Safe Video Card Temp

[SquallRealm]

whats the safe temperature of the video card?
like for a pc, i never go beyond 50C but 80 C is burning temp..
can anyone tell me how that is with video cards?

 

[Makave7i Tha Don]

hmm...my 6800 ultra is 53 c idle

 

[SquallRealm]

Idle??? so wait whats decent Temp to maintain?
anyone here with 6000GT.. what clocks are u running?

 

[GVX]

Idle??? so wait whats decent Temp to maintain?
anyone here with 6000GT.. what clocks are u running?

There is no 6000GT. You're either talking about the 6600GT or the 6800GT, which one? It's probably the 6600GT seing as how you own one.

In either case, I would start to become concerned if temps started to hit the 80°C range.

 

[SquallRealm]

wait 80 load or idle??
come on guys its like 5 seconds to punch the numbers in and tell me..
what should i idle in and load?
what are my concenquences?

My specs are in the sig, 6600GT!

 

[distr0]

what does everyone use to monitor card temps?

 

[MakubexGB]

50C Idle is ok. 80C Load is not out of this world, but you should try to keep it a bit cooler. Just a few degrees lower.

 

[Dunamis]

I used to have my 6800nu idled at 50, stressed at 58. But then I got silent craze and since then turned off a most of my case fans but one at the back, now I'm getting 66 idle and 74 stressed.

I hope it didn't shorten the lifespan too much, don't wanna go back to noisy land.

 

[SquallRealm]

i thought the video card coolers were cheap.. they are worth as much as the heatsink

 

[CleanSlate]

For every 18 degrees ferenheit (I think) a chips potential life halves. He halved his chips life by going silent .

~Adam

 

[Dunamis]

For every 18 degrees ferenheit (I think) a chips potential life halves. He halved his chips life by going silent .

~Adam

Damn, now I only got 15 years left..

 

[Zumino Zufeilon]

/shrug, running a 6800 with the NVSilencer5, I get idle at 39, and load of 53 or so, and it's quieter, that was good enough for me!