70 degrees? Err..help?!!?

[Greenlizard0]

I have just opened up Everest home edition and had a look at the sensor temperatures.

Under GPU it says 70 degrees. Now this can't be normal.

I have a new BFG OC2 640MB 8800 GTS. Um, help?

 

[Jokester]

It's pretty normal.

Jokester

 

[Greenlizard0]

What other information should I look for to help confirm that?

 

[Olly]

to confirm that 70 degrees is normal ? do a search,
if you want to confirm that everest is reporting it correctly, try nvtune

 

[Zefan]

My 6800gt gets 80+ normally.

It really is fine, gpus get hotter than cpus.

:edit: In fact I left the fan off once and it ran fine for about an hour at 113 degrees, then it minimised my game and told me it was too hot

 

[Greenlizard0]

Ok cheers fellas!

 

[TONY]

They are usually set to shut down if the temp gets upto around 115 degrees which yours is nowhere near so it's fine, I think most boards idle in the fifties and go into the seventies when under load.

 

[Sir Random]

If the temps bother you, you can always adjust the fan speed with rivatuner.

The default speed is 60%, but I usually put it up to 85% for gaming sessions.

Just surfing the net, my GPU is currently at 72c.

 

[Delvis]

Yeah, cards are normally fine at over 100c under load...Well the x1900 gets to those temps anyway.

 

[truebluecfc]

Same card and my idle temps are 56c according to ATI Tool but when on games etc raises above 70 so nothing to worry about.

 

[chaparral]

Yeah, cards are normally fine at over 100c under load...Well the x1900 gets to those temps anyway.

My x1900xt-x use to auto down clock it's core speed went it temp got up to 97c...