I have a 4 monitor setup using 2 graphics cards and am worried about internal GPU temperatures. They are 2 PNY Quadro NVS 300 [PNY VCNVS300X16-PB Quadro NVS 300 512MB] and run between 45C idle to 60+C with normal load (CPU 38-45C). Are these temperatures safe? I prefer 40C or less, but read just tonight that some think up to 80C is safe/normal. As these are only passively cooled via large heatsinks, I was wondering generally if replacing 2 dual-port cards with 1 quad-port card would materially/significantly lower the heat?
This is a trading computer (no gaming) so I only need 2D graphics and I like PNY for the noiseless operation, but I'm worried about the box in the summer. I think I have good airflow, CoolerMaster HAF-22 case, but have difficultly/lack of control of the room A/C. I had system freezes/crashes I believe caused by previous cards overheating (at 80-90C for 1 passive = PNY VCQ295NVS-X16-DVI-PB Quadro NVS 295), so I prefer having the redundancy of dual cards but if a single 4-port card is cooler I might switch if more stable. My upgraded/replacemnt NVS 300s may draw less electricity, but I'm not convinced they run cooler.
This is a trading computer (no gaming) so I only need 2D graphics and I like PNY for the noiseless operation, but I'm worried about the box in the summer. I think I have good airflow, CoolerMaster HAF-22 case, but have difficultly/lack of control of the room A/C. I had system freezes/crashes I believe caused by previous cards overheating (at 80-90C for 1 passive = PNY VCQ295NVS-X16-DVI-PB Quadro NVS 295), so I prefer having the redundancy of dual cards but if a single 4-port card is cooler I might switch if more stable. My upgraded/replacemnt NVS 300s may draw less electricity, but I'm not convinced they run cooler.