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chrhadden_94   06-10-2009 at 07:40:44 PM

i have a bfg 8800gt .i have been overclocking since i bought it last yr.its stock clocked at 625 core and 900 memory.i never oc the memory because i heard its easy to mess your card up.i run the core at 690 when im playing games (cod4) mostly.lately its getting hotter than usual (95c)and i get some artifacts.am i killing my card?is that way to hot?normally it runs around 63c

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r_manic   06-11-2009 at 10:09:31 AM
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Yes! The fact that you're already seeing artifacts means you may already be damaging your card! :(

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the_one111   06-11-2009 at 04:17:40 PM
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Usually 80C is the limit for safe gaming temps on 8800GTs (I have one).

Try turning up the fan speed if you haven't and if you already have downclock it and see if the artifacts persist.

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chrhadden_94   06-11-2009 at 11:22:06 PM
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the_one111 wrote :

Usually 80C is the limit for safe gaming temps on 8800GTs (I have one).

Try turning up the fan speed if you haven't and if you already have downclock it and see if the artifacts persist.


i was always running the 8800s fan at full speed when i oc,because i use headphones for gaming anyways.i ended up taking the side panel off my case and pointing a house fan in there,seems to be working so far lol.i wanted something new anyways :)

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chrhadden_94   06-12-2009 at 11:23:40 PM
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the_one111 wrote :

Usually 80C is the limit for safe gaming temps on 8800GTs (I have one).

Try turning up the fan speed if you haven't and if you already have downclock it and see if the artifacts persist.


thx for the help bro

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kronik2k   06-30-2009 at 02:10:25 AM
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my 7300 gs is running at 70 idle + 100 C load, very funny lol

 

its a granddad of a card though

  

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armanhussain   09-02-2009 at 08:17:08 PM
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kronik2k wrote :

my 7300 gs is running at 70 idle + 100 C load, very funny lol

its a granddad of a card though





lol :??:

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Lucuis   09-04-2009 at 03:52:00 AM
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chrhadden_94 wrote :

i have a bfg 8800gt .i have been overclocking since i bought it last yr.its stock clocked at 625 core and 900 memory.i never oc the memory because i heard its easy to mess your card up.i run the core at 690 when im playing games (cod4) mostly.lately its getting hotter than usual (95c)and i get some artifacts.am i killing my card?is that way to hot?normally it runs around 63c



Try blowing out your card with a can of air. I had a similar issue when my GPU fan had too much dust in it, temps rocketed up. A good case cleaning couldn't hurt anyway :)

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richardscott   09-05-2009 at 07:34:23 PM
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you most likely haven't damaged it my hd4870's idle at 60 and full load can hit 100, but it wont even throttle it down till it reaches 100c :P damage occurs at 110c +

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