thecookmaster

In my rig the graphics cards( two GTX 285) are 60 degrees celcius with out even playing. I'm using the antec 900 case with air cooling. does anyone have any suggestions how to fix the problems. i do have 600-700 dollars free for investments in parts right now.

codyz2035

graphics cards are designed to run hotter then CPUs are. my graphics card idles around those temps too.

tweakboy

Yes, correct codyz,

Your GPU can withstand 100c and still work.

But whats recommended on load is no higher then 85c

If your getting below 85c on throttle it is hot, but it will work fine.

People get a modded HSF that will help the most. I dont know if youll have room to put in two modded heatsinks...

Also most people get avgerage 50c idle , The reason your @ 60c is because your case is closed trapping the hot air. Open the side case panel and your 60c will becomes 48c or 50c then while gaming it will be 70ish 80ish,,, gl,

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88EVGAFTW

water cool it, mine idled at 60 also and now idles ~38-40ºC loads at no more than 46ºC

Anth0789

Try to tweak the fan speeds on those cards with Rivatuner or EVGA Precision.

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Make the fans on the case run so you have positive pressure

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10acjed

The problem isnt the fan speed, its the fact that they are huge and when you add a second you cover the air intake on the first...

They should design the fan to pull in air from the side of the cards, I figure they would have figured that out by now...

I believe the artic cooling heatsink will fit in SLI and should help a bunch...

til then get a 120mm fan and try and mount it to blow directly onto the side of the cards and use evga precision or riva tuner to crank fan speed...

My single hits 80c in no time with 60% fan or less, it runs at 70c with 100% fan so dont expect miracles...

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tweakboy

Best way is open side case panel and open your room door and open room window and if possible turn AC on. Then youll never have to worry about reaching 80 or 90c . gl,

But ya as they said, totally normal ,, people get 90c to 100c ,, she still works,, soo 70c 80c is pretty normal ,,,, gl

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Chris Ihao

Totally agree man. Why not make the hs intake air from the side god damned it!?! I bet there would be quite a few sweet tri-sli setups, that didnt burn out one of the cards after some hours, if that were the case.

Anyways, to the original poster; I would personally find another solution for my rather expensive (and cool btw ) sli setup. I would also use a modded version of the accelero xtreme gtx280, if you are sure it fits with your pcb's. However, you should expect some extra work, like you've probably already seen in my review thread about this cooler, right here on Overclock.net.

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