[tasospaok123]

Hello all. A friend of mine has a gainward gtx 480 and he complained for having very high temps. I went and checked them out, and the card hit 109c with 100% fan and it could go even higher but i closed furmark. I mean, yes gtx 480 is a very hot card but that hot? I searched a bit and saw no one having that high temps. Does the card have a problem?
The case is a Coolermaster 690 II Advanced with 5 fans, and one fan blowing directly at the card.
In Greece there is no good cooler available for this card.
The card is dust-free.

 

[OptimusCaik]

Did he buy it used? It could be a crappy heatsink or a faulty fan. Rattling noises or any of the such?

 

[tasospaok123]

It was bought new, no strange voices. Tech guys from the store said to bring it back (warranty) so they can take a look. He will probably return it.

 

[cl04k3d]

Sounds like gainward forgot to use thermal paste lol.

 

[Maxxa]

Yeah 90C-94C at the most with a stock fan porfile. 109c is too hot.

 

[selectstriker2]

yep its return time. fermi chips can handle up to about 105c with out too much damage to the chip

 

[andypc]

surprised it didn't melt.

 

[saulin]

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Originally Posted by tasospaok123 Hello all. A friend of mine has a gainward gtx 480 and he complained for having very high temps. I went and checked them out, and the card hit 109c with 100% fan and it could go even higher but i closed furmark. I mean, yes gtx 480 is a very hot card but that hot? I searched a bit and saw no one having that high temps. Does the card have a problem? The case is a Coolermaster 690 II Advanced with 5 fans, and one fan blowing directly at the card. In Greece there is no good cooler available for this card. The card is dust-free.

Is that stock or with overclock?

The reason I ask is because you will be surprised at how much hotter these cards get once you add voltage.

If it has no extra voltage it's definitely too hot. If it's at stock, it looks like it may be over heating.

My card with stock cooling and 100% fan speed at stock clocks might hit 80C in Furmark but low 70s in everything else.

 

[tasospaok123]

No overclock. When i wiped the dust from everything including the card and now i have : Idle: 2520rpm, 48c
Load (furmark): 5000rpm, 100c

That 100c frightens me, but ingame (homefront, metro 2033) it goes up to 87-95c

 

[maxextz]

damn those temps are insane.id be worried there.

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[Moltar]

You guys are forgetting a crucial piece of the puzzle. OP, what are your ambient temps in the room where the GPU is?

Furmark can eat GPU;s especially Fermi. Ive hit 93c under full load on Crysis 2 but in Furmark it pushes the cards even further, into the 100c range.

 

[Nytehawk]

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Originally Posted by Moltar You guys are forgetting a crucial piece of the puzzle. OP, what are your ambient temps in the room where the GPU is? Furmark can eat GPU;s especially Fermi. Ive hit 93c under full load on Crysis 2 but in Furmark it pushes the cards even further, into the 100c range.

That's why I never test unattended, I shut things down @ 95C, and it get s there quickly since I'm at 1.138v on air.

OP, are you using stock clocks? any over voltaging will make things toasty.

 

[tasospaok123]

Well, that's what i thought too, his room is pretty warm, maybe too warm. That's probably the issue, but 95c while gaming is pretty good i thing (it used to hit 110c)

 

[Anthraxinsoup]

The 480 needs a thermal paste reapply most likely.

 

[tasospaok123]

Really?
Removing the cooler won't void the warranty?

 

[Anthraxinsoup]

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Originally Posted by tasospaok123 Really? Removing the cooler won't void the warranty?

Not on EVGA. They can't even tell

 

[tasospaok123]

It is not an EVGA card, it is a Gainward card.

 

[Riou]

If he still has a warranty with the store, return/exchange it. 480's are notorious for having cheap screws that strip easily. It is quite possible he has a hotter 480 than normal. Furmark loaded at 96C on my old 480's at stock during the summer with ambient temps of 33C.

 

[SimplyTheBest]

Mine in Sli never go above 80c. Its overclocked and there is a custom fan profile. Something is differently wrong with his fan setup. Auto sucks...

 

[tasospaok123]

Even if it is @ 100 % all the time, it reaches those temps.