Have your GPUs been keeping you warm this week

Kaapstad · 21 Jan 2013 at 00:48

I have been playing Civ5 on my HD 7970s which generates a lot of heat.

The funny part about it is that there is snow on the ground outside and I have had the window open all day.

How is everybody else doing.

Fanatic · 21 Jan 2013 at 00:51

Civ5 normally warms my CPU up more than my GPU. Though I do play it in a window not fullscreen.

Gertford · 21 Jan 2013 at 00:52

I'm trying to break in my two new 7950s. Been overclocking and testing all day, temps were hitting 77 Degrees on a mild overclock then I realised I had the heating on and the window shut.

Opened the window and turned my radiator off and they dropped to 68 under full load. Still nice and toasty in my room though. No snow outside which makes me both happy and sad, Happy because I don't have to walk to work in the snow, sad because... Well there's no snow

setter · 21 Jan 2013 at 00:53

No, own a gtx 670 wf at 1320/7586mhz, Cant get it over 67c for love nor money, stock auto fan. And still quiet. Who needs watercooling on a card as cool and quiet as this.

Mei · 21 Jan 2013 at 00:54

lolz im happy to be able to keep the window closed, nextdoor has a really annoying wind chime

should be laws against gigantic wind chimes >< i think it scared away the crazy owl i liked too

bru · 21 Jan 2013 at 03:17

With a 470@800mhz I can safely say YES defiantly keeping me warm with temps up to 90c, but normally around 82/3c

Scougar · 21 Jan 2013 at 03:22

Radiator is off... 480 has been doing it's job :-D

(and to be fair that's without actually playing games lol).

rankftw · 21 Jan 2013 at 04:06

Even with my 680 at full load I'm freezing

HankScorpio · 21 Jan 2013 at 04:47

Try folding or running BOINC with your gpus. That'll warm them...

humbug · 21 Jan 2013 at 04:58

7870 will not even get to 60c, Gigabyte WF 3x cooler is to good it seems.

The Phenom II x6 CPU is running at 4.1Ghz, air cooler on it, i can feel a little a bit of warmth coming off it if when loaded when i put my hand over the case vent, but not enough, still need my heating.

RetrogamerX · 21 Jan 2013 at 06:27

My whole PC is a heater for my room

pgi947 · 21 Jan 2013 at 06:33

Yep warm and deaf, 80c on each card with 45% use on each

Can't wait for waterblocks that's for sure.

weehamish · 21 Jan 2013 at 07:02

My phantom 820 and DCU2 dont allow heat lol, i have my radiator right next to my pc and im still under 60C on all games

This weather is a **** take though so cold im glad i got some slippers for xmas haha

GaiabladeX · 21 Jan 2013 at 07:55

Radiator + Hot card = Warm room :cool:

BaDBoY_uK · 21 Jan 2013 at 09:11

My whole system keeps my entire living room cosy

Gregster · 21 Jan 2013 at 09:19

Not mine

Stupid water cooling.

Kaapstad · 21 Jan 2013 at 09:26

gregster said:
Not mine Stupid water cooling.

My CPU was almost not w/cooled last night, the HD 7970s were producing so much heat that the tubing in the watercooling loop was sagging and the level in the reservoir visably droped. Things only cooled down a bit when I took the side panel off the case.

I think this is a pretty good arguement for watercooling the cards as well.

illuz · 21 Jan 2013 at 09:34

setter said:
No, own a gtx 670 wf at 1320/7586mhz, Cant get it over 67c for love nor money, stock auto fan. And still quiet. Who needs watercooling on a card as cool and quiet as this.

I hear ya bro! I can't seem to get mine over 58'C most of the time (aggressive fan profile but max is 65%). My CPU hits around the same temps too...

In fact my room is cooler for the first hour or so of gaming from when I turn my fans on, but I sit next to my computer so I get a nice chill from the machine

. After about 2 hours then my room gets slightly hotter but not by much anymore.

Gregster · 21 Jan 2013 at 09:36

Kaapstad said:
My CPU was almost not w/cooled last night, the HD 7970s were producing so much heat that the tubing in the watercooling loop was sagging and the level in the reservoir visably droped. Things only cooled down a bit when I took the side panel off the case.

I think this is a pretty good arguement for watercooling the cards as well.

Indeed it is. Water will soon warm up but the fams on the rads keep on top of that. I currently have 3 of my 5 fans turned off and the other 2 are running at ~800 rpm. I have the CPU on stock as well as the GPU's and have no issues whilst gaming and temps are perfectly fine. I will have to turn them on and up when the summer gets here but it is silent bliss this time of the year and without a fps counter running, I would have no idea if cards were overclocked as well as the CPU. Everything running smooth.

wesimmo · 21 Jan 2013 at 09:37

I obviously need to do some overclocking, the exhaust fans on mine are blowing cold air on me even after a 4 hour session on Borderlands 2 last night, peak temps on the GPUs were 58.