I have had a MSI 6800GT since 3 months ago. My temperatures had always been within the reasonable, about 55C idle and not over 72C under load. I even remember having overclocked it to 420 / 1100 and it never surpassed 78C.
But tonight, after updating the drivers to forceware 66.97 i checked out the idle temperature and it was around 64C. That scared the [-peep-] out of me, and I proceeded to test it with RTHDRIBL, Doom3 and Half-Life 2. My fears were confirmed and I saw it reach 95C (!) after a few minutes running RTHDRIBL. Half-Life 2 gave me no less than 92C. Everything at stock speed.
All kinds of self-induced paranoia have begun to torture me. Did i hold the fan blades too rudely while cleaning the card one month ago? I don't think that's the answer, I remember checking temperatures and even overclocking after that. Does the driver version have anything to do with it (that IS paranoia)? No, they don't, apparently. The room temperature is in the mid-high 20's and obviously it hasn't varied much in one month, though my CPU temperatures are now some 4 or 5 degrees higher than they were a few weeks ago.
I really don't know what to do. Truth is I haven't experimented any artifacts or hangups while playing, which is strange with such temperatures. And i've touched the card's heatsink and while it was surely hot, I had no trouble keeping my fingers on it. It occured to me that the card probes could be measuring inaccurately, but why would that happen all of a sudden? What in the world could make a GPU that worked normally rise 10C idle and 20C under load? I have considered getting a NV Silencer 5 and some Arctic Silver, but before that I thought I could use some advice.
People who use these on their 6800GT seem to be within 60's under load, mainly depending on air flow inside the case, i guess. I have two intake 80mm fans and one outtake 120mm fan. So, theoretically, if I purchase the new heatsink and thermal paste and still see temperatures around 80's (they'll probably drop at least a bit) with no artifacts, could I assume the temperature probes are [-peep-] up?
Any thoughts, theories, suggestions about this matter could noticeably ease my worried mind
Thanks a lot
But tonight, after updating the drivers to forceware 66.97 i checked out the idle temperature and it was around 64C. That scared the [-peep-] out of me, and I proceeded to test it with RTHDRIBL, Doom3 and Half-Life 2. My fears were confirmed and I saw it reach 95C (!) after a few minutes running RTHDRIBL. Half-Life 2 gave me no less than 92C. Everything at stock speed.
All kinds of self-induced paranoia have begun to torture me. Did i hold the fan blades too rudely while cleaning the card one month ago? I don't think that's the answer, I remember checking temperatures and even overclocking after that. Does the driver version have anything to do with it (that IS paranoia)? No, they don't, apparently. The room temperature is in the mid-high 20's and obviously it hasn't varied much in one month, though my CPU temperatures are now some 4 or 5 degrees higher than they were a few weeks ago.
I really don't know what to do. Truth is I haven't experimented any artifacts or hangups while playing, which is strange with such temperatures. And i've touched the card's heatsink and while it was surely hot, I had no trouble keeping my fingers on it. It occured to me that the card probes could be measuring inaccurately, but why would that happen all of a sudden? What in the world could make a GPU that worked normally rise 10C idle and 20C under load? I have considered getting a NV Silencer 5 and some Arctic Silver, but before that I thought I could use some advice.
People who use these on their 6800GT seem to be within 60's under load, mainly depending on air flow inside the case, i guess. I have two intake 80mm fans and one outtake 120mm fan. So, theoretically, if I purchase the new heatsink and thermal paste and still see temperatures around 80's (they'll probably drop at least a bit) with no artifacts, could I assume the temperature probes are [-peep-] up?
Any thoughts, theories, suggestions about this matter could noticeably ease my worried mind
Thanks a lot
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