My GTX 470

[adaswani]

I have just build my new desktop about a month ago and it has a gtx 470 until last week i hadn't got around to installing speed fan and when i did i was shocked to find that at idle with two monitors it was at 65.c and when gaming 80.c is this at all normal?

 

[Rroff]

Yeah fairly normal - tho mine seems to go into low power mode with dual monitors now - if it doesn't then 60-70C idle and 80C ish when gaming is normal with the default fan profile.

 

[Ryan-3]

I'd guess so, I havn't got one myself, but they can operate upto 105c, so i'd say your fine with them temps

 

[steve258]

Pretty much, from all the reviews I've seen so far. Wait to hear from other 470 users though.

 

[adaswani]

So if i am gaming lets say on mafia two two and my card is at 80 should i stop i can i continue, as i usually stop to prevent damage

 

[Rroff]

I've setup 3 GTX470 for people and they all run at 82C with the stock fan profile in games like mafia 2 - it would seem they are designed that way.

If your not happy about it you can use MSI Afterburner to create a new fan profile - if you don't mind the noise you can easily drop 10C off the load temps.

 

[Biglunn]

Absolutely nothing to worry about.

Wanna see high temps? Run Furmark for a minute!

 

[Larrs888]

I wouldn't worry mine was at 87 C last night when playing a game so I wouldn't worry. It's a hot card but it's the norm!

 

[Stanners]

During the hot weather mine got upto 92

 

[HW91]

80C is fine

the limit is 105C so you definitely have nothing to worry about

 

[straxusii]

80 is fine, stop worrying

 

[no_1_dave]

The idle is always higher with 2 monitors.
Set it to 1 & idle will be lower.

All Nvidia cards heat up more with 2 monitors...

 

[Peter450]

You can always download MSI afterburner or Nividia tools and set the fan to 50% as default, the noise is very low, doubt you will tell a differance and the card will run a bit cooler as a result