Nerogk

Hi, could you guys(girls?) give some insight as to safe/normal temperatures (idle and load) for the 8800 GTX?

This EVGA model is factory overclocked with their special ACS^3 cooling system.

I have been having some freezing issues within graphics intensive games and am trying to rule out if it is a GPU overheating problem. According to nTune & RivaTuner, temps for idle are mid 50's while temps for load are high 70s to low 80s. (Celcius)

i_ame_killer_2

80 MAX. Idle about 55-60.

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DuckieHo

You mean all three of you girls...

Nominal temperature is under 100C.
Throttle temperature is 110C.
Shutdown temperature is 130C.

Load temps of 70-80C is normal but it all varies depending on your case, airflow, ambient, and GPU.


Where do you come up with this mis-information?

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i_ame_killer_2

Dude you have corrected me twice today. Just for safety reason.

Ok, ok, ok. Go up to 100 if thats sounds better...

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DuckieHo

100C is still considered safe but in most cases it won't reach it. EVGA would say if you hit 90-100C... then you may need a RMA. Just because you hit 80C, doesn't mean something is wrong with the card. It could just be hot room or bad airflow.

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i_ame_killer_2

Nah, I didnt mean that if you reach 80+ your card is bad. I just said it would be good to stay under 80. You are right, the card will never reach 80+.

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x Swift x

^^ wow stop bickering you two!

i would say its probably your psu out of anything man...

what graphics drivers do you have?

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