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Geforce 6800 GT pci-e temperature problems?

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Crashman

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I recently purchased a ABS Ultimate M-6 SLI system for about $3500.00 delivered. I'm running a single EVGA Geforce 6800 GT pci-express card in a Coolermaster Wavemaster aluminum case, with plenty of space around the card. My system has an Athlon FX-55 with Thermaltake Venus 12 CPU fan, 1 GB of Corsair Twin-x ram, a 10000 rpm 74 gig Raptor drive, and two DVD/CD-RW/DVD-ROM drives with Windows XP Professional as my OS.

My processor (per ASUS probe) idles around 41-43 C and hits 55C under heavy gaming load. However, my video card runs real hot...at 60-65C idle and 80's to even 90C under heavy load (per coolbits). I do have it OC'd to 370/1.0 but this seems to make little temp difference. Now, I know that pci-e cards run hotter than their AGP brethren per EVGA's tech lab. The tech begrudgingly gave me a temp range for the card (78-82C) that is the hottest they like to see the card get. Its core slowdown temp is 135 default as opposed to the AGP versions 120C. Haven't really experienced any overheating problems yet (instability, graphical glitches), but I'm wondering if I've got a problem here as most AGP card users seem to have temps in the 50-70 C range under load. I had ABS send me a new card which ran at the same temp. so I don't think its a card problem. My case is supposed to have decent cooling as its all aluminum, has two front 80MM intake fans and a rear 80mm outake fan, as well as my PSU is pushing air out. Thoughts, comments?
 
Can I be the first to say 'damn your eyes' for having such a fine system ;)

Did you get all this stuff included in the price you paid? If so, it's for their tech support to decide if they have a problem with it. You can be certain they won't want you adding an NV5 to that GTs to cool things down a bit.

I've heard of AGP GTs running as high as 90C when heavily overclocked, but most of them seem to be somewhat lower than that. I honestly don't know if the PCI-e cards are supposed to run hotter. It's all-new tech on the market, so perhaps the people you called were also unaware that they hit higher temps? Having said that, the tech support showed themselves to be not complete buffoons by recommending 78-82 as a comfortable range for these cards to work.
 
Thanks for the reply...The EVGA tech was hesitant to offer me a max recommended temp range but he eventually did...seems their tech guys are still arguing over it as, you noted, it is new technology. The current pci-e cards are actually modifed AGP versions with a new (second) bridge or chip or something put on them and this generates more heat supposedly. My friend's AGP card has a temp range of 10-20 C cooler than mine. I'm kind of annoyed but it runs fine. As for the system...its my first dream one, got a good deal, and its very future proof (as much as can be) with newest technology. I haven't tweaked it much (don't need to now). Take care.
 
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