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oblivion666   04-11-2009 at 03:50:46 AM

Photo after Oblivion only playing 10 minutes card hit 88 degree never noticed this heat problem before. Not overclocked. EVGA fan speed turned up 100 using antec 1200 even with more fans.

http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/ [...] t=9800.jpg

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efeat   04-11-2009 at 04:02:37 AM
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If turning up the fans doesn't help, it sounds like an airflow problem. Check for dust buildups within the heatsink and clean it out to improve airflow. Other than that, 88C is actually within normal operating range for a dual gpu card. It's on the very high end of the spectrum...but is still within it. Does your card get that hot on any other games?

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rambo117   04-11-2009 at 04:02:52 AM
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wow, thats obviously not good for the card...have you given rivatuner a shot?

88C might be what the card was made to handle, but ive never owned one so cant say..
my 3870s never break 60C and the heatpipes are hot to the touch...

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oblivion666   04-11-2009 at 04:57:13 AM
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efeat wrote :

If turning up the fans doesn't help, it sounds like an airflow problem. Check for dust buildups within the heatsink and clean it out to improve airflow. Other than that, 88C is actually within normal operating range for a dual gpu card. It's on the very high end of the spectrum...but is still within it. Does your card get that hot on any other games?



Yeah all games. Can you recommend any air product like heatsinks for video cards?

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efeat   04-11-2009 at 06:12:56 AM
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Unfortunately, I can't. I haven't used a custom/3rd party cooling solution for a GPU since my 7800 GT some years back.

 


Edit: Your thread title says 98C.


Message edited by efeat on 04-11-2009 at 06:13:45 AM
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cyberman86   04-11-2009 at 04:44:45 PM
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oblivion666 wrote :

Photo after Oblivion only playing 10 minutes card hit 88 degree never noticed this heat problem before. Not overclocked. EVGA fan speed turned up 100 using antec 1200 even with more fans.

http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/ [...] t=9800.jpg




If you've never had this before, then its NOT an air flow problem in the case.
It seems your video card its having heat sink problems.

I just had the same problem last week with a NEW GTX 260 Core 216 SC; Temps went up to 100C, so I RMA and within a week EVGA send me a replacement and since then I haven't Seen Temps passed over 70C when gaming.

I would suggest contact EVGA and RMA the card, EVGA customer service is very good.

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rambo117   04-11-2009 at 06:23:53 PM
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a falty heatsink perhaps? needs more thermal greese?

take the card's heatsink off and give an inspection if worst comes to worst

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oblivion666   04-12-2009 at 06:42:45 AM
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rambo117 wrote :

a falty heatsink perhaps? needs more thermal greese?

take the card's heatsink off and give an inspection if worst comes to worst



Anything I can do to increase the fan speed even more or increase the max speed limit?

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rambo117   04-12-2009 at 10:56:10 PM
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have you given rivatuner a shot? you can max the fan out in that control panel. ive used it before but dont really ned it with my cards.

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frozenlead   04-12-2009 at 11:17:08 PM
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Give the heatsink a good cleaning with an air compressor - that should lower the temps if you've had the card a while.

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joeman42   10-20-2009 at 08:30:25 AM
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88 degreese is not bad they go up to 105 degreese before they hit thermal shutdown and this stops damage just krank the fan up to 100% when ur in games and hope for the best mine games at 95 degreese in crysis and is going fine

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gamerk316   10-20-2009 at 02:38:20 PM
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Actually, the GX2 gets that hot on a regular basis; I've seen over 100C on several occasions with my old one.

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rambo117   10-20-2009 at 02:51:19 PM
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gamerk316 wrote :

Actually, the GX2 gets that hot on a regular basis; I've seen over 100C on several occasions with my old one.



well yah, think about it. two 65nm GPUs sharing one PCB. things can get a little toasty on there :P

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pat mcgroin   10-20-2009 at 03:16:42 PM
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My vid card sits rather low in my case.
I have had good luck by putting one of these under the video card to help get rid of the heat that it trapped underneath.
It helped to bring the temps down around 15c.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] e%20Cooler

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rambo117   10-20-2009 at 03:40:45 PM
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^good suggestion. PCI slot coolers work excellent. was gonna get one till radioshack stopped carrying thermaltake stuff >: (

maybe on my next newegg purchase ill throw one in

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