Another GTX 280 overheating?!

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I just bought another GTX 280, this time an ASUS card. Plug it in and go to test overclocks and what do you know, it's idling near 70C. Load up furmark and it takes less than 60 seconds to hit 105C, stock clocks. This is the SECOND GTX 280 that I've had do this. Now I've got to RMA the damn thing. There's 2-3 weeks of fun down the drain.

Just whining.
 
Tell us more about your case, cable management, fans, etc... might be an airflow issue. Hot air running through the card transfers less heat... I thought I was having issues with my EVGA 8800 Ultra idling at 60 and loading at 75*... sounds like you have something else going on. Have you verified that the fan is runnin on the card?

My buddys GTX280 Idles at 40*c and loads at 55*c... this is with an Antec 900 though and (4) 120mm fans and the 200mm on top and ambient temp around 70*f
 
JLangevin said:
Tell us more about your case, cable management, fans, etc... might be an airflow issue. Hot air running through the card transfers less heat... I thought I was having issues with my EVGA 8800 Ultra idling at 60 and loading at 75*... sounds like you have something else going on. Have you verified that the fan is runnin on the card?

My buddys GTX280 Idles at 40*c and loads at 55*c... this is with an Antec 900 though and (4) 120mm fans and the 200mm on top and ambient temp around 70*f
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I have a very cool case, with a 120mm fan dumping right above the intake fan of the GPU. I have two other GTX 280's. The first one I bought did the same thing and I had to RMA it. Both of those cards hit high 80's under max load.

Based on my experience with these cards (and this is the 4th I've had in my posession) I have a hard time believing your buddy's runs at 55C load. What is he doing to achieve "load"?
 
Looks like Nvidia have shit themselves.
No wonder the 260 update is so lame, and no wonder there won't be a 260-280x2.
ATI FTW:D
 
Dogmapog said:
Looks like Nvidia have shit themselves.
No wonder the 260 update is so lame, and no wonder there won't be a 260-280x2.
ATI FTW:D
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Lame fanboy :rolleyes:

Anyway , another factor could have been your PSU , if you arent feeding it clean power than it could be also overheating. Did you remove the plastic liner on the bottom of the card before you installed it? Your also positive that it has good airflow? Did you try to force the fan to 100 precent to see if it managed the heat output better?

I have a BFG GTX 280 and have ZERO issues with it. Its infact running the GPU folding client at a solid 69C , during most games it stays are 65C and even with Crysis pumping out heat it only gets to 75C. I have a feeling that it isn't these cards going bad , its something in your system thats burning them out.
 
xp3nd4bl3 said:
I have a very cool case, with a 120mm fan dumping right above the intake fan of the GPU. I have two other GTX 280's. The first one I bought did the same thing and I had to RMA it. Both of those cards hit high 80's under max load.

Based on my experience with these cards (and this is the 4th I've had in my posession) I have a hard time believing your buddy's runs at 55C load. What is he doing to achieve "load"?
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I understand that you can have a hard time believing that based on your experiences, however, I built the system as well as did all the testing and monitored the temps with my own eyes. Doesnt change the fact that what Ive said is fact regarding his card.

The load tests were done in 3DMark Vantage as well as PCWizard08 and Speedfan running while playing Crysis on a 24" monitor at full resolution, all settings on Very High and 4x AA.
 
RMA it even with an averagr case they wont hit 105 c

short of stuffing the fan intake with cables and no intake on the front of your pc, the air flow wont make it get that hot its just a bad card, sure maybe mid 90's but in a good case they only hit mid 70's loaded up


I think the airflow BS was just a stall to slow the influx of the bad cards, hopefully you just got an old card, that or someone elses RMA thats "slipped" past their QC a 2nd time lol
 
I'm assuming he was joking. This seems to be going on with a lot of cards. Of course, someone will question my personal experience when I state that this seems to be an issue with some of the 280's, but these threads popping up everywhere are telling.
 
I too am sorry to hear aboutyour problem as well.

I admit that there's a lot of talk about GTX 280s overheating. I did have to RMA one of my cards (not due to overheating however) but the three I have now are working fine. Packed in like sardines in a mid tower case with a highly overclocked processor.

With the new 179.89 drivers the cards idle around 65-70c since the drivers don't seem to downclock like the older drivers. Load temps are about the same, 90c on the top card after and hour of Crysis. Furmark can get the top card to 95c after about 30 minutes. No SLI support in Furmark.
 
Try turning the fan speed up, but 70c idle is too hot, my GTX 260 idles at 40-43c and loads at 55-65c with my fan at %60, this is with my gpu overclocked to 756/1512/2600
 
Godmachine said:
There is an ATI sub forum , go away troll to where you belong.
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So anyone who dares to express the negatives is a troll in your book....how convenient for you:rolleyes::rolleyes:
Unlike you, I care that people buy decent products, not overheating underperforming junk.
 
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