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6800 GT temperatures

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toobsock

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Hi i was just curious about what temperature a 6800 GT OCed to 400/1.1 should run at? How much higher can this card be safely OCed? Is the core slowdown threshold the temperature it will lock at, or slow itself down, or something else? Thanks :)
 
How can you tell what temp your graphics card is anyways? Oh and you should NEVER go above 80C on ANY computer component unless you want to fry something, as for a good temp on your grapics card under 60C should do it when your gaming (I have'nt OC'ed my 6800GT yet because thier is no reason to).
 
Right click on Desktop -> Properties -> Settings -> Advanced ->Nvidia graphics card ->Temperature settings

And if you think you're under 60 degrees, think again. Run this bad boy in a window for half an hour and then tell us where you're at. Mine can get as high as 98C on this test.
 
sculelos said:
How can you tell what temp your graphics card is anyways? Oh and you should NEVER go above 80C on ANY computer component unless you want to fry something, as for a good temp on your grapics card under 60C should do it when your gaming (I have'nt OC'ed my 6800GT yet because thier is no reason to).
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6800 series cards can go over 80C with no problems. It wont fry.

I dont know who told you that 80C is the magic "Fry" number. I dont think it is.

My card is at like 60C - 63C idle. Full load is high 70's.
 
To see the temperature you..
open Display Properties -> Settings tab -> click Advanced -> GeForce 6800 GT tab ->
open the side bar & go into Temperature Settings

my 6800GTOC idles at 59 c, its gotten up in the 70's while gaming
 
toobsock said:
To see the temperature you..
open Display Properties -> Settings tab -> click Advanced -> GeForce 6800 GT tab ->
open the side bar & go into Temperature Settings

my 6800GTOC idles at 59 c, its gotten up in the 70's while gaming
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You can't tell how hot it gets by exiting a game and then checking. It can drop over 10c before you have the time to check. That is why people run a windowed program and check the temp while it is running. My bfg gt oc tops out at around 90c at 427/1100
 
I just ran the rthdribl demo and within 5 minutes got up to 87C OC'd @ 400/1100 (Gaming Speed)
 
mine idles at 54-55C, and load is in the high 50s, low 60s. But then again, i have a portable a/c that keeps my room nice an cool :) 74F feels nice, especially when ur used to 80F.
 
Peaked at 77C with rthdribl at 1280x1024 Maximized, 4x multi sampling.
Idles at 55C. That's with the NV Silencer 5 from Arctic-Cooling.
 
my temps tend to be similar:

55-58 idle
77-81 load

it depends on how cold the room is of course, i have central heat and air, and a window AC going most times...chilly

thats with the natural light demo in a window, BFG 6800GT custom cooler.
 
I idle pretty high at around 65C and that is not overclocked at all.

Kind of disappointing... will have to buy one of those NV Silencers.
 
sculelos said:
How can you tell what temp your graphics card is anyways? Oh and you should NEVER go above 80C on ANY computer component unless you want to fry something, as for a good temp on your grapics card under 60C should do it when your gaming (I have'nt OC'ed my 6800GT yet because thier is no reason to).
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Ok, I guess I was wrong. And was only speaking of the CPU and Hard drive, But if you do go above 100C For any length of time it will fry your Video Card (Correct Me if I'm Wrong), but yep my Idle temps are 60-65C, But I usualy don't worry about temps as my computer is barley if ever overclocked.
 
sculelos said:
Ok, I guess I was wrong. And was only speaking of the CPU and Hard drive, But if you do go above 100C For any length of time it will fry your Video Card (Correct Me if I'm Wrong), but yep my Idle temps are 60-65C, But I usualy don't worry about temps as my computer is barley if ever overclocked.
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Nvidia set 120C as the "Core Slowdown Threshhold" for the 6800's. If it hit 120C, it automatically downclocks.

My GT idles around 62C and so far 82C is the highest seen.
 
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