Safe Temperature GTS 250?

[mydog12]

Hi,

I just build a (very) modest gaming computer (nothing too fancy) and I've gotten it up and running. I got a PNY 1GB Nvidia GTS 250 card and I was just wondering if my cooling is sufficient... MSI Afterburner reports this about the GPU:
on Idle

GPU Temp: 39 C
GPU Usage: 1 - 2%
Fan Speed: 27%
Core Clock: 738 MHz
Shader: 1732 MHz
Mem: 1100 MHz

Yet doesn't 39 C seem a (little) high for being idle. (as of now i'm installing a game and on firefox)

I'm new to all of this so, just let me know.

 

[Mousemonkey]

39c idle is fine, what's the load temps like? So long as you're below 90c the card will be OK as 105c is the max for that card.

 

[mydog12]

Yeah, well all I have installed right now is Half Life 2 and I ran that at 1920 x 1080 with full everything and it hit about 65 c at most.

 

[Mousemonkey]

That's running about perfect then.

 

[mydog12]

Thank you.

 

[mydog12]

Best answer selected by mydog12.