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Graphics card question

zx1zx1
edited January 2011 in Chit chat
I'm currently running an Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT card in my PC.
I've been playing GTA IV over the last day or two and every time when i've finished playing it i've ran a scan on my graphics card temperature and it's always around 60-69C. I know GTA IV is quite a high spec game but this temperature seems way too hot, i've stopped playing it for the moment as i don't want to damage the card/system.
Is this temperature normal for a graphics card? (i've checked the fan and it's working fine). My CPU and hard drive are at 27C and 34C which seems more normal.
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  • ADJBADJB
    edited January 2011
    It's high but not deadly to the card.

    Might be worth changing the airflow through the case to lower the temps a bit with an extra fan.
  • zx1zx1
    edited January 2011
    I've taken the side panel off the tower to help cool the inside down. This has helped, it's now sitting at 50C.
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  • The StargliderThe Starglider
    edited January 2011
    I recently build a gaming PC for someone, and I had put in a very high end Nvidia card, one with four colling tubes on it. It ran at load at about 90c. I thought it was really overheating only to find out from research that at heavy load it could run to about 96c!

    My graphics card (9800GT) can run easily at load to the high 70s with no issues at all, so your graphics card is running pretty cool to be honest.
  • ArjunArjun
    edited January 2011
    My ATI Radeon 5670 HD uses fantastically low power and doesn't go above 50 even when running on the highest settings.
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  • bohuskbohusk
    edited January 2011
    It's absolutely in norm, Ive had such temperature on ati radeon x1650pro, that's lower class than your nvidia, and the temperature was the same.
  • zx1zx1
    edited January 2011
    The Starglider wrote: »
    I recently build a gaming PC for someone, and I had put in a very high end Nvidia card, one with four colling tubes on it. It ran at load at about 90c. I thought it was really overheating only to find out from research that at heavy load it could run to about 96c!

    My graphics card (9800GT) can run easily at load to the high 70s with no issues at all, so your graphics card is running pretty cool to be honest.

    wow! 96C is something like 180F!
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  • WoodyWoody
    edited January 2011
    You need to monitor the temps in-game as cards tend to cool down extremely quickly after gaming. Now if you meant your 60-69C readings were in-game temps then you really don't have need to worry!
  • WoodyWoody
    edited January 2011
    And I've also been causing mayhem in GTA IV recently :)
  • zx1zx1
    edited January 2011
    I've just been playing GTA IV and after about an hour the screen went all wierd with flashing lines and roads not displaying properly, this caused me to fail a mission i was doing, this could have been because of Windows 7 but the card was quite hot (69C). Maybe time for a new graphics card as this one if getting old.
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  • The StargliderThe Starglider
    edited January 2011
    zx1 wrote: »
    I've just been playing GTA IV and after about an hour the screen went all wierd with flashing lines and roads not displaying properly, this caused me to fail a mission i was doing, this could have been because of Windows 7 but the card was quite hot (69C). Maybe time for a new graphics card as this one if getting old.

    Trust me, 69C is not hot at all for a gaming graphics card. Doing a quick look at your model card around the net shows many gamers with temperatures reaching 80C and over. These cards were designed to perform to high temperatures, and although the cooler they run, the longer they last (as is true with all computer equipment), you are using it well within its operational design.

    So stop worrying about the card! I would suspect that if it was faulty, it wasn't because of heat, more likely a physical fault or a driver/windows issue.
  • WoodyWoody
    edited January 2011
    zx1 wrote: »
    I've just been playing GTA IV and after about an hour the screen went all wierd with flashing lines and roads not displaying properly, this caused me to fail a mission i was doing, this could have been because of Windows 7 but the card was quite hot (69C). Maybe time for a new graphics card as this one if getting old.

    GTA IV has a texture bug that does exactly what you describe on many systems including my own over a period of time. Google for "GTA IV texture bug" or some similar search term. It's nothing to do with your perfectly fine card temp :)

    Furmark stress test can push my GTX 260 to something like 82C after a few minutes from an idling temp of around 40C. High 60s to low 70s is more like the gaming norm.
  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited January 2011
    zx1 wrote: »
    I've just been playing GTA IV and after about an hour the screen went all wierd with flashing lines and roads not displaying properly, this caused me to fail a mission i was doing, this could have been because of Windows 7 but the card was quite hot (69C). Maybe time for a new graphics card as this one if getting old.

    Yeah, this has even happened to me on the 360 version a couple of times, so probably not anything to do with your card....
    The Black Cauldron (PC)
  • zx1zx1
    edited January 2011
    Cheers for that!
    Just me getting my knickers in a twist as usual!:smile:
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  • ArjunArjun
    edited January 2011
    zx1 wrote: »
    I've just been playing GTA IV and after about an hour the screen went all wierd with flashing lines and roads not displaying properly, this caused me to fail a mission i was doing, this could have been because of Windows 7 but the card was quite hot (69C). Maybe time for a new graphics card as this one if getting old.

    I remember Batman: Arkham Asylum doing something like that, on purpose, during one of its early cutscenes and I thought my Xbox 360 had over heated or something. But no, it was just a clever stunt...
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  • VampyreVampyre
    edited January 2011
    Woody wrote: »
    Furmark stress test can push my GTX 260 to something like 82C after a few minutes from an idling temp of around 40C. High 60s to low 70s is more like the gaming norm.

    Yup. My GTX260 regularly hits 80+ when playing Crysis at insane levels of detail :-)
    Arjun wrote: »
    I remember Batman: Arkham Asylum doing something like that, on purpose, during one of its early cutscenes and I thought my Xbox 360 had over heated or something. But no, it was just a clever stunt...

    I nearly had heart-failure when that happened on my PC with a newly installed GFX card...
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  • Bermondsey BobBermondsey Bob
    edited January 2011
    Arjun wrote: »
    I remember Batman: Arkham Asylum doing something like that, on purpose, during one of its early cutscenes and I thought my Xbox 360 had over heated or something. But no, it was just a clever stunt...

    Yep, that got me too :lol: A great standout moment from a great game :)
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