DK_mz

hi all, just a quick question, it it worth replacing the thermalpaste on my GTX 280 with AS5???

my card runs a 45c idle with fan at 80% and about 75 load.

how much improvement will i notice ???

thanks to everyone , and rep+ for those who clear my doubts

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Unstoppable

Best way to find out is to just do it. It won't void your warranty anyway.
But I guess you should see a 2-3 degrees drop. Not sure though

DK_mz

i dont have warranty anyways, i got the card from ebay, even tough its evga, i am in the uk and the card is registered to someone else.

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sabermetrics

If you want the extra 2-5C extra cooling performance, then by all means go ahead an replace the TIM...

But don't expect anything astronomical

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Lyric

5ºC = 41ºF

lets put you in a room @ 60c and then up the temps of that room by 41ºF, its now 104ºF in the room.

It was ice cold in the room, but now its like texas heat. So you'll just sit in the room like nothing changed? 5ºC is a huge difference.

sabermetrics

So you're telling me that you can somehow feel the heat from the card itself?

Sure you can feel a difference of 5C if it was ambient temps, but its not. This is a graphics card we are talking about, not room temperatures, a 5C drop in your graphics card will not decrease your room temperature at all.. you wouldn't even notice any change

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br3nd064

I replaced the stock paste on my gtx260 with AS5, but there wasn't a huge difference. Maybe 2-3c.

Just so you're aware, that made no sense.

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jts

wow dude totally wrong.....1 degree Celsius is approximately 9/5 degrees Fahrenheit, the scales have different zeroes, 0 degrees Celsius is 32 degrees Fahrenheit....5 degrees Celsius = 9 degrees Fahrenheit

Choggs396

Computer chips generally have a lot wider range of operating temps than human beings do. That comparison just isn't apt.

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Lyric

wow, you are a retard....it was an analogy. 5ºC is a huge freaking difference, that means your card is running 41ºF hotter! You don't get this analogy, how?

LOL! Go back to school, pretty please?

Tf = (9/5)*Tc+32; Tc = temperature in degrees Celsius, Tf = temperature in degrees Fahrenheit

So 41ºF-32=9 * 5/9 = 5ºc