My XFX 9800 GT idles at 75°C when my room is air conditioned and around 78-80°C when my air conditioner is turned off.

I use Rivatuner to turn my GPU's fan up to maximum but I could only get the temperature to around 64°C (air conditioned) and 71°C (normal room temp).

Is this supposed to be normal? Because I read a few webbies and mostly stated even above 65°C is not a normal idling temperature?


Help

load temp?

HOT~!!!!!!

just the dust around ur GPU cooler..

xixo_12 : what is load temp?

megahertz : i kinda cleaned up my room and dusted my entire cpu yesterday, yeah the cooler is kinda dusty but doesnt make much difference after dusting.

load temp : when the gpu is utilized...

imo, it's kinda hot.. does u try to change the thermalpaste?

your fan speed running while idle?how much percentage?

91'C full load, izzit hot enough?

xfx fan is kinda of small...
temp is always high on that gc. if can change the cooler.
to be save, better keep it below 90C load.
if no artifact or freeze, it still ok.

really too hot, suppose to be around 60 C

still wondering do have any cooler that can cool up processor and GPU at the same time ? I mean 2 in 1.

for air cooling....no

for watercooling...sort of.... ur gonna need separate waterblocks for the cpu and gpu. but both can be placed within the same loop

Load temp : around 80-85 C but the fan will kick in to bring it down to around 82 C.


My fanspeed is usually runs on auto, most of the time 25% of the power. I could have it run 100% all the time to keep the temp low but i am unsure of quicker wear and tear for my GPU fan.


Thermal paste : never meddled with anything on my graphics card before so everything is as it is when it came out from the factory.


XFX Fan : tjay_tj are you trying to imply that XFX's fan are not worthy of cooling my graphic card? should I change the fan? do you have any recommendations?

I never realized all these until lately, I assembled this computer since like a year ago and only recently i was starting to pay attention to the increase in temperature of my CPU.

Is something wrong?

Zalman GV1000!

75C idle is very hot. My old 8800GT is around 50-55C idle. I think 9800GT should be cooler than my old 8800GT.

Clean the dust off your casing and whatever inside. Also, check the fans.

Is there any right way of how i should dust my graphic card because i'm not really sure how to do it, the fan is so small i dont even know how to begin to dust it...


I took at look at Zalman GV1000, looks too sexy, must be pricy!

load temp of around 85 is pretty much okay for that graphic card imo

9800gt is known for its heat just like 8800gt

if u are feeling uncomfortable, get a 3rd party cooler or change the thermal paste of ur gc

u might wana listen to what the rest says by cleaning ur gc and pc case....

other than that, u can also try to increase the flow of exhaust air from ur pc case to bring out more hot air

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Added on October 20, 2009, 9:26 pmu can do it by just using tissues and try to dust off slowly

This post has been edited by tkh_1001: Oct 20 2009, 09:26 PM

How significant are the changes in temperate I would be able to observe after changing the thermal paste and or cooler?

80°C is hot ! get a cooler

if u get a right cooler it can reduce the heat 10-15°C

This post has been edited by Patent: Oct 20 2009, 09:31 PM

cooler is subjective and it varies in terms of results (it may void ur warranty)

a good cooler will give u a better temp result and it might goes like what patent said

thermal paste normally i would say about 5c or so

to be frankly speaking

i think you dont need to do any changes to ur GC

these temps are normal