BFG 6800GT is hawt!

[Rob Williams]

Ahh, this is the third BFG 6800GT I've had to go through, and they just keep getting hotter and hotter! *snicker*

 

[madmat]

WTF?? That has to be a glitch somewhere...

 

[Rob Williams]

Oh yeah, it's not really that high because my computers been ripping music and a DVD for a few hours. 256 must be the max that it can go, going on an 8-Bit scale I assume. I found it funny anyway.

 

[madmat]

Remember when my 6800 was reporting like 270C? It'd also start showing -80C...Stupid SpeedFan issue there.

 

[Rob Williams]

Oh, so it does go above 256. Look at that, Matt tries to ruin my ego again!

/me runs to a corner and cries like a baby who's GPU just blew up.

 

[werty316]

That is very weird indeed; you can cook up some eggs then. Does it run fine with no problems? It must be a sensor problem.

 

[Jakal]

My 7800GT has 115C listed as the max temp in the display box, but I've never gotten over 45. Tends to get a bit unresponsive around there. Sadly, I think the stock heatsink works better than the Arctic Cooler 5 I bought. Yes it's silent but I don't think it moves enough air to keep the chip cool clocked as high as I am.

 

[werty316]

My GTX idles around 38c and load temps are around 47-50c. It stays quite cool I must say.

 

[tomato]

HOLY CRAP that's hot! It must be the max temp, else your card would be fried by now for sure! my card usually sits around 35-45 degrees celcius (the old 8500 LE needs to be put to rest )

 

[zachig]

Holy Sh*t!!! 115C??? Be carefull not to damage it, if not already fried it!!!

 

[Jakal]

My 7800GT has 115C listed as the max temp in the display box, but I've never gotten over 45.

lol

 

[zachig]

lol

Oops Sorry, I don't know how I've missed that. So...I guess you havn't fried your card, ha?

 

[CoolZone]

i think it's something wrong with your cards temp sensor

 

[LOOP]

Nothing is wrong with his card sensor, BFG cards have serious problems with the crappy heatsink that the manufacturer includes.

I made some comments about that in this thread: http://www.forums.techgage.com/showthread.php?t=551&page=1

 

[Worldstar]

Nothing is wrong with his card sensor,

How can you say that there is nothing wrong with his card sensor without testing the card first?

 

[werty316]

Its probably just a mis-reading guys.

 

[dlfcobra]

i've got a PNY 6800Gs which is overclocked from the factory to 425MHz and i've never had any problems with heat in it with the stock cooling??