6800 Ultra Temps?

[FACTION95Si]

What are normal temps for a 6800 Ultra? I was hitting 62C during CS Source with my BFG 6800 Ultra. Is this normal or am I running too hot?

[Sentential]

Anything under 80c* on a 6800 is acceptable load temps. Yours is just fine

[FACTION95Si]

Thanks for the quick reply Sentential. I'm still tempted to buy the VGA Silencer. I can't stand the high pitch whining sound the stock cooler makes.

[Shuzzy]

Thanks for the quick reply Sentential. I'm still tempted to buy the VGA Silencer. I can't stand the high pitch whining sound the stock cooler makes.

do not buy a silencer, the new ones are garbage.

i would suggest going with one of the new zalman vf700-cu coolers.

[FACTION95Si]

I really like Zalman products but has anyone tried the Zalman vf700-cu on a 6800 Ultra?

[DarkAssassin]

i don't know about those temp recomendations. I have 5 case fans, as5, and a zalman vf-700 Cu in normal mode w/ a 6600 gt oc and start getting artifacts at 47 or 48 degrees c (that's when I'm at 595@1.19 or higher). I currenlty have it at just above 590 and at 1.185.

[xTrEmEoVrClOcKr]

Actually, those recommended temps are fine, the 6600Gts run a lot cooler, I dont artifact even under heavy load (80C, I dont artifact when I OC)

[Sentential]

I really like Zalman products but has anyone tried the Zalman vf700-cu on a 6800 Ultra?
They work just fine. Temps are a tad higher than on a silencer but you will not have any sort of fitting issues that plague the silencers. If you get one just be sure you get the copper type.

<EDIT> You cant use a VGA silencer. You have a double-backplate which woudl block the exaust airflow out of the case.

[FACTION95Si]

I thought that if you buy the Silencer it comes with a replacement 6800 ultra backplate?

[Sentential]

I thought that if you buy the Silencer it comes with a replacement 6800 ultra backplate?
Negitive. It does not yet

[jtracc20]

I thought that if you buy the Silencer it comes with a replacement 6800 ultra backplate?

you would think so, wouldnt you.

[Silversinksam]

Anything under 80c* on a 6800 is acceptable load temps. Yours is just fine


Still using that magical 80*c number I see. To bad it's not good information as I've stated to you 3 times now.

What are normal temps for a 6800 Ultra? I was hitting 62C during CS Source with my BFG 6800 Ultra. Is this normal or am I running too hot?


Your fine at 62*c under laod with your 6800Ultra. BFG Techs told me some instances that the card can reach over 120*c under load/ Like I've stated, this must be a isolated situation where the case has poor ventilation if they hit 120*c

But either way, your fine at 62*

[FACTION95Si]

Silversinksam is 80C too high? I don't think my card goes over 65C, but I'm not totally sure. Is there another program that will tell me the GPU Core temp other than the standard NVIDIA drivers? An add-in to MBM5 would be sweet!

[Silversinksam]

Silversinksam is 80C too high? I don't think my card goes over 65C, but I'm not totally sure. Is there another program that will tell me the GPU Core temp other than the standard NVIDIA drivers? An add-in to MBM5 would be sweet!

80 is acceptable according to BFG, but my opinion is if your able to cool it down as best as possible, the card will be happier and probably last longer.

I read every word of the latest Nvidia driver release and they are going to fix the fact that the latest driver increases the temp reading a few degrees.

As far as a program that can read the temps, whatever you use will be using the same temp diode.

[crimedog]

SSS, he's not talking about the maximum operation temperature of the core. He's talking about what most of us say are acceptable temperatures. From playing around with the stock cooler on my ultra I'd say 80c is a good number to choose (as a max load number).

[Silversinksam]

SSS, he's not talking about the maximum operation temperature of the core. He's talking about what most of us say are acceptable temperatures. From playing around with the stock cooler on my ultra I'd say 80c is a good number to choose (as a max load number).


I could have sworn the reply just before yours said what you said in regards to the acceptable tempature :rolleyes:

80 is acceptable :)

[FACTION95Si]

So SSS what other programs are available that will be reading that diode?

I have noticed that my temps read higher with the new drivers. Idle temp was in the low fourties now its reading 50c!

[crimedog]

Still using that magical 80*c number I see. To bad it's not good information as I've stated to you 3 times now.

i was responding to that. obviously since they told you 120c was fine i'd assume 80c was fine as well.

[Silversinksam]

So SSS what other programs are available that will be reading that diode?

I have noticed that my temps read higher with the new drivers. Idle temp was in the low fourties now its reading 50c!

Yes, the 71.84 reports the temps a couple degrees more than the last official driver. In the 71.84 driver release notes they mention this as a future bug fix they will hammer out.

As far as Temp progies, I am not sure if too many are available to read the diode on the card, speedfan may be able to (http://www.almico.com/sfhistory.php)

[Sentential]

I belive that rivatuner has the ability to read the on-die temperature sensor. Crimedog and Bobmanfoo would know about it. If I recall I remember them using something that resembled rivatuner to read temps (it had a green graph similar to CPU usage on the task manager)

As for temps like I said anything under 80c* is perfectally fine. I have seen quite a few guys get that hot when looping RTBHL. Generally speaking RTBHL will get your load temps *significantally* higher than what a normal game would do.

I usually dont break 60c* with my VGA silencer and 6800GT but on RTBHL it goes past 70c* in a matter of seconds (fortunatly it holds there). On stock cooling with my 6800GT it was about 82c* or so.

6800GTs are underventhiliated for the most part and have higher temps than 6800Us as a whole. If the NV40 core can take 80c* daily just fine and for alot of people 100C* without a hitch I dont see why anything below 80c* would be cause for concern. Plus the card can handle up to 120c* before it starts to throttle.

Besides ive seen guys at XS and here as well take a thermal sensor (laser type) and measured temps on their cards, the driver tab reads alot higher than what the card really runs at. I'd personally take it with a grain of salt, it is equally as bad as Abit's in terms of accuracy. So long as the ballpark figure looks ok then I wouldnt sweat it

[Sentential]

Still using that magical 80*c number I see. To bad it's not good information as I've stated to you 3 times now.
:confused: I seriously dont understand how 80c* is a bad number...

Anything under 80c* on a 6800 is acceptable load temps. Yours is just fine

80 is acceptable according to BFG, but my opinion is if your able to cool it down as best as possible, the card will be happier and probably last longer.


How is what I said wrong? :confused: If the BFG techs said that 80c* on load is fine then I dont see how I am spreading "mis-information".

Temps while playing a game is *not* the 100% GPU load temp. Running something like RTBHL is.

The way I see things, there is a stark diffeerence between what is optimal and what is acceptable. Optimal is a statement of opinion, Acceptable is a statement of fact. The NV40 core does and *will* run perfectally fine at 80c* or even 100c*. Anything higher than 120c* is cause for alarm (which is its throttle temp)

The impression that have been given as to what this post asked was "my card is running hot should I be scared and RMA it" with the information he provided the anwser is no. The temps are fine and will not lead to long-term damage. It may impair clocks but it wont kill the card which is what I believe he was looking for