Video Card Temperature...Is my 8500GT too hot???

[roberto_minosa]

To make GTAIV a little bit more bearable on my card, I've overclocked my Inno3D 8500GT 512MB 128-bit from the stock figures of:

459MHz Core Clock
940MHz Shader Clock
333MHz Memory Clock (666MHz data rate)

to:

702MHz Core Clock
1437MHz Shader Clock
440MHz Memory Clock (880MHz data rate)

The stock settings make the card reach temps of about 60deg celsius at idle and about 70deg celsius when loaded. The overclocked settings make the card reach about 65deg celsius at idle and as high as 76deg celsius when loaded. Is this temperature too hot? BTW, the OCd settings didn't produce artifacting whatsoever. I tried higher settings, and it also ran well but after a couple of hours, I noticed artifacting so I reverted to the notch-lower clocks.

I've read that 8500GTs routinely reach 80deg celsius and more, but that's an ECS card, not Inno3D. I set my VC fan at 100% fixed, just to be a little bit safer. Any ideas?

[Jun aka Pekto]

I have a non-overclocked XFX GeForce 8600GT. Idle is 60 deg C. No bad effects at full load.

I'm just waiting for it to die so I can ask the wife for a new video card. Darn thing's pretty stubborn though.

[ess]

I have a non-overclocked XFX GeForce 8600GT. Idle is 60 deg C. No bad effects at full load.

I'm just waiting for it to die so I can ask the wife for a new video card. Darn thing's pretty stubborn though.

You'll have to wait a wee bit more. I have a factory overclocked dinosaur -- 7900GT. I'm also waiting for it to die....but it stubbornly refuses to. It idles between 60C ~ 70C and sometimes hits 90C at full load. No ill effects. I think the nVidia chips are designed like that.

[roberto_minosa]

Whew! I guess we're all ok then...anyway, my brother's been playing GTAIV everyday for a couple of hours with no problems.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Whew! I guess we're all ok then...anyway, my brother's been playing GTAIV everyday for a couple of hours with no problems.

nVidia cards just seem to run hotter than ATI cards. Even an older agp GeForce Ti-4200 idled around 60 deg C.

Compare that to the last ATI card I used (PCI-E X800XL) which idled near 40 deg C and rarely hit 50 deg C at full load.

[rion]

my XFX 9600GT hits 77 C's when left on auto fan speed. had to use 100% fan speed even I'm not overclocking. though this is a little factory overclock edition.

nice O.C btw, someone over TPC had this settings on his 8500GT