How Hot Is Too Hot? Gigabyte 5850 OC

[KublaKhan]

I have a Gigabyte 5850 OC (factory overclocked to 765/1000). Playing BF3 @ 1920x1200 on "High" settings, I've seen temps. hit 93C. Doesn't stay there, but not sure at what point I should start freaking out.

At 100% fan (using MSI Afterburner), temps are 80-85C.

Idle is 45-47C.

 

[sirmonkey1985]

temps are high but the gpu can handle it.. if you get into the 100C+ area then start freaking the hell out.

check your case cooling, check the heatsink see if its not packed with dust.. or just find a better spot for the system so its not sucking in the same hot air that its exhausting.

 

[u3b3rg33k]

93C is hotter than I'd be comfortable with, but it's probably not the end of the world. What is the average temp in the MSI AB/GPUz graph?

Hows your fresh air supply to that part of the case? Which cooler does yours have? a middle fan (where hot air dumps into the case) or the end fan (where most of it leaves the case)?

EDIT: my googling reveals a dual fan cooler card, is that what yours has? perhaps this one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125318

if that's the one, I'd be looking at case airflow first.

 

[KublaKhan]

93C is hotter than I'd be comfortable with, but it's probably not the end of the world. What is the average temp in the MSI AB/GPUz graph?

Hows your fresh air supply to that part of the case? Which cooler does yours have? a middle fan (where hot air dumps into the case) or the end fan (where most of it leaves the case)?

EDIT: my googling reveals a dual fan cooler card, is that what yours has? perhaps this one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125318

if that's the one, I'd be looking at case airflow first.

Yea, thats my exact card.

I have a 92mm intake and a 120mm exhaust.

Let me do some re-arranging and I'll report back.

 

[KublaKhan]

Found the problem.. the fan, on the card, next to the I/O plate isn't spinning all the way up. After I got the side panel off I could hear it rattling, will have to rig something up to fix that. The second fan is working fine though.

Thanks for the help/info.