gfx card getting hot unusually fast

Myke · 6 Jun 2008 at 13:04

I never had any problems with my 8800gt heating up i could play cod4/crysis for hours and hours with it being fine, but recently my card is overheating and making a noise after like 20mins of playing :/ i took it out last night and cleaned it out of dust ect but it changed nothing. any other reasons it can be doing this?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...CI-Express) - Retail (512-P2-E802-AE-CrysisUK)

is the card im using.

thanks

Pilky01 · 6 Jun 2008 at 13:04

What are the load temps

Myke · 6 Jun 2008 at 13:10

Dont know, im abit of a retard when it comes to stuff like this i dont have a program to check temps. but if i touch it slightly it nearly burns my finger ;o

shauncr91 · 6 Jun 2008 at 13:14

You can check your graphics temps with Rivatuner.

Myke · 6 Jun 2008 at 13:50

just browsing the net not doing much its at 52C according to ntune

mp260767 · 6 Jun 2008 at 13:50

all the other temps for the system (cpu etc) looking ok ?

Straz · 6 Jun 2008 at 13:50

Think that's fine. Mine idles at 53c.

Myke · 6 Jun 2008 at 13:55

my CPU sits around 30-40 doing nothing

just started AoC up and now my gpu is at 70

mp260767 · 6 Jun 2008 at 13:59

silly question but did u take the face plate off the cooler to clean it, just an idea in case the heatsinks under it are dusted up.

maybe look at reseating the heatsink after cleaning the processor up and putting some new thermal paste on.

Ben M · 6 Jun 2008 at 14:02

Myke said:
my CPU sits around 30-40 doing nothing

just started AoC up and now my gpu is at 70

that's normal, GPUs run hot.

it's once it starts to hit 90 that you need to start worrying about it.

Pilky01 · 6 Jun 2008 at 15:33

8800gt's can run fine at about 100c so you dont need to be worring about it.
If you really want to then you can get an artic cooling accelero v1 rev2 for 15 quid and a fan for a bout a fiver

4T5 · 6 Jun 2008 at 15:37

Increase your airflow/case cooling to compensate for the Natural rise in Ambient temps your system is feeding off, It is Summer after all.