Just installed an EVGA gtx 260 Superclocked Edition and it seems like it's running too hot, increasing my case temp. I went into Rivatuner, enabled adjustment of the Auto Fan Speed Control Rule values from the Power User tab, then in the Low-level system settings I changed them to this:
Duty Cycle Min: 40
Duty Cycle Max: 100
T min: 50
T range: 10
T operating: 60
T low limit: 50
T high limit: 65
Non-OC'd temps at full load are 65C, at idle 54C. Ambient temp 45C since I installed this card... was at 40- previously. My CPU temp hasn't gone up though, ~37C idle and ~55C full load, Opteron180 @ 2.8ghz.
Anyone else think this is too high, and/or can recommend some better values for the fan speed control? Or is 54C supposed to be normal idle temp? I never went around checking everyone's idle temps so I don't know for sure.. but the load temp should be fine since I see tons of people with 70C+ and no stability issues, I think?
My case has good ventilation; 2x 120mm fans, one back and one front, and 1 80mm side fan. CPU cooled by Xigmatek HDT-S1283 and GPU is on stock cooler. All my cables are bundled and out of the way of case fans.
I'll be messing with those settings meanwhile and post back updates. I'm assuming that some people will likely tell me to just set the fan speed to a fixed 80% or 100%. The reason I don't want to do that is because I don't like my fan running at high speed when it's idle, since overtime that'll wear out the fan much faster and I'm kind of not comfortable with it even though EVGA has lifetime warranty (I'm weird like that). And it'll make it a little easier to sleep at night if my PC is on for downloading.
Duty Cycle Min: 40
Duty Cycle Max: 100
T min: 50
T range: 10
T operating: 60
T low limit: 50
T high limit: 65
Non-OC'd temps at full load are 65C, at idle 54C. Ambient temp 45C since I installed this card... was at 40- previously. My CPU temp hasn't gone up though, ~37C idle and ~55C full load, Opteron180 @ 2.8ghz.
Anyone else think this is too high, and/or can recommend some better values for the fan speed control? Or is 54C supposed to be normal idle temp? I never went around checking everyone's idle temps so I don't know for sure.. but the load temp should be fine since I see tons of people with 70C+ and no stability issues, I think?
My case has good ventilation; 2x 120mm fans, one back and one front, and 1 80mm side fan. CPU cooled by Xigmatek HDT-S1283 and GPU is on stock cooler. All my cables are bundled and out of the way of case fans.
I'll be messing with those settings meanwhile and post back updates. I'm assuming that some people will likely tell me to just set the fan speed to a fixed 80% or 100%. The reason I don't want to do that is because I don't like my fan running at high speed when it's idle, since overtime that'll wear out the fan much faster and I'm kind of not comfortable with it even though EVGA has lifetime warranty (I'm weird like that). And it'll make it a little easier to sleep at night if my PC is on for downloading.