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

it's RM210 Maybe price changed now, I'm not sure. At ALL IT, Lowyat plaza.

Ah, it's been a year already i guess, warranty seems over already.... so that's what you think huh i should just leave it as it is...

Will high temperatures cause my GC to subsequently slow down?

u shud check ur system airflow. maybe hot air stucked inside ur casing.
i add 2 fans reccently and clean my whole system, my GPU(9600gt) tempreture idle dropped from 55C to 45C.

it could show up as artifacts or some sudden framerates drop during gaming

if everything seems normal

then there is no problem

What are artifacts? i did notice there was some sudden lag for like 1-2 seconds sometimes but it rarely happens, is that a problem too?

Yes yes yes. Nao get teh GV1000

Brother... That is wayyy to hot.
Mine idles at 50C and peak at 65C

Clean your fan and heat sink.

It depends on the casing everyone has, the number of fans, how good the airflow is, dust etc.

ya...

XFX do have a smaller fan compare to other 9800gt, so it is hotter than normal.
but than the 8800gt single slot cooler also hot as urs.

artifact shows up as out of ordinary lines when playing games or it will just crash.

the lag mostly is just the game loading so no worries.
if u still not comfortable just change the.

guess urs still works as normal.


if u fell like the temp is too high changing the cooler is teh best way to bring down the temp.
but there is a saying that dont fix anything that are not broken

Same card as fabianz03 and same temps too .

Gigabyte is using Zalman coolers so that could be a factor.

Maybe install more case fans. What case are you using?

Changing thermal paste also voids the warranty.

Btw, 8800 GT and 9800 GT are 99% the same card.

Need see your casing picture...maybe your cable management is too teruk...too many cacing around your GC fans area blocking the air flow.....BTW how much fans speed you setting?

Graphic Card are build lto withstand 110C......during old times my 8800GTS G80 320mb during ilde also 65C when load in games are 88-94C i also no worry on it.......now my 8800GTS G80 still rocks....no problem......now my 9800GX2 on load also 90C.

XFX 9800GT can see from newegg web ..now xfx new type 9800GT design are very very small fans plus lansung no heatsink inside...high temp no hiaran

Elite 335, This is how my cpu looks like

wow, wire...........
kind a bit same like mine too.
lol
i use 333

This post has been edited by ab0y88: Oct 21 2009, 07:18 PM

Are you sure your fan is spinning?

My wiring was like that before, till one day I pulled open the casing and pulled all the wires behind the motherboard tray and then start connecting it back through holes.

Mine is Gigabyte 9800GT.
And my case is Elite 333.

TS need some cleaning, or add some more fans.

my gigabyte 8800gt went up to 90c when playing crysis only lasted for 1 year.

woah really? i've only 2 more months till my GC warranty expires! sure hope that doesnt happen to me. haha.

added a 120mm coolermaster 90cfm btw, cores looks better now, so is the system temp


:D:D:D:D:D:D

my 9800GT idle @ 55'C,using riva tuner to set d fans to spins @70%
even OC it a bit using nvidia sys tool
also got 120mm side fan as an exhaust

im using my friend zotac 9800gt AMP.. idle 70celcius++... when on load, around 95celcius++.. this gpu is factory oc..

is ur xfx factory oc???

yeap its all factory settings, didnt do anything to it before.

You can add another fan here.

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Make sure it's intake. Also tidy up the wires. Try to tie it somewhere on top side of your casing. It's so messy. You can also open a PCI slot cover to let more heat from your graphic card out.

The side of the FAN with a sticker means the air is being blown towards you.

isn't opening up the pci slot gonna let more dust enter too?

Nope. The air from your graphic card fan will blow it out if it has some air going that way.

How to add fan over there ? I thought there got already right?

Cause I'm facing similar problem and I want to know how to add fan over there, as my casing already got one there.

evercool rocket V cheap and nice

sooo HOOT la..suppose it only 45-55C at idle
and 55-70C when load aa..

Well if there's one there already, then there's no need to add another fan. Does your side panel have slot for a fan?

just put out ur side panel...let the air go inside..