Idle Video Card Temp

2007-07-07 11:24:45

#1

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7315|Alberta, Canada

I have a 7900GS 256MB and I heard it should idle at about 40 degrees Celsius with no load. At 100% load, it should run about 67 degrees Celsius.
Right now, it's idle, no load, and it's at 67 degrees Celsius. Is this a normal temp for it being idle.

I've overclocked it to 563MHz for the Core, and 770 (1540) for the memory.

Last edited by Ryan (2007-07-07 11:26:45)

2007-07-07 11:26:33

#2

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6707|United Kingdom

Palit 512mb 7900GS, these timings :

https://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7803/gfxclockssw3.png

idles @ 48' on stock clock speeds

get ATi tool, if you haven't already, and post a screenie of your clocks, you said you had oc'ed it right Ryan? i'm gonna do some of that myself when i get my new PSU in a few weeks.

mitch

Last edited by mitch212k_2 (2007-07-07 11:27:42)

2007-07-07 11:27:22

#3

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7315|Alberta, Canada

I have it overclocked a bit so maybe that's the problem. Should I got back to stock speeds and see the temp?

2007-07-07 11:28:05

#4

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6707|United Kingdom

i'd say it's worth a try mate, if not just bump the clocks back up again

2007-07-07 11:29:22

#5

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7315|Alberta, Canada

mitch212k_2 wrote:
i'd say it's worth a try mate, if not just bump the clocks back up again

Okay, I put it down to 500 core, 690 Memory, and it's still idling at 67 degrees. Should I wait a bit for it to cool down?

2007-07-07 11:30:21

#6

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6707|United Kingdom

yeah, give it a while - i'll oc mine to those speeds mate, then post the temps

2007-07-07 11:32:11

#7

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7315|Alberta, Canada

I'm running speed fan as well, and I noticed my CPU, and both cores, are running about 55 degrees. Is that normal? They have a fire symbol beside them

I have 4 fans according to SpeedFan, and only 2 of them are running

Last edited by Ryan (2007-07-07 11:33:33)

2007-07-07 11:38:29

#8

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6707|United Kingdom

my temps at those clocks are around 50'c

in speedfan this is what i see :S

https://img54.imageshack.us/img54/1992/speedfanvr3.png

mitch

2007-07-07 11:40:34

#9

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7315|Alberta, Canada

Weird. My computer must just be hot. It's not malfunctioning so I guess it's fine. I lowered the clock speeds to stock, and it idles at 62 degrees now.

How do you keep those speeds at 100%? Mine seem to drop down to 60% and 30% everytime I open speedfan.

Last edited by Ryan (2007-07-07 11:41:55)

2007-07-07 11:41:57

#10

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6707|United Kingdom

if you've got any modems or anything (unused) taking up PCi slots, get rid of them. That'll increase airflow

2007-07-07 11:43:43

#11

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7315|Alberta, Canada

lol Oh well.

And my Fan 1 is only running at 2075 rpm. This is weird.

2007-07-07 11:45:05

#12

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6707|United Kingdom

i'm guessing that must be the heatsink because i have no fans other than heatsink/gfx cooler in my pc

2007-07-07 11:46:19

#13

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7315|Alberta, Canada

When I send it in for annual maintenance, they can check it out, see if anything is wrong.

2007-07-07 11:46:24

#14

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6965|N. Ireland

You could try putting a new layer of thermal paste on to cool it down if you have adjusted the fan before or anything. My X1900XT runs at 53C and it produces a lot of heat.

2007-07-07 11:55:06

#15

CommieChipmunk: Member; +488|7041|Portland, OR, USA

my 7900 GT SC is chilling at 47C at 580/790

2007-07-07 11:59:36

#16

citricacidx: Hooligan of War; +21|6976|Atlanta, GA

I have a 7900GS in my laptop that, with fans running on high constantly, idles around 48-52 and when playing bf2 for a while gets up to 65-73. Im trying this ATiTools thing and i'll let you know what comes up once it finishes detecting stuff..

2007-07-07 12:09:40

#17

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7315|Alberta, Canada

I think 67 degrees for my video card is fine though, it's not like its constantly 80 degrees or anything like that.

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