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jimmypetro   05-23-2008 at 04:57:16 AM

How can I get the temperature of my video card? I have a 9800GX2, and I know they run pretty hot, and I'd like to keep an eye on it... as far as I know it doesn't say the temp in the BIOS even (although I'm not sure what the MPC temp is?). Anyone know of any software that can do it? Or if speedfan can do it, can anyone point me in the right direction of how I can set it up right?

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jaydeejohn   05-23-2008 at 05:13:28 AM
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Try this http://www.evga.com/articles/405.asp

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jimmypetro   05-23-2008 at 05:24:42 AM
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Cool, thanks alot. It seems to be running at a constant speed of about 55C while idle. :/ It gets up to about 70C after only 10 minutes or so of CoD4. If i'm not mistaken, thats pretty damn high isn't it?

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jaydeejohn   05-23-2008 at 05:35:43 AM
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No, as long as it doesnt get above 75. 70 is ok for this card, it runs a little hot

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nukemaster   05-23-2008 at 05:58:08 AM
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Its safe.

 

I get 80+ on my 8800GTX(22-24c room) and 90+ on my X1900XT(before i changed the cooelr to get 55-60 load)

 

Your cards fan will auto adjust to keep the card(s) cool enough

 

Also check out RivaTuner

 

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=163

 

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jimmypetro   05-23-2008 at 06:09:13 AM
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Alright thanks a lot. With that program I'm able to adjust the fan speed manually, too, which is nice. I'll probably usually have it set to auto, but with fans at 100% I had CoD4 going for about 30min at 60C. Obviously CoD4 isn't going to push it as much as some other games, but it will be a couple days until I can get crysis on this. :)

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thorthebold   06-19-2009 at 07:09:31 PM
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jimmypetro wrote :

Cool, thanks alot. It seems to be running at a constant speed of about 55C while idle. :/ It gets up to about 70C after only 10 minutes or so of CoD4. If i'm not mistaken, thats pretty damn high isn't it?


I have a 8400 that idles at 76 and runs CoD4 at 96....thats really high! it works just fine but i'm going to buy a fan very soon

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