Idle speeds sitting at 75-76C

hey there, installed the awesome little app and was watching it for awhile, I was also ran speedfan and both apps showed teh same results so i dont think there is anything wrong here.

at idle, just doing my normal computer business, my chip sits at around 45 with my PNY GeForce 8600 sitting at 75, after gaming for about 20 mins or so my card was up to 97-104.

so ime like paranoid right now, and wondering how i can bring these temps down without having to buy a new card, ive got a side fan blowing in, and a exhaust fan in the back of my case in the middle of a 3 possible fan location spot.

I dont think putting anymore fans in would really make much of a diff, adding another 3 or even 4 fans ( max i could add is 4 or 5 more) will cool the graphs card any more, but i do have extra slots available below my graphs card, if there is some sort of pci slotted cooling device or something,

any thoughts or idea's? i dont wanna pump more then 50 bucks CAD into this, since i am now saving for my next build.

 

What app are you using?

 

speedfan and

rivatuner
and now, gpu-z

 

So you have just become aware of your video card temps, or they just seemed to rise from nowhere?

 

pretty much just became aware of it. just started playing more grpahic demanding games, and much more often, and after eyeing someone else's rig, i want to overhaul mine, and primary concern was temps. looking to purcahse some aftermarket pci slotted coolers from ebay and increasing the fans in my system to have more airflow, i keep my system well dusted so i know dirt and dust is not a issue with temps. i am adding one mroe fan to the front and one more to the back ( my back of the tower has two cooler fan spots.)

anything else i can do?

 

Check the speen of your fan.....cause I had a freind & he had a 4870x2 and at idle it was @ 80 degrees, then I told him to check the fan speed and saw that it was only rotating at 20%........so make sure that the fan speed is set above 60%

 

Toasty!!!!

 

that doesent help much

 

Try Rivatuners fan management options, and if it won't work or doesn't help, you would be much better off dismantling and rebuild the GPU with Arctic Silver 5 than getting a rubbish PCI slot fan.

 

i am confused about one thing, is this a new card or have you had it for a while? if you have owned it for some time then i would suggest cleaning out the fins on the heatsink with compressed air. also, regardless if its new or old, remove the heatsink and replace the stock TIM with AC5 or MX2. make sure to clean up the old TIM with iso-alcohol.

another app that is good for fan profiles is MSI afterburner, try that out...

 

surprisingly no one has said to check if the thing is filled with dust

 

i did

 

what he said dust buy can of air

or take the heatsink off the gfx card n reapply thermal paste

both r cheap to do

 

pfft:nerd:

 

Replace that heatsink with a vf900 and your temps should drop in half make sure to buy extra ramsinks for the extra chips that are not covered with a heat sink.

 

just use new thermal paste? and that will bring the temps down? can i replace the heatsink and fan as well?

 

I've had it for awhile, the fan are sparkeling clean, my whole system is, its cleaned out all the time, as soon as i see any dust on the bottom of the case or in and of the heatsinks or fan finns, its properly cleaned.

 

are you referring to the Zalman VF900-Cu VGA Heatsink ? will this fit properly on my card?

this sounds like the best thing to do, think if this will sit right on the card, plus another intake fan and exhast fan, this should drop it siginificantly.


dont understand the part about the extra ramsinks for the extra chips that arent covered, what extra chips that arent covered?

 

MSI Afterburner with custom fan settings will fix you right up.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/MSI-AfterBurner-1.41-download-2410.html

 

are you suggesting that i dont need any thing else then this app?