UHHHHH SH*T 81c idle 8800 ultra... help

That is not normal, i would RMA the graphics card and call your manufacturer.

Is your room hot? Cause 81C is high but not unacceptable...

RMA it

Here's a good guide for Rivatuner and 8800's

http://home.comcast.net/~msl2/RivaTuner.htm

iv taken off the side panel and have pointed a large house fan at it, and the temps have dropped to 71c and its not moving from there... what do you guys think now?

and does anyone know if the evga is toll free if you call?

well i went into riva tuner and supposedly its at 100%...
but when i load speed fan there are 2 fans that say: 25% and 13%.. wtf why so damn low and im not sure which fans those are and i dont know how to increase them...

well at 100% which it is at right now, its really not that noisy.. and i cant even distinguish it from the other fans.. in total i have 10 fans in my case but i still dont find it very noisy..

well considering im using it... how can it not be supported.. unless of course im just hallucinating..

i got my temp reading from both riva tuner and nvidia monitor which comes with ntune.. both read exactly the same.

and for some god damned reason i cant contact evga.. their phone number doesnt work.. it says cannot be completed as dialed.

*and im running vista 32 not 64

OK so the temp feature appears to be working fine if 2 different sources agree but the fan speed seems screwed for RivaTuner.

My card defaulted to a 60% fan speed which I could hardly hear above the other quiet fans in my system. I had to up the fan speed to 70-75% before I could really notice it.

How hot is the exhausted air from the card? You could try a thermometer or even your hand. Is it much hotter than your PSU?
Do you have an other card in the expansion slot next to your gfx card?

no its alone.. in the slot all by itself with no wires or anything. (im actually going in about a couple hours to buy 3 more fans.. one 90 mm fan which moves 80cfm, one 120 mm fan that moves 104 cfm, and a 120 mm fan that moves 80cfm.. i hope to god that will help but i highly doubt it since there is only so much i can do. puting the side of the case back on will mean much higher temps no matter how many fans i have. i really dont know what to do

here is my system:

evga 680i
evga 8800 ultra (stock)
2 gig corsair ram
700 watt ocz psu (which is a lot cooler than gpu)
q6600 @ 3Ghz
tuniq tower with as5
thermaltake armor with 2 fans at the front 1 at the top 3 at the back and of course 1 for the mobo, heatsink and graphics card.

and Fate0N3 i already called that number and it doesnt work. i dialed exactly those numbers and it says: completed as dialed.

well its not loose but i still cant call bloody EVGA because their stupid line is not working... this is why i like BFG 100% more.. by jove how hard is it to set up a working phone line..

iv called from 3 cell phones and in 2 different houses but still same thing... the evga phone number doesnt work so if anyone could help me out that would be great

Aside from it running hot are there any other issues? Try gaming with it see what it does these cards can take 100C easy. You're in a panic calm down. Email EVGA support look into an RMA for the card and relax. This stuff happens it's no fun but collect yourself.

Those temps are way too hot. Im going to ask a dumb but plausible question. Did you remove the piece from the exhaust slot in the back of your rig? Ive seen that done by others, and leave the plate in the slot. If not and youre getting these temps, even if it isntr running hot and its just a faulty sensor, time to rma, as how will you ever know your true temps?

well when i tried to play medieval 2 the computer froze so...

and yes jaydeejohn i did remove 2 plates at the back, one for exhaust one for the plugs..

Can anyone tell me the right number for evga since i need to rma the card...

It could be a faulty fan, RMA it. My room temps are 30C and my 8800GTS 320mb idles around 45C non overclocked and around 50C overclocked. I'm hoping you get to solve your problem because I'm interested in Evga's support, since my friend had a bad incident with them.

I also got a 8800 Ultra (EVGA) and I just checked my temp with nTune and GPU1 runs at 82 C. I got around 20 C roomtemperature, I also got another fan just of the side on it pushing air out (Using a Lian Li case). I open my case but its still at 81-82 C, also tryed to unplugg the extra fan but still at 81-82 C. I'm not good at this so I might me looking at the wrong thing?

PS; Running Vista Ultimate 64-bit