to put you graphics card under too much stress.

Will increasing the fan speed on my video card to 100% hurt it at all?

The temperature on the video card is already amazing, but I noticed that the fan speed is defaulted to only around 30%. I am wondering if It would hurt the drive any if I increased it to 100%, just to ensure it stays good and cold. But, I am reluctant to do so as I am afraid it might decrease the life span of the video card. I have already gone through quite a few video cards (for various reasons, my last one's fan kept getting stuck making it run idle at about 110.) I just want to ensure that this video card stays cold so I don't have any more video problems. I have it set to 50% at the moment and Idling at 58 Celsius.|||Video cards adjust the fan speed on their own depending on how much cooling is needed. If it's at 30% now, that's probably because it's not that hot. However, when you're playing a game full screen and giving the video card a lot of work to do, the fan should scale up to a higher percentage as needed. It's probably best to leave the fan speed settings alone as they're already being managed automatically.|||A faster fan won't hurt your video card but will use more power and will make more noise. Since people these days want their pc's to be quiet the fan's speed is set to 30% by default.



And as the previous answerer said often the speed of the fan is managed by your pc depending on how intensive you use the card. Changing the speed won't do the card any harm but you'll be using more power which is not necessary.|||The card might get overheated when you set it for 100%. Its default configuration was 30% and there is definitely a reason to do that. I am no IT expert, but I know that going much more beyond that its expectation only bring more harm than good|||58? That's hot. I mean it is still well within the "safe" range of GPUs but wow. At idle it should be a LOT cooler. Do you have ALL of your wires either tucked behind your motherboard or zip tied securely and SAFELY( not too tight) out of the way? Do you have more air going in than out? It's best to create a bit of a positive pressure in your case to get behind the motherboard and have a nice flow of air for your GPU and CPU heatinks/fans. Apparently you don't have good airflow, have a GFX card that doesn't have just external airflow or your room is HOT. It best to have a couple fans upfront, a fan or 2 on the side and 1 120mm fan in the back for exhaust. If you have a GFX card like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as… then the airflow isn't being directed and the heat from the card is simply heating up the interior of your case. If you had a card like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as… then you have enternal exhaust which means your case will stay cooler with 99% of the heat going out the back of your case. The same applies to your CPU heatsink/fan/cooler. If it isn't designed sorrectly and immediately exhausting the aire then the extra heat from the CPU can affect the GPU. I chose a card that included a LIFETIME warranty. If my fan dies I send in the card and it is replaced. I have a couple old HD3870s on standby should that day ever come.



As far as your question it will reduce the lifespan of your fan but that would be countered by the cooler GPU so I would say maybe 60% at all times and maybe higher during gaming sessions. YOu definitely need to address the other issues that is keeping your GPU so hot. If you made your cooling system more efficient then you might just be able to leave that baby on auto and be cooler than you are now. Your card does know itself best so if in doubt leave on auto.



http://postimage.org/image/pr0nnj2lv/ are my temps. Pay no attention to the GTX580. I just tried it out earlier(* the skin) to see if it would work and I forgot to change it back. But anyways I have the GTX 570 Classified HD.



Monitors used



http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

http://www.piriform.com/speccy/download

http://www.evga.com/precision/

http://download.cnet.com/SpeedFan/3000-2…|||as the last people stated 30% is probably the standard running speed for the card. it will make it cooler if you increase the speed but chances are it will not increase performance and will take more energy. as the the first two also commented most fans have automatic throttling depending on the temperature, this is easy enough to check if it's a fan external from the card, where the fan is plugged in should be some wires. if it's 3 wires the third is the automatic throttling, if it's an older model it'll only have 2 which means it's your standard fan. if it's standard you can throw it to 100% when doing a lot of work. if it's throttling just leave it. it will adjust itself how it wants to.



that was a long way of saying: it's probably auto throttling and to leave it alone.

What's wrong with my video card?

Hey all,



K, here's the deal. I'm getting a new video card regardless so it's not a big deal, but I really would like to know what the problem is with my video.



Problem:

Any game I try to play on my computer has severe graphical issues. The problem started when I installed a registry file called "coolbits" in order to try and "overclock" my video card. Only after the fact did I find out it wasn't compatible with my current video card (NVidia GeForce 5200 FX... yeah it's old). Anyway, I realized I made a mistake, cuz the game I was playing (TES IV: Oblivion) kept freezing up on me. So I figured it must be that dumb file. So I restored Windows back to before I installed the dumb thing. Problem is I'm still having problems with it, now it affects all video games. It's gotten to the point where I've had to reformat my computer only it's still doing it. I tried to play World of Warcraft recently and it glitched so bad my monitor shut itself off. I know there's a problem with the card or files or something I just can't for the life of me figure out what it is. Like I said, I'm getting a new card by Friday, but I would like to play my games in the mean time.



Attempts:

So far I've tried restoring my computer (twice). I've reformatted my computer. I had the latest drivers for my video card, so I downgraded to see if the games would work on an older version. No luck. The temperature gadge application I'm running on my comp says the CPU is a lil hot but it's always been that way and I haven't had any problems with it thus far.



Question:

So what I really wanna know is if there is anyone out there that has an idea or has had a similar situation they were able to resolve, and if so how?



Thanks in advance for any responses recieved and/or advice given.



Sincerely,

Onyx|||overclocking CAN cause damage to video cards, only overclock if you know how and don't up the clock by to much|||system requirements for that r listed

Recommended:



3 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor

1 GB System RAM

ATI X800 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series, or higher video card

Minimum System Requirements:



Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows XP 64-bit

512MB System RAM

2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor

128MB Direct3D compatible video card

and DirectX 9.0 compatible driver;

8x DVD-ROM drive

4.6 GB free hard disk space

DirectX 9.0c (included)

DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card

Keyboard, Mouse

and video cards are as follow

Supported Video Card Chipsets:



ATI X1900 series

ATI X1800 series

ATI X1600 series

ATI X1300 series

ATI X850 series

ATI x800 series

ATI x700 series

ATI x600 series

ATI Radeon 9800 series

ATI Radeon 9700 series

ATI Radeon 9600 series

ATI Radeon 9500 series

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 series

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 series

NVIDIA GeForce FX series



Plus overclocking is the worestthing you can do to any hardware . you will shorten the life of your hardware and also void any warinty u hvae on it .

so do not over clock

Is it possible that my pc restarts because of video card overheating or is the PSU that causes this?

Is it possible that my pc restarts because of video card overheating?

Since I installed the latest drivers for my EAH 5670 video-card and had a Blue Screen of Death suggesting a hardware failure, my compure keeps restarting when I use applications that stress the video card like 3D games (BF BC2). At first I thought it was the processor overheating, so I changed the cooler and now that is not a concern anymore, but I noticed that the video card has a very high temperature, quickly raising at aprox 70C and probably more during the game. In the end the PC restarts(and I can anticipate this because the sound of the videocard cooler is like a chopper). In EVEREST Ultimate Edition I noticed that I have another device in the system that has a high temp(75-92C). It is called " Aux" and I don't know what device this is.

Is it possible that the video-card overheating is causing the PC restart.. even if I disabled the " enable overheat protection" feature from the AI manager?

Is it possible for the new software that caused the BSOD to be the cause of a hardware damage?... until then my PC worked just fine.. no temperature issues.



Additional Details

Voltage values(from EVEREST) are ok except those two: "+12V" value ~ 8.8V and "-5V " value ~ -1.45V



Is it possible for the videocard update to damage may PSU?



Is it possible for the videocard to overheat due to lack of voltage?



P.S. :The Everest reading must be wrong since the BIOS says 11.932V for the 12V value|||Yes, it is possible that the card is overloading and thus causing the psu to overheat and the system to crash. That model card has a minimum 400 watt requirement. Check your psu capacity and make sure it is at least 600 watts. Here is also a psu calculator: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

Next time you get blue screen, record error codes as well and do google searches; disable automatic restart upon system failure too to have time to record error codes. May need better case cooling as well.|||yes it is possible, im guessing anyway to prevent the card from melting, IVE SEEN IT HAPPEN (only once tho) it sucks -.-

mine old computer when it did this, the computer shutdown insteda|||Remove the dust in your computor brah..|||It's very possible that your GPU is overheating.

I wouldn't disable "overheat protection", as too much heat can and will destroy your CPU and or GPU.

Make sure your heatsink is mounted properly.



If I were you I monitor your GPU temperatures while gaming, just to be sure it's overheating.

It could simply be a bad driver. I've had video drivers cause crashing to the point where I was forced to roll back to a previous version of the driver.



Roll back to a driver version that you know worked. You could do this in the device manager by right clicking the device and choosing to roll back the driver.



It's also very possible that the power supply is the cause of the crashes.

Disable automatic restarts upon system failure.

This will allow you to read any BSOD messages. Note any "fault modules" in the message.



You could also go into the event viewer, under Windows Logs > System, and look for any critical errors. Note the time of the next BSOD, restart afterwards, and look for an error in event manager that corresponds to that time. You may find out some info.



Also, check your RAM. Bad RAM and a faulty power supply are the main causes of all BSOD.|||Dw aux is always an incorrect reading mine says like 119 degrees and I think bad ram could also be the problem it could also be the video driver update see if you can restore windows to an earlier point



Edit: 70c is quite normal for a gpu under stress mine sits 60 on idle and hits 70 on stress this is not the best method but you can try opening up the side casing it will help cool the hardware just remember to clean your pc regular and check for dust on the gpu also try installing the previous driver version

Video card heat???????????????

When I got my video card it idled at about 53C. That was in the winter, so obviously it shoudl be a few degrees hotter in the summer because of higher temperature/ higher humidity. It stabled out at 57c, and the past few weeks after not checking my temperature for a while, it's been anywhere from 58c-61c. Could this be from dust buildup? Dust can make this much heat? Thanks.|||possibly, but the card just could run really hot. try getting more fans|||not knowing what type of gpu it is I cant really help much...but if it is a new generation gpu those temps are not bad at idle...what are they under a heavy load?...i.e..playing games etc...you can always raise the fan speed to 60-80%....that would most likely keep your temps good w/out worries...also taking a can of compressed air and cleaning the gpu and the inside of the case out would help keep temps under control...dust=heat.....





Scott



dont know if you can set up a fan profile for that gpu sense it is a agp and not pci-e....here is 2 programs for overclocking and setting fan speeds...you dont need to overclock your card, but if you want to raise the fan speeds these programs might do that..you will have to read through to see if it will work with your gpu....



ATITOOL---http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/



RIVATUNER----http://www.majorgeeks.com/download737.ht…

Could high CPU temperatures and high CPU usage be caused by a cheap video card?

I have a super cheap integrated Geforce 7100. Could that cause high cpu temperature and high cpu usage during game play?|||m not quite sure about cheap video card, but you need to understand that a good video card, cheap or not, comes with its own cooling mechanism, in simple words, it has its own little fan... :) dis is very necessary as any high end video card does cause cpu core temperatures to rise because of the excess computing and it turn drawing up off of more power...|||It's airflow, if the air isn't flowing, possibly because it's being blocked by the video card now, you'll need to put another fan in the case to assist cooling. No a video card on it's own won't cause your CPU to heat up. Bad thermal paste probably, open it up clean out the dust (another temp bandit) and get some Arctic Silver reapply that to the processor, and that should solve the problem. New fan, new thermal paste and clean it out.|||cheap video cards shouldn't make a difference, as long as the video card can handle DirectX commands then the CPU should just pass the 3D data straight on to the card for processing and it shouldn't bother it.



Increased cpu usage can be caused by other nasties like malware, or a virus, or some kind of badly wrote program.



as for increased temperature, ensure the air flow inside your case is flowing correctly.



When you install a fan inside a PC case you can put it in two ways, one way it sucks air in and the other way it blows air out. Ideally you should have as a minimum 2 fans inside your PC case, one on the front or side to suck cold air in, and one on the back to blow cold air out.



On mine I've gone a bit overkill. I have two sucking fans in the roof and one on the side all sucking air in and then 3 fans on the back all blowing air out, so the air has a flow from the front to the back.



Obviously if all fans are positioned so they are blowing air out the CPU will overheat as very little cool air is going in, and the other way round you can just end up circulating the warm air round and round the case.|||Not really. Maybe for physics, slightly.|||Not at all. The GeForce 7100 is merely a chipset with its own cooling and different processes. It's completely separate from the CPU.



With that said, if you're experience higher CPU temperatures I highly suggest that you



1) Clean out your PC from dust with an air duster

2) Replace the thermal paste with some arctic silver (google it)



It should remedy the temperature problem.|||Some onboard graphic chips are pretty good on these newer boards but thats not always the case. Chances are the on board video memory is rated lower then most games operate on even at minimum specs. Yes you could be having high cpu temps playing games that stress your video and make your processor have to work harder. If you have a open pci express slot you may want to consider buying a upgraded card.

What Video Card brand to buy?

I'm about to purchase an ATI Gigabyte 5850 Video Card. I don't know much about brands and I'm not sure if this is the right one, but I'm looking for a card that runs cooler than other standard 5850's. Could you please point out to me brands which focus on Performance/Temperature technology?



BTW, I don't want the HIS HD 5850 iCooler V Turbo card, because it costs like $40 more.|||Here is a list of 5850s with the "best rating" starting on top and going down....http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…|||All the brands are going to get hot. No brand is better than another.

Should a video card fan run constantly?

When playing games, I've had problems with hangups and reboots. The last time, I took the case off, cleaned things off and rebooted. I noticed the fan didn't start up and the card was a little warm. Should the fan on the card start as soon as power goes through the motherboard, or does it kick on at a certain temperature. Just wondering so I know whether I've got a dead fan/ video card, or if I just have to sit there and wait to see it kick on. Thanks!|||the fan should run all the time.........at least the nvidia's i deal with do........i have a 8800gt oced, and running the fan at 40% while not gaming........when gaming as the temp rises i have it set to run at 80%.........thats using riva tuner...........you can down load, riva tuner or atitool to see if your fan is operating and at what rpm.........or game with the side panel off, and reach in after a bout ten minutes, and put your hand under the card, ya should feel air getting sucked into it, or if ya dont do that you will atleast here it..........you can download everest 2.20 and monitor your temps also.........should be 50c idle and like 75c underload..........but that depends on the card ya got to............good luck......scott|||The fan on your video card should run continuously even when you are not playing game but the fan should run faster when you are playing game.

How hot can a video card get before it overheats?

what temperature ranges is it safe to run a video card at, i have a Nvidia 7300 w 256mb, heat sink cooling, no fan for it.|||Anything over 80c isn't good.

Mine runs at about 36c with full load. (on water)|||As hot as it gets on fire!|||un less it is in the bbq,er i dont think they ever over heat|||depends on the inside of your computer and your surroundings, i'd say it should survive maybe just a little over a hundred and above thirty|||if it starts getting over 80c its probably not the best. i know my video card has a "core slowdown temperature" of 110c and alarms go off on the computer at 90c|||It's an open q.



It totally, will depend upon your compter's cooling abilities - both, mechanically and structurally. Your ideal is to keep the card, it's diodes etc. cool - I believe 50 degrees Centigrade is a max. to accept.|||i have an nvidia 7600 gs with teperature monitor and it says core will start to slow down to compensate for heat at 125c or 257f.|||Well Here is a few tricks to help you out so your Card / Processor don't over heat or it will slow the process down.



What you can do is Add fans into your Tower and if that don't work take the side of your Tower off , so one side is left open. If you live in a very hot humid or even Dry climate take the side door off and turn a house fan on and have it blowing in toward the computer where the side is open. This will cool the system down nicely.



I run an ASUS MB with CP AMD 3500+, with a 9800 pro Vid card along with a 500watt PS. My system sometimes gets hot during summer so this is what I do. I also have 6 fans inside blowing all the time. By me taken the side door off if I game and allowing my house fan to blow in the direction it cools down ASAP. Don't take the chance of letting your Vid Card over heat because once its fried you will have to buy another one :)|||It will be fine, as long as your computer has a fan the card will rune no risk of overheating. The Nvidia 7300 only has a heatsink so that the computers fan will cool it down.



Your card will be fine, besides, silicon can stand large tempretures|||Approaching 200f, the silicon substrate can start to warp - the end will come very quickly. Sometimes a circuit just opens and the chip goes dead. Other times, there can be a short, and then it can pop like a firecracker, doing motherboard damage as well....



A fan costs about $15 for that GPU, get one.|||Like everyone else said, it depends on you computer.



I have an AGP eVGA 6800 Ultra and the core will slow down at 115 C. It usually runs at 58 C and sometimes up to 65 C during gaming and this is with an aftermarket Zalman fan. Many aftermarket fans usually preform better than stock fans or heatskins if you want to keep your video card cooler.



Keep in mind though, if you get a fan in place of your heatskink, there will be added noise because of the fan, but, there are many good fans out there that can cool well without producing much noise. You just have to search around and keep an eye out for the dBA. The lower the dBA, the quiter the fan. Check out www.newegg.com. I also recommend sticking with ball bearing fans as they last longer.

Video card temperature?

what do you use to measure the temperature of something in your pc, such as a video card?|||Everest Ultimate will do that, & much more (free trial):

http://www.download.com/Everest-Ultimate…



"EVEREST Ultimate Edition is the cutting-edge benchmarking and diagnostics tool to maximize security, performance, and trouble-shooting capabilities for home and home office PC environments, PC Professionals and consulting firms as well as OEM partners and Configuration Centres worldwide."



regards,

Philip T|||there should be programs out there that monitor the video card... google it...



EDIT: taken from a random source... dunno if correct...



If you go to your display properties (right click on desktop, properties) select SETTINGS then ADVANCED, then GEFORCE 6800 GT (or whatever the card is named) then TEMPERATURE SETTINGS (at least with the latest drivers) you can see the current GPU temp there and tell it to inform you if it exceeds the threshold tempurature.

Hot Video Card, GT 430?

hello i have a Nvidia GT 430 video card, I got it 4 days ago and what I've found is it gets really hot (80 degrees Celsius with fan on 65% and low 70s with fan at 90%) I knew before I bought it that the temperature was going to be above average but not this high. Should i be worried about the temperatures? or is it normal. P.S its the EVGA model, Thanks.|||Wouldn't it have been smarter to ask this on EVGA's forums or email them?

Video card temperature on vista?

My nvidia 8500gt ddr3 oc edition gets 59c. on start up and the maximum i got in 12hrs straight is 63c. When i overclocked it one step forward it shows 56-57c. Why lower? i expect that it will get hotter|||It's going to be lower if your not using it because it doesn't want to overheat. Usually though when you start up your computer or are going to play a game the temperature will rise.

Are these temperatures too hot for my video card?

I've got a Radeon HD 4870 x2, 2GB



On idle, I believe it's ok, it runs at around 55c

At full load, it runs at 90c, even using RivaTuner

I use HWMonitor to read the temperatures

The room temp is at 21c



My computer specs:



Xclio Windtunnel case

Mobo: EVGA X58

CPU: i7 965 @3.20 GHz

FAN: Thermaltake V1

RAM: 12GB Corsair XM3 Dominator

HD: 1TB + 500GB

GPU: Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB

PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W

OS: Dual, XP Pro SP3 and Vista Extreme Edition R2



There are two 250mm on the side panel to vent the Hard Drives and the Video Card, and one 120mm exhaust fan on the back.|||90c is hell high temperature.It can be dangerous for your 3d card

average high temperature of your 3d card should be 70c not above from this.



Your temp is very good & your cooling system & exhaust system is also great



I think it is the problem of your 3d card acclaim for warranty or replace it with any other model



Try to Nvidia 3D cards I am using them in extremely hot weather & it only goes to 60c without any cooling system except i remain the case open|||All cards have different temp ratings but I would like to keep my card around 60C MAX-70



I would just speed up your fan speed when you are playing your games or whenever your GPU is on full load.

Any Software Monitor Video Card Temperature?

CPU as well?|||You can monitor the temperatures of any Temperature sensitive chips using the software Everest available at www.lavalys.com.



Also depending on ur motherboard and the software that came alongwith you can be able to monitor the CPU temperatures, if they support so. Also the latest drivers for the display card, will have a control panel, in which you can monitor the temperature of the video card.



Also u can check hardware like these to monitor the temperatures of various devices inside the PC.

http://www.macpower.com.tw/products/peri…



hope this helps....|||If only Everest actually gave temperatures.

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Whats up with this, my video card fan is not moving?

im guessing the fan died and the vpu is in still good order, i cant stay on too long cause my video card is burning its at a very high temperature, so what should i do?|||turn off you computer and go out and buy an after-market cooler specifically for your videocard. Install it and you're ready to go.



Please remember to use the thermal-paste between the heatsink and the GPU.|||see if you can buy a new fan for it.... otherwise get a new video card....

How can you tell if your video card is going out?

Started blinking rapidly while I was playing a game. I rebooted, noticed then that a little temperature box popped up stating that my machine was at about 117 degrees. I tried rebooting again, logged back in the game, the flickering boxes happened again, so I rebooted yet again. I walked away from the computer kind of stressed and wondering what was going on. Are these the systems of a video card going out? Or was my machine just not getting enough air from the fans to cool it?|||the fan on your video card might've died off and may need a replacement. you can usually buy 3rd party coolers that are higher performing than the stock cooler than came w/ the video card.



the flickering textures u see are called "artifacts" and they occur when either

A) you overclocked your video card

B) your video card is overheating

C) your video card is not recieving enough power from your power supply.



...but for u...its most likely B|||I would check the fan to see if it still working. Looks to me at 117 degree is kind of hot for a computer. Replace the fan first.

How hot is too hot for a video card temperature?

I have a Sapphire 5850 Radeon that idles around 37 - 38 c, but it can hit the low 80's c under full load. Is that getting too hot or are they OK under 100 c?|||80 is fine, 90 is high, 100 is too hot.|||That's a little too hot. How are you hitting full load on a 5850? most benchmarks say it hits 73-75c on full load, but that is simulated. I think they might also be overclocked. So, make sure you set your fans to a higher speed, because that could be dangerous. the idle temps are normal, however.|||My Sapphire 3850 idles around 40c. ATI monitor docs say to not push it past 110c.



I'd think at full load, anything under 100c is ok.



I wouldn't want to run @ 100c 24x7 but a few hours a day under 90 shouldn't be a problem.|||if you touch it and you have to pull your hand back because it's too hot, then that's not a good thing. it should just get warm, too hot and things will melt.|||Anything as hot as Megan Fox could kill it.|||Well, u know, it is better if it is 72 C, not more. That means tat your cooling system isn't sufficiently efficient.

Temperature sensor on video card malfunction?

I just bought a new video card (sealed in package), and right when I wake up my computer (from sleep mode), the card automatically shows 75 C as its temperature (my room temperature is 85 F = 30 C), and there have only been seconds for electricity in the card. Then as I surf the web and do simple activities, the card supposedly gets up to 110 C. I thought I was overheating, so I bought the very best quality liquid silver gel, and rinstalled the hotsink with only about 1-2 C improvement.



I suspect that I am not overheating, but that the temperature sensor is bad. My reasoning is that seconds after startup it should say around 30 C which is room temperature--not 75 C.



Is my reasoning correct?|||it may very well be 75C. try first turning off the computer over night and let the card cool to room temp. boot up the next morning and open your monitoring software. see if it spikes or rises steadily. the computer still draws power in sleep mode but with no GPU activity it shouldnt be anywhere over 30C. if your problem persists get this cooler:



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



it dropped my GPU temps from 40C idle/60C load to 20C idle/30C load...





EDIT



put your hand over but not on the card. at 110C you should be able to feel a lot of heat...



EDIT



110C is 230F so if you put your hand on it you would not be able to keep it there. if you can touch it then i agree that you have a bad sensor...|||That sounds like it may be the case, but processors do run very hot these days. You could also have a defective card. It may be reporting the temperature in the wrong scale.

What is the temperature of an overheated video card?

My graphic card Idles at 54. Is it a high temp for a 8500?

Whats the temp that is considered "overheating"?|||you don't want a graphics card getting above 80c for too long. 54 is just fine.|||8800 card are runs bit faster and hot but dont let it go over 90c|||10,000 degrees would be considered too hot.

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Is it possible that my video card doesn't have a temperature detector?

In every program taht tells temperature it tells every single temp including cpu HDDs, mobo, etc etc, but never video card. My videocard is ATI All in Wonder 9800 Pro|||That's a pretty old graphics card... almost 5 years old now...



you should check your bios to see if there is a setting disabling that, I know my computer wouldn't show voltages or fan speeds until I enabled software overclocking in the BIOS|||Probably not due to vintage

Video card temperature Linux?

I've been playing around with a program called "Nvclock," which is an overclocking utility for Linux. And it has a temperature monitor that says my card is running at like 60C idle, 70C under max load. But when I use the official Nvidia temperature monitor that came with my video driver, it says my card is running around 50C idle and it never goes higher than 60C under max load. Which one should I believe? And should I put a better heatsink on my video card or underclock it?|||Hi, I think the official program that came with the driver is a better choice to believe.



I am not an expert, but too me it just seems safer to believe the people who made the card.



Take care!

How do I check the temperature of the CPU and the video card?

I have downloaded a software called everest but I couldn't find anything about temperature, do I have to plug something in to my motherboard first? Or some other software can do that without plugging in anything?



plz also suggest some good software for checking temperature of cpu and gpu, thx very much!!!|||CPU is a program that monitors the overclocking specs and ram of your computer. Processor speed and ram speed.. It's an overclockers tool for tweaking the processor speed.



SpeedFan is a temp monitor for your system..



Speedfan......http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php



PC-Wizard is even better as it will break down all components of your system and give you info on everything installed. It will also give you hard drive temps.. Processor temps and motherboard temps..



PC-Wizard...http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php



If you want to learn more about computers, components and such you should join one of the online overclocking forums. It's free and full of all sorts of information..



1.http://www.overclockersclub.com/



2.http://www.ocforums.com/|||CPUz if for CPU's of course.



Nvidia's own software has a built in temp monitor.



I've also heard of Coolbits.



As for ATi...I mean AMD cards, I don't know.|||Place a thermometer under it's tongue.

Information about adding video card?

I have compaq presario SR1530il desktop pc.Can I add 512MB video card in the PCI slot? How can I decrease the temperature inside the cpu?|||No on the ; unless it is a pentium computer you can . And add a fan.|||for Lower heat pick a can of compressed air and open up your computer and blow away all the dust Although PCI cards wont really give you good performance but ti will inscrease it|||I really doubt there are any video cards out anymore that use PCI that have 512 MB. If you're talking about PCI-E, then open the computer up and see if you have a PCI-E slot. And decreasing the temperature, get a better CPU heatsink if you want it to run cooler.

Is ok to use the video card at these temperatures?

I have a Inno3d GEforce 8400 GS and i must say that it works pretty good, i play Half Life 2 at high details with no problems. BUt i worry about the heat. When i dont play a 3D game i have a temperature of 57 - 58 grades Celsius and when i play Half life 2 with high details i get a temperature of 68-66 grades Celsius. Are these temperatures ok?



I mean, i just bought the video card and, i dont really want to destroy it. So are these temperatures ok or i should rather play the 3D games like half life 2 at LOw details?|||These temperatures are fine. My comp used to run at 60C but when i installed 1GB of RAM and A new video card it ran fine and did not overheat at all.

Using a house fan to cool a video card(temporarily)?

Hi. The fan that's attached to my video card recently stopped, and the gpu temperature began rising to near-damaging. So to make up for the loss of a fan, i opened up my computer's case and stuck a window fan(long one with 2 fans in it) alongside my computer. Now my graphics card's temperature stays at around 55 degrees C with no games running and around 60-68 C with games running which is a safe temperature i'm sure. But are there any precautions i should take with having a regular fan blow into my computer? or am i safe until i can go out and get a new fan for my video card? Thanks in advance|||you'll be getting a lot of dust and outright dirt in there with the case open like that. [my case's openings all have filters to keep the worst of the stuff out of my computer.]



not to maybe mention critters when the computer is off.



make sure you're using the same power source -- take no chance that the fan will go off while the computer is on and you aren't noticing.



68 C sounds like an awful lot to me ... my cpu sure wouldn't like that, hope your gpu is tougher.





GL|||As you know, this should only be a very temporary fix. Just remember, you are not only blowing air with that fan, you are also blowing everything in the air into the inside of your computer too - dust, moisture, pet hair, moisture, and oh yes ... did I mention moisture? While this will work for a short while, you need to get it repaired asap or quit using it for a while.

What the max safe temperature for a video card?

So that there will be completely no chance to damage and last that it will last as long as it's supposed to.People say that they can go well over 100c, but will it shorten the lifespan of the video card; to be in such high temperature?



I have a NVIDIA Geforce 8400. I've been overclocking it and it seems to max at 85C. I need to know when to stop overclocking accordingly to the temperature. Thanks in advanced.|||It varies, some cards can go higher than others. I'd want it to stay under 80C, although overclocking something with such a weak GPU to begin with wouldn't make much difference. But I suppose an 8400GS costs very little anyway, so there's not much at risk.|||I have that exact card if u have the silent version like me attach a fan to the heat sink and appily some new thermal paste if u got some I managed to push a 100% overclock out of mine now it's running crysis on high graphics I get the odd bit of tear every now and then but not that often and mine only ever runs between 60-70 Neva seen it go above 70 but just stick below 80 if possable|||it depends on the cooling architecture of gpu.8400gs isnt very good at that and i also used to get temperatures of over 80 while playing.but my new card rarely crosses 67-70.

Video card idle temperature?

Is a temperature of 47C a normal idle temperature for a video card?|||very good|||depends on the card tbh and how good is the airflow in ur case 47C is fine but its not perfect your biggest worry is how hot do they get when gaming or when used intensly|||Higher 53C - 57C|||yes|||yes.

What is the max temperature for a e-GeForce 8500 GT Nvidia video card???

I plan to overclock this card. I need to know the max safe operating temperature. LOL. I do have enough cooling to operate. I just would like to know from you!|||I'm guessing around 90-100c...but why are you even overclocking such a bad card?? It's not gonna increase your gaming performance much at all...and i really doubt you have "enough cooling" especially if you have a GPU like that.

Help,.my pc reaches 60 degrees C temperature after buying a new mobo and video card,?

i have a new motherboard ASUS p5sd2-vm

and a new video card 9400gt 1gb

install it properly but not changing any setting to bios

and burst up my pc temperature to 55-60 degrees

even if i am not playing a game,.

i use SPEEDFAN the latest version to monitor, my old board is only 35 degrees,. and 60 degrees is seems to be abnormal, all inside my pc is free from dirt,.

How can i able to reduce its temperature,. by software means,. like adjusting some setup or what,.

Also,. if im buying an additional chasis fan, what is recommended for me that cost cheap|||yeah for sure you need additional Fan

you can check from Bios how speed your fan is





>good luck!|||please dear dont buy cheap staff as they can slow down your pc.



the other solution can be this:

if it produces high temperature, i would like to know if your case has got enough space inside for air to circulate around your componets as help your fan.|||Did you put thermal compound between the heat sink and and the new processor when you installed it?

Is this a normal temperature for my video card?

I own a NVIDIA GeForce 7300gt. When I first got it from a friend it was running at 65 Celcius without any games on. Now I just cleaned out the fan and around the gpu with some cotton swabs and now it runs at an average of 69-70 degrees celcius. Is that a dangerous temperature for a video card? If not what is a dangerous temperature? Is there any way I can fix that?|||It's not a dangerous temp, but its a little higher than it should be at idle. You should download riva tuner and use that to adjust your fan speed up a little. Dangerous temps would be getting over 100 Celcius.

What is a good temperature for the 8800GT Video Card?

How Hot can this Video card be? I just overclocked this card from the stock 600mhz core clock to 700mhz so i can Play Crysis WH in high settings. temperature ranges from 70-75 Celsius; it changes depending if there's to much action in the game.



Can this Card handle this temperatures without giving problems? So far everything runs stable. Or what should be the temperature for this card?|||Company line is it's rated up to 100c (Celsius) , but not something I would want to stay at for too long. Up to 80C, I would start to worry about. 85C would be my red-zone. If 75C is your load temp, it's no problem.



Roger, on another question you asked: Your hardware will support both 32 bit or 64 bit Vista. However, unless you intend to run 64 bit games, you will get no benefit. Also some 32 bit applications will not have all the features in 64 bit as the do with 32 bit. 64 bit Vista will not make your 32 bit applications run better. As an example, MS's own Office Suite software will not perform all the applications it does on 32 bit. I would not upgrade to 64 bit Vista based on your current requirements. Spend your money on something else or save it for something else in the future.

I hope that helps|||The cards are fairly durable. 70-75 is on the hotter side. My GTX will run that, but the two cards are very different.



What type of case cooling do you have?|||75 degrees under load i.e. playing crysis are good temps!! Remember graphic's cards are designed to run alot hotter then cpu's. If however you wish to lower it while gaming download rivatuner an adjust your fan speed before you start gaming. I personally would not bother though.

Recommended choices to keep video card cool?

I have a Radeon X1650 512ram (agp) and it works fine. I just learned that its idle temp sits around 62C and I would like to have this lowered. I've worked on lowering cpu temperatures before but never a video card, so for those folks who also have ATI cards, which products would you recommend for keeping it cool as well? (have one slot open next to the video card, but the backside seems to get hot and theres no room to put anything there.)|||62 isn't bad. Only worry if it gets above 80 or so. You could try a pci slot cooler, or install an aftermarket heatsink on the card. Installing a heatsink is tricky though. Make sure you have good airflow through your case. You should have a fan sucking in the front and a fan blowing out the back.



It is also a good idea to have a side panel fan blowing in, onto the video card.|||the 9800 x2 pwns all. Good cards though would be the 8800 serious GT ultra and gtx.|||liquid cooling ftw

Whats the normal temperature for a video card?

i have a radeon 3850 it runs at 50 C and it runs at about 65-67 C when i play my computer games.|||That's not bad at all for fan cooled. Video Cards are meant to handle in excess of 100 degrees C. I would only be concerned if they get into the 80's or low 90's.|||thats a pretty normal temp for a vid card.........no worries there.........scott|||That's actually a really nice temp for that card, you're good. Video cards can get extremely hot (~100C) before they start to have problems.

Whats the normal temperature for a video card?

so i just bought a geforce nvidia gtx 460 and i was wondering whats a normal temperature and whats a high temperature for it thanks|||High is 70+

Start to worry at 85+|||At idle - 30-40C (normal)

On load - 60-75C (high)

What's the normal temperature a video card should have when its idle? And during gaming?

It will vary. When gaming, you don't want your graphics card to be above 83*C and a safe idle is 60*C and below.|||About 55 Celcius when idle and roughly 75 when gaming|||my 8600gt idles at 49 and maxes out at 71.

How do I find out the temperature of my video card?

My computer turns off randomly and I think it's overheating. It's two years old and just your average laptop. I don't play games on it, at least not too often or too massive. I know that overheating is a possible explanation, and I am trying to monitor it to see if it the actual issue.|||the best pc monitoring program i know of is " everest " it will tell you anything about your pc , some things you never heard of even. here is a link to a free d/load ,, http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.h…|||hi,

overheating may be the reason, if it is, you can download SpeedFan to check your CPU temperature and and motherboard temperature. cpu shudnt exceed 50-60 degrees Celsius if your system isnt doing anything.

Your Video cards temperature can be viewed(depending on the make)

through forceware programs such as, NTune(nvidia) and i think ATI's is called Catalyst ... hope this helps.

have a good one.|||Lol, ok. Only if it has a temperature sensor. So try this, GPU-Z.



http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Syst…



open the program, and check out, the sensors tab.



For the CPU, use RealTemp.

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/105…



A fan may have failed on you. Not quite as easy to fix as those big ol' desktops.|||Your laptop probably does not have a graphics card but has a graphics chip.



Go to your CPU maker's web site and download the free utility to monitor your system.|||Nope...only by using a heat measuring meter.



Check your processor fan. apply some heat sink paste between the processor and heat sink