Nvidia gtx 470 temperatures

[schmeebodabear]

Hi, I have an Nvidia EVGA GTX 470 GPU, and I was just wondering if its normal for it to idle at 76C with one monitor?

 

[japps2]

No. I have 2 gtx 470's in sli and individually they idle at 40. Together around 45. Under full load they'll hit 70. What case do you have?

 

[jprahman]

That seems like a high idle temp for a GTX 470. Do you have good airflow in your case?

 

[17seconds]

That idle temp is closer to a load temp. I'm wondering if the card is actually under load, when you think it isn't. Sometimes the card will ramp up for videos on a webpage, your screensaver, or just running Windows Aero. I would install Afterburner and use the GPU temp/usage graphs to see if you truly are running a high temperature with the clocks at stock.
http://downloads.guru3d.com/Afterburner-2.0.0-Final-download-2562.html

 

[schmeebodabear]

Heythanksfor the quick reply guys, yeah I agree with the people saying that it might have been under a load, because lately it has been idling much lower in the 40 degrees, by the way for the people wondering I have a Cooler Master case that has a few 230 mm fans on it so I dont think its an airflow problem, all the wires are pretty well managed, but I think everythings ok now. Thanksagain for the advise everybody