Cooling 8800gts (640mb)

alright, I have a currently 8800gts 640mb, I have software that tells me its tempurature. I did find out though that its tempurature is normal. It should be around 60 C idle, and can get up to 85 C when underload. I really dont want my card heating up that hot, even 60 C I dont like it being that hot! So I got to 2 fans each 12volt which are spares i found in my house, does anyone know specifically the best place to put them for maximum cooling effect, should it be under the card? on top? on the side? infront? Any help would be apprieciated!

Card is 2 weeks old, i think cooling paste is still okay!

It isn't that the stock stuff goes bad, it's that the stock stuff is never as good as AS5 or something similar.

The 8800gts cooler (both g80 and g92 versions are basically the same) is the best dual slot stock cooler in existance. It shouldn't run nearly that hot. That's not normal. Rma it, it's what you do for defective product.

My g92 8800gts @ 780mhz does not go above 60C at max load in stress test. At that point, a high end aftermarket cooler will not do much better, an average aftermarket cooler will do worse. Those aftermarket dual slot coolers are meant for 8800gt.

Alright dagger: I called evga which is the seller for my card and he said that is perfectly normal for it run at 85 degrees under stress and around 60C idle. I kind of dont know who to believe.
And also my fan can be put beneath the card but where beneath, the card in my case is put upside down (fan on the bottom), would I put the extra under the graphics card's own cooling fan or something or in another place.
And also I put a small fan on the rear grill and cools down from 60 C at idle to 54 C idle, buts thats still really hot!

Well, obviously they don't want you to rma the card. So there's a conflict of interest there.

Use this to stress your card. Most games can't stress fully and consistantly, so you don't actually get the max temperature.
http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/

I downloaded furmark and impressivly the card got to 86 C with that thing with 4 fans cooling that card!!! Wow wow this stuff runs hot. And also where exactly would it go under the card, where the cooling fan is? just anywhere under it, cause the card is in a plastic case!

The card has a plastic shroud, in that shroud are slots that release hot air back into your machine. You could tape them up , so that the hot air is forced out, or add the pci slot fan to draw the hot air out.
Running the card's fan at 100% won't decrease it's life ( that's what it's rated to run at, they lower it to make the card quiet ), running it lower may extend it's life.
What 's the room temp ?
How long have you had the card ?, and have you ever dusted it with canned air ?

All true, but most pci fans are only 4 to 5 inches long, placing it over the slots in the shroud, and allowing it to remove the air released by those slots without interfering with the cards intake.
Looks like this;
http://contrvlr.no-ip.org:12300/us [...] G_0674.JPG

By the way , that's a reverse ATX case, not an upside down photo.

I saw the picture with the pci slot fan cooling the card where those grills are, however should the fan be blowing air into the gril or pulling it out the grill?

The slot fan in the photo is an exhaust ( pulls air out of the card and blows it out of the case ).

That pci slot fan, it doesn't have to be attached to the videocard in anyway right, I just put it another pci slot, becuase I am afraid that if i gotta modify something in the card it will void warranty.

Excellent, I was going research on it all day and I ordered one already, looks like it works well cause the design is quite similar to the cards cooling system cause it exhausts the hot air outside.

2 to 4 degree's, I don't think I know anyone who use's the "F" word when talking about computer temps.

You asked;

"How many degrees you think a pci slot fan can shed off from my card in CELCIUS."

I replied;

"2 to 4 degree's, I don't think I know anyone who use's the "F" word when talking about computer temps."

The "F" word that nobody else uses when talking about computer temps is Farenhieght, trying to let you know I meant celsius.

Chillout

lol oh whoops

It helps??? Well i wont have to do it cuase i am going to put a pci slot fan that will blow out all the hot air and exhaust it out the back so i dont need taping. PCI fan will take care of that