A Graphics Card Can Take Alot

[alexander]

If any of you are worrying about GPU temperatures don't worry.

I got a 6800GT today, fitted it with a Zalman VF700Cu and forgot to plug the fan in on it.

I carried onto play Battlefield 2 and Call Of Duty 2 no high settings, all was well for around half an hour but after this it got a bit stuttery. No artifacts or anything though.

I just put it down my settings too high so carried on for another hour.

Then played BF2 and the same thing happened but carried on for another hour.

Then I opened the control panel and it was at 135 degrees which was a bit of a damn surprise.

Now plugged the fan in again and its back down to 55 and working fine.

Thought it would have broken it at those temperatures, when I touched the heatsink it actually burnt me with a mark.

Just letting you all know that you may aswell let your temperatures get as high as you want.

Oh yeah, would I see much of improvement if I go over to a X1900GT?

I have a E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2 and a Gigabyte 965 S3.
how much of a jump would I get? Is £70 a decent price for one?

[scrandman]

Then I opened the control panel and it was at 135 degrees which was a bit of a damn surprise.

Thought it would have broken it at those temperatures, when I touched the heatsink it actually burnt me with a mark.

Surely this was not a great surprise to you?

[vicar]

he he he

[chrisg22]

Heh my 6600GT was taking 115c at one point due to REALLY bad air flow in the machine, it was passively cooled though.

But mines still alive and kicking.

[Rob_B]

115C, jesus thats not good! i suppose once its cooled down there should be no lasting damage though!

To be fair, when mucking around in your case who hasn't ever forgotten to plug something back in? fan/power/ide cable/etc!

[kalniel]

*nods* The 6800GT in particular is rather famous for both getting to and withstanding huge temperatures. Others aren't quite so good, but more often than not it's other components on the card that struggle more, like the VRMs.

[HoldenBurn1000]

I keep forgetting to turn my watercooling on and always get the Nvidia control panel telling me Im an idiot (well not really) done that three of four times now and its hit 135 with no problems!

[ThePimPsTeR]

To be fair, when mucking around in your case who hasn't ever forgotten to plug something back in? fan/power/ide cable/etc!

LOL - too true

[pollaxe]

I had to resolder a transistor (twice) to my X850 XT PE and it still works a treat! (My soldering is elementary at best!)

[shiato storm]

get a zalman copper/flower type thingy and you'll keep everything nice and cool...I have

[topgun23]

135 degrees - ok then