I have a nividia 9800gt graphics card, the other day I checked the running temp and saw it was 130c. Sure it was an error I switched off the machine to check the graphics card only for my fingers to sizzle when I touched the card.
Since then I have cleaned the fluff out of the fans and case, but the card id still tuning at 60-70c when surfing the web and touching 100c when playing games.

Is this the normal running temp for a graphics card? seems a bit high to me.

 

To what I've been told, them cards are ok at 100+, but it does shorten their life span.



What temp is the CPU at when the card is at near 100??

 

Unfortunaly thats how hot they run.

When i got my 8800GT a few years back it was at about 110c in games and 70c idle

I quickly put one of my old Zalman GPU coolers (vf700cu) on it which got it down to about 65c in game and 45c idle even though the cooler was designed for the previous generation GPU's!

It wont harm it as they are designed to operate at that temperature but for long life its probably a good idea to get a decent aftermarket cooler and use some high quality thermal paste.

 

cpu is running at 30 ish. I am using evga precision and for some reason the fan is stopping on the gpu sending the temp 130+ and giving me the wsod.

 

You have overclocked GPU/Graphic card?



Jura

 

That's just standard, the fan cut out is rather random sometimes it will go for 10 minutes before cutting out, other times it will run for an hour. I have cleaned the crap out of the fan and it is running smoothly so that is not the issue.

 

Hi there

nVidia cards seems run lot hotter than ATi.

Which card you have 8800GT or GTX series?

Do you also have EVGA Eleet, MSI Afterburner, Speedfan, NVIDIA System Tools, Everest, or AIDA64 installed? If you have one of these programs installed, they could conflict with EVGA Precision and cause the issues you are having.


Jura

 

geoforce 9800gt, I only have NVIDIA System tools and EVGA installed. Although I only installed evga after I started getting the white screen of death.

 

Try uninstall NVIDIA System tools and use only EVGA Precision for few hours.



Jura

 

Also clean the fan out with a soft brush, all that fluff/dust doesnt help in cooling (and dont forget the heat sink!)

Tony