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My EVGA 8800GT at stock speeds (650/950).
Idle 86*C
Installed WC gear in sig:
34*C
Something tells me EVGA's sloppy application of the thermal pads was severely blocking airflow.
That idle can't be right.. Mine's OC'd to 720/1782/2000 and it idles at 55C with the fan at 40%.
Its right, I don't use water by mine with a Accelero S1 is idling about 35
That's what nvidia's monitor was reading before I removed the stock cooler. It ran like that for about a week. The stock coolers on these things look to be absolutely terrible so combine that with an obvious problem and you get high temps.I was referring to the stock cooler idle at 86C. No way in hell that is right, unless the heatsink was seperated from the chips.
I haven't had a chance to OC yet. To be honest I'm not much of an over clocker....I'm into water cooling partly because I was tired of hearing my computer three states away and mostly because I have a hard time leaving things alone. When I get my carpc finished here in the next few weeks I'll get a dual boot going with Vista and Crysis.....I'll start tweaking then. With the price of these cards I'm tempted to SLI but it's to much of a pain to reroute my system so hopefully a nice OC will get the new round of games running nice.What are your max clocks now?
With the sloppy application of heat sink pads from the factory I wonder if some of it found its way inside the fan. There's no doubt something was wrong.If you say so. That's the first I've heard of those kind of idle temps.. unless your fan was off or the heatsink not making flush contact with the board. My card doesn't even come close to that under load. Either way, it's not normal and I'm glad your WC is working well for you.
With the sloppy application of heat sink pads from the factory I wonder if some of it found its way inside the fan. There's no doubt something was wrong.
idle at 86? damn thats hot
Watercooling helped a lot. I went from 52 C idle core to 34 C idle core after watercooling.
-Optimummind
See sigwhat water block are you guys using??
With the sloppy application of heat sink pads from the factory I wonder if some of it found its way inside the fan. There's no doubt something was wrong.
what water block are you guys using??
I really like the GT's single slot cooler, so I don't want to buy a 2 slot cooler.
See sig
Wow, idle at 80 C. On my eVGA 8800GT KO, my idle is 52 C and load under Crysis is 82 C. I'm putting a Koolance GPU waterblock tonight. It's good to see that it works well.
-Optimummind
Ok i have a suggestion NEVER USE As5 on a Video Cards Memory or on Pwm's, Its electricaly conductive and it will thin out once you heat up the card . To make things worse if any bridges get crossed YOUR toast .
WoW, 2tubes of As5( i hope it was the real small tubes) is way too much . If anything use half the amount and your temps would be even lower .Thermal paste wont dissapate the heat when you apply too much paste,It will become an insulator and build up more heat in the card! I know the HUGE Memory GAP needed to be filled. I only used 1/2 to maybe 3/4 of a tube of MX-2 ,Which is thinner than As5 ! Also when the card is installed upside down the factory spring screws will lose som tension over time from the heavy heatsink. Eventualy this will make your temps go up when it slowly starts to seperate. This made me put NYLON WASHERS under Each SPRING SCREW and ChecK the Gap with out any paste.Shure enuff the gap closed alot, Allowing use of themal paste instead of thermal pads .The Stock heatsink slowly seperated because of the springs weaking and i was starting to see higher temps ! So a few weeks ago i modded it with MX-2. couldnt be any happier
Use MX-2 which is not conductive and is 100% safe for the memory. This paste keeps its form and dosnt bleed when heated, this is crucial on Videocard componets!
Read the part on how to install Nylon washers under the Sping Screws and then use MX-2 on the MEMORY//GPU//Shader.. Your Pwm's arnt under the heatsink so you wont have to worry about that part..Unless you are going to add performance heatsinks to them
This Mod will make the clearance smaller BETWEEN the Board and HEATSINK so you can use paste instead of the dreaded thermal pads..It also allows better contact on the GPU/ ..This does work on the GT// WHICH is the same clearance as the GTS ...
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1242603
PM if you need answersmy 8800oc is in my Sig.
Ok i have a suggestion NEVER USE As5 on a Video Cards Memory or on Pwm's, Its electricaly conductive and it will thin out once you heat up the card . To make things worse if any bridges get crossed YOUR toast .
WoW, 2tubes of As5( i hope it was the real small tubes) is way too much . If anything use half the amount and your temps would be even lower .Thermal paste wont dissapate the heat when you apply too much paste,It will become an insulator and build up more heat in the card! I know the HUGE Memory GAP needed to be filled. I only used 1/2 to maybe 3/4 of a tube of MX-2 ,Which is thinner than As5 ! Also when the card is installed upside down the factory spring screws will lose som tension over time from the heavy heatsink. Eventualy this will make your temps go up when it slowly starts to seperate. This made me put NYLON WASHERS under Each SPRING SCREW and ChecK the Gap with out any paste.Shure enuff the gap closed alot, Allowing use of themal paste instead of thermal pads .The Stock heatsink slowly seperated because of the springs weaking and i was starting to see higher temps ! So a few weeks ago i modded it with MX-2. couldnt be any happier
Use MX-2 which is not conductive and is 100% safe for the memory. This paste keeps its form and dosnt bleed when heated, this is crucial on Videocard componets!
Read the part on how to install Nylon washers under the Sping Screws and then use MX-2 on the MEMORY//GPU//Shader.. Your Pwm's arnt under the heatsink so you wont have to worry about that part..Unless you are going to add performance heatsinks to them
This Mod will make the clearance smaller BETWEEN the Board and HEATSINK so you can use paste instead of the dreaded thermal pads..It also allows better contact on the GPU/ ..This does work on the GT// WHICH is the same clearance as the GTS ...
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1242603
PM if you need answersmy 8800oc is in my Sig.
mine idles at 32C and loads at 45C. using a arctic cooling accelero s1 with 120mm fan installed in a antec nine hundred case, case temp is 22C
Card Overclocked too 780 Core, 1800 Shader, 1950 Mem