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80 Degrees idle For 8800GTS

Correct, every GPU I have owned has the goo thrown on in big blob most of it missing the core or hardly any goo, either way bad contact, its never did well and I normally redo it with AS5 after about 1 week to make sure cards not a dud.
 
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helmutcheese said:
Correct, every GPU I have owned has the goo thrown on in big blob msot of it missing the core or hardly any goo, either way bad contact, its never did well and I normally redo it with AS5 after about 1 week to make sure cards not a dud.
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I've got a tube of AS5, you think I should put some on my 2900XT? Does the 2900XT have memory pads you know and can they be reused?
 
Not sure on the ATI's memory set up, Google a review it norm shows you the cards bare.
The ram pads are a PIA as they are thick and you cant really lastenly fill that gap with TIM, it bubbles out when hot (tried on my 6800Ultra), the gaps without pads is about 1mm on Nvidias, the stock pads are powered fabric looks like cotton or abestos lol, the aftermarket coolers pads are foam like and go to goo once ran and heated up, either way they are all crap IMO.

BTW, I just zapped your BB banner with AdMuncher. :D
 
Darg said:
Lol.. and people say the 2900XT runs hot. :rolleyes:
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~127ºC is what the components are rated to handle, not what it actually goes up to. :rolleyes:

Mine's idling at 55ºC at the moment, and I've not bought new RAM pads yet. Bare RAM. :)
 
45 Idle and about 55 max load on Water with bare RAM. Ive got a
D-Tek GFX UNI-Sink- 8800GTX ready to go on when i get around to it.
 
Ulfhedjinn said:
~127ºC is what the components are rated to handle, not what it actually goes up to. :rolleyes:

Mine's idling at 55ºC at the moment, and I've not bought new RAM pads yet. Bare RAM. :)
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I wasn't talking about 127C I was talking about 96. My 2900XT never stays over 70C for more then a minute. Highest I've seen it reach is 72 on load before the fans sped up and dispersed the heat.

Also your RAM might be overheating. The temperature is taken from the GPU not the RAM. It's like saying your system RAM is okay because your CPU temperature is low.
 
Darg said:
I wasn't talking about 127C I was talking about 96. My 2900XT never stays over 70C for more then a minute. Highest I've seen it reach is 72 on load before the fans sped up and dispersed the heat.
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My mistake, I thought you were assuming they actually went up that high. :) 96ºC is definitely hot though, but don't assume it's the norm for 8800's by any means.

Darg said:
Also your RAM might be overheating. The temperature is taken from the GPU not the RAM. It's like saying your system RAM is okay because your CPU temperature is low.
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Nope, the RAM isn't overheating. No artifacts and low ambient temperatures. :)
 
Ulfhedjinn said:
My mistake, I thought you were assuming they actually went up that high. :) 96ºC is definitely hot though, but don't assume it's the norm for 8800's by any means.
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Yea I know I just found it funny :p

Ulfhedjinn said:
Nope, the RAM isn't overheating. No artifacts and low ambient temperatures. :)
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I think sometimes the RAM overheating thing is overplayed anyway. I've never had a serious problem because of it and I had my 7900GS with bubbly AS5 instead of the memory pads after I took off the leadtek cooler to clean it out. I even had the memory volt modded to 2.2 from 2.0 with no problems. I was just warning you not to rely on the GPU temp when talking about vRAM.
 
Darg said:
I think sometimes the RAM overheating thing is overplayed anyway. I've never had a serious problem because of it and I had my 7900GS with bubbly AS5 instead of the memory pads after I took off the leadtek cooler to clean it out. I even had the memory volt modded to 2.2 from 2.0 with no problems. I was just warning you not to rely on the GPU temp when talking about vRAM.
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Aye GDDR3 actually runs relatively cool when overclocked really, unless you go really mental.
 
Jay123 said:
Hi guys, Im getting 80 Degrees In idle, With Thermaltake ND5 Cooler, also tryed the stock cooler and got the same. I have the thermal pads of the memory and theres a very thin layer on artic 5 on the core

Why and my temps sooo high ! ?

Really worried now !
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My BFG 8800GTX is 61, 63, 53 (GPU, Diode, Ambient) and I've just been in STALKER for a while.

Those temps are very high for a GTS I'd say.

Maybe your case fans aren't performing very well?
 
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