GeForce 7900 GT Overheating problem?

[MattsterMH]

Well, I've had the computer for about two months, and I haven't encountered a single problem what so ever.

Just a couple of minutes ago, I checked my gpu temperature (7900 gt) and it says that it's 70 degrees celsius. In which case that would be around 150 degress fahrenheit.

Could this mean that my gpu is overheating? I didn't oc or anything.

Much help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Matt

[MattsterMH]

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[HeatM1ser2k4]

Yes, that is a seriously high temperature,and will kill your card quickly.Mine is OC'd to (595) core and 1772 (mem), and still running at 38 degrees Celcius(100.4 F).How is it being cooled? If you changed the manufacturers heatsink---reseat it immeadiately! Sounds like it might be poorly mounted.At least, thats the first thought that comes to mind.If you havent modifed it, return it, or take advantage of the warranty and RMA it.

[MattsterMH]

Wow. All I have to say is WOW.

I just called the company about my card, and the guy is telling me it's only a problem if it gets in the high 70's. You've gotta be kidding me.

He's saying he can't do anything about it. What a douche.

[HeatM1ser2k4]

Wow. All I have to say is WOW.

I just called the company about my card, and the guy is telling me it's only a problem if it gets in the high 70's. You've gotta be kidding me.

He's saying he can't do anything about it. What a douche.

That totally sucks! He is giving you the runaround.I would insist on a supervisor, and complain to the supervisor.I would even go as far as to say that its a problem that their cards are notoriously known for, and if they refuse to honor their warranty, that you'll seek legal action, and contact the many members who have expressed the same complaint about this manufacturers 7900GT cards in order to file a class-action lawsuit against them.Not that I or you would do this, but a class-action lawsuit is scary for manufacturers because of the negative publicity,finances it will take to defend themselves, and a class-action lawsuit gives you more power because you have the support of many people with the same or similar problems.Something like that could raise a red flag that says that the entire company can go bankrupt if they face such a lawsuit, and a threat like that could give you an advantage in recieving more receptive replies in the future.I would only do that if a supervisor gives you the same answer as the customer supprt person did.What do you have to lose by making such a threat if they arent willing to honor an RMA for an obviously defective card? Heck, its worth a shot if nothing else works! Thats an expensive purchase.

What company makes the card?

[TheSonOfX51]

Well... with my stock cooler it was topping out at 80C max load so I dont think you will have a problem.... well that is if its load. If its 70C idle, then take it out, visually inspect it, check to make sure the heatsink is still connected right, the fan still works, etc. If it checks out and it works ingame fine, then you should be ok. If it dies they will have to honor their warrenty :)

[MattsterMH]

That totally sucks! He is giving you the runaround.I would insist on a supervisor, and complain to the supervisor.I would even go as far as to say that its a problem that their cards are notoriously known for, and if they refuse to honor their warranty, that you'll seek legal action, and contact the many members who have expressed the same complaint about this manufacturers 7900GT cards in order to file a class-action lawsuit against them.Not that I or you would do this, but a class-action lawsuit is scary for manufacturers because of the negative publicity,finances it will take to defend themselves, and a class-action lawsuit gives you more power because you have the support of many people with the same or similar problems.Something like that could raise a red flag that says that the entire company can go bankrupt if they face such a lawsuit, and a threat like that could give you an advantage in recieving more receptive replies in the future.I would only do that if a supervisor gives you the same answer as the customer supprt person did.What do you have to lose by making such a threat if they arent willing to honor an RMA for an obviously defective card? Heck, its worth a shot if nothing else works! Thats an expensive purchase.

What company makes the card?

That's exactly what I need to do. And eVGA makes my card.

Well... with my stock cooler it was topping out at 80C max load so I dont think you will have a problem.... well that is if its load. If its 70C idle, then take it out, visually inspect it, check to make sure the heatsink is still connected right, the fan still works, etc. If it checks out and it works ingame fine, then you should be ok. If it dies they will have to honor their warrenty

In the middle of my games, my screen flashes. When it flashes, I see these pixels from the top half of my screen to the bottom half of my screen. I really need to do something before my card really gets messed up.

[HeatM1ser2k4]

That's exactly what I need to do. And eVGA makes my card.



In the middle of my games, my screen flashes. When it flashes, I see these pixels from the top half of my screen to the bottom half of my screen. I really need to do something before my card really gets messed up.


That seems like a sign that the card is overheating.If its artifacting, thats a bad sign.I am so surprised that eVGA is the manufacturer--they are very good with their support. Funny thing is, I was just posting in another thread about how I did not go with the eVGA card this time around because they closed their forums due to all the problems they were having with their 7900GT's. In my opinion, thats not only censorship.You dont close down your support forums unless you censoring something you dont want others to see or read. When they did that, I was scared that their customer support took a dip.

[Burninate]

While 70C is a little high for long term use, you should be ok for a little while. I would definitely look into getting better cooling on that card, like a zalman vf-700 or a vf-900. I had similar temps to what you're seeing on my stock card. Those stock coolers on these things are a joke. But these cards are very well priced for the performance you should expect from it, so I felt the extra 25 bucks was worth it for upgraded cooling. I was gone for 3 days in Vegas last week and while I was gone I left my PC on for folding and torrent downloading. When I got back, I tried to turn on my monitor and it wouldn't turn on. So, I reset and let my PC run for about 30 minutes or so. But, I thought it was odd that my monitor would not turn on earlier, so I checked my GPU temps. I was at 102C!!!!!!!!!!! While I was gone, my brother had somehow unplugged the potentiometer that controls the fan speed. So my card was running at over 100C for I don't know how long without a fan. The point being is that the card still runs fine and they can take quite a bit of high temps for short periods of time. It sucks that eVGA gave you that answer, but the truth is that low 70s is technically considered "safe operating temperatures" from what I've read around here. From what I said earlier, I wouldn't run it that high for too long and would get some aftermarket cooling. Especially if you want to OC at all. Good luck, let us know how it goes with eVGA if you take it any further with them. I'm definitely interested to see how it goes, as the card I run is from them.