Nearly fried GPU or HW-monitor error?

[Bluescreendeath]

I was watching some movies and playing fallout3 @ 1920x1080 for a few hours. Then I notice my HW monitor temperature read a max of 127'C! (260'F)

I wasn't experiencing any artifacting or glitches at all. Also, the lowest min temperature it read was 31'C (81'F)...which I don't think is possible since the lowest GPU temp with fans at 100% was 48'C

So did my HW-monitor really screw up or did I nearly fry my GPU?

 

[renz496]

maybe it was HW monitor error. but you can use other software like Riva Tuner or EVGA Precision to check the GPU temp. give it a try

 

[Bluescreendeath]

I was using GPUZ at the time. Is there any way to check the logs?

 

[renz496]

click on the sensor tab then check 'log to file' box. it will save the log in .txt file

 

[Bluescreendeath]

So the consensus is HW-monitor glitch?

 

[Twoboxer]

Before I assumed it was a glitch, I'd recommend trying to force the temperature increase again.

Is there a time-log of gpu temps?