Safe OC Temp.

[ACIDMX]

Whats a good temp for a graphics card with a stock cooler?

Stock Core is 400MHz

Memory is 700MHz



I have it OC'd to
495 Core and 760 Memory

It runs @ about 56*C idle. About 70 while gaming.

[Spawn-Inc]

well i have a ATI All-In Wonder 2006 pci express edition with stock cooling, but i changed out the thermal paste with Artic Silver 5. i was play dod:S for maybe 2 hours and as soon as i closed the game i checked temps and it said 58degC. i'm not sure what the core and memory was at i think just under 500 for core and 600-700 for memory. idle is 40 something.

[ACIDMX]

I swapped out the thermal paste with arctic silver but i'm not seeing a drop in temp :(


Or maybe nTune is full of crap

[Spawn-Inc]

well i was to dam impaitent to wait and test temps before. i think it dropped temps by 1-2 degrees on my cpu though. once i have my rig running good (whens its built) i will probably change out the thermal tapes, pastes pads, etc. on everything and see what happens. on the cpu though i will go right away with AS5.

[slytherock]

It can help to know wich video card we're talking about. however, 70 is a bit high.

[FrooP]

got a oced 7600 gt AGP summer is gaming at 60° degrees celcius.. gonna rais it a bit :D

[ACIDMX]

Its a 7600GS AGP.

I have the fan running at 100% and replaced the thermal paster with arctic silver.

[ACIDMX]

I have it at 400 core and 864 memory. Idle at 54c and it peaks at 75c.

Im planning on getting this for it:

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/xoxide_1957_70141848.jpg

[Redundant]

I have it at 400 core and 864 memory. Idle at 54c and it peaks at 75c.
I'm surprised it can get so hot and not catch on fire or melt something.
(According to Google 75 degrees Celsius = 167 degrees Fahrenheit.) :eek: You could cook something on that chip!


Im planning on getting this for it:

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/xoxide_1957_70141848.jpg
I was under the impression those don't work too good. :think:

[ACIDMX]

I read at about 90c you should start worrying

[xRyokenx]

What kind of card is it? I have a cooler for nVidia 6800 and 7800 series cards that doesn't fit my 6800XT that I could use to get rid of. If you can't use it, don't worry about it... Ebay might like it, lol.

[rendermandan]

I read at about 90c you should start worrying

I have an ATI 1900 XTX and ran a 3d mark 06 test last night. I had the Catalyst control panel open that read the temp of the video card. at idel it read around 60 c. and right after running the 3d mark test it read 93 c then dropped very quickly. Is that bad?

I heard the cards fan speed up and down several times during the test and I put my hand behind it to feel how hot the air was comming out of the vent, and it was HOT!

FYI, I'm currently overclocking my processor to 2.88 GHZ from 2.4. would this cause the video card temp to raise as well?

[.Maleficus.]

FYI, I'm currently overclocking my processor to 2.88 GHZ from 2.4. would this cause the video card temp to raise as well?
No, it shouldn't. Unless the excess heat generated by the OC'd CPU is heating the air in the case and putting more hot air onto the video card. Then it might.

[Spawn-Inc]

so when i play dod:S i play for about 5-10 minutes then the game crashes on me and then i can go for another 40-60 minutes before i get tired and stop playing. my card, x1300 (all in wonder 2006 edition) reaches temps of 66*C would that cause it to crash the game?

i've lowered the recommended settings from high to medium and it still crashes any idea?

[xRyokenx]

What's the room temp. of where your PC is? That has a major effect on it, my room is in the 70s and it runs like a champ but when I had it in NY the room was between 80 and 95, so it ran like crap. Other than that I'd say take a look at your fans and stuff and see how dusty they are, clean them, see how it runs, and if need be, improve your air cooling setup somehow.

[Spawn-Inc]

room temp is about 25*C or so. its near the floor so it shoud be a bit cooler. it is inside a desk but theres enough room for a another computer and a half right next to it. theres not front door or back so it has lots of space and airflow. the cooler on the card i think sucks. when i get money i'm going to get a Arctic Cooling Accelero S2 (http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=014575&cid=FN.251) with a 120mm fan on it, if it need it anyway.

[xRyokenx]

What kind of card is it (I forgot if you said or not and am too lazy to look up a few posts, lol), I may have a cooler for you... if it's a 6800 or 7800 something than it'll work, if not, ah well... If it's the stock cooler you've got then the odds are that it sucks... at doing it's job, not air.

[ACIDMX]

While I was playing Quake4 the green gpu symbol in nVidia Monitor turned to yellow lol

[Spawn-Inc]

What kind of card is it (I forgot if you said or not and am too lazy to look up a few posts, lol), I may have a cooler for you... if it's a 6800 or 7800 something than it'll work, if not, ah well... If it's the stock cooler you've got then the odds are that it sucks... at doing it's job, not air.


it's a ATI All-in-wonder 2006 PCi Express edition (http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonx1300/aiw2006pcie/index.html) with a x1300 256mb chip.it looks like this

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/directron/atiaiw200601.jpg


the only thing its good for is the video card part, the rest sucks. the tv tuner is all grainy, there is a 1 second lag with video games plugged in, not worth it. i would have gotten a better card but i used the tv tuner part to get my dad to pay half.

[xRyokenx]

Ahh well... I'd just get an aftermarket cooler. That and an 80*F room will do the trick. I'd get it in a cooler room as ten degrees really makes a big difference, you can tell.

[rendermandan]

there is a 1 second lag with video games plugged in,

Spawn, do you have DVR runnig where you can pause live tv? If so that is probably whats causing the 1 second delay, my ATI HDTV tuner had that on and I had the same problem untill I disabled the realtime pausing for the Svideo input. I forgot the techincal name for it. Hope that helps ya out.

[Spawn-Inc]

ahhh, thats probably it. i don't use this for gaming (console) at all becuase of when i tried it, that and i like the tv i got downstairs better. i would check it out but i'm on my hdd and i didn't install any of that crap just what ever had to be installed.

[Greco101]

I swapped out the thermal paste with arctic silver but i'm not seeing a drop in temp :(


Or maybe nTune is full of crap

It will take a day or so for the paste to set in - or so I've read. See any differences now?

[Spawn-Inc]

It will take a day or so for the paste to set in - or so I've read. See any differences now?

ya 200 hours (about 8 days worth of on time) of "burn in time" is what i heard. it lets it get setup properly and fill in the cracks while its heated so it flows better.

[ACIDMX]

ya 200 hours (about 8 days worth of on time) of "burn in time" is what i heard. it lets it get setup properly and fill in the cracks while its heated so it flows better.

Ok thanks, it hasn't been that long.


I wounder how much it will drop. Runs 54c idle.

[Crazy Buddhist]

I read at about 90c you should start worrying

Shortly thereafter you can start frying eggs :D