GTX 680 @ load Safe Temp ??

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With my GTX 680 overclocked Im getting 82c-85cmax when Far Cry 3 or Crysis3 is it safe?
Im planning to keep the card till 2015


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Here is an answer that I posted in another thread about SLI temperatures but it still applies in this case.

I can assume that a more stressful environment would lead to shorter life expectancy of any given component.

The "ideal" or safe temp for a GPU would be anywhere under 80c, I would lean more to the 75c average. When cards get hotter than that they can suffer damage to the PCB and warp over time due to the severe temperature swings. If you approach the 90-100c mark the card can "burn out" this can be anything from melted and warped parts or if you are extremely unlucky a fire. The odds of getting an actual flame are very very low but it has happened.
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NVIDIA’s max operating temperature for the GTX 680 is 98C, sometimes the dynamic boost feature goes nuts when going above 70c and the card clocks down the core frequency towards the 736 MHz range for protection vs thermal load. Restarting the system would get the normal clocks back and this may be tweaked with future driver updates.
 
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Ok thanks, some where read that 84c during heavy load is fine with the GTX680 but I was thinking how long it will last or will it die quick because of that?
 
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Here is an answer that I posted in another thread about SLI temperatures but it still applies in this case.

I can assume that a more stressful environment would lead to shorter life expectancy of any given component.

The "ideal" or safe temp for a GPU would be anywhere under 80c, I would lean more to the 75c average. When cards get hotter than that they can suffer damage to the PCB and warp over time due to the severe temperature swings. If you approach the 90-100c mark the card can "burn out" this can be anything from melted and warped parts or if you are extremely unlucky a fire. The odds of getting an actual flame are very very low but it has happened.
 
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