Okay first let me say im a console convert who saw the benefits of pc gaming. Anyways i bought a rig and have had it for about 10 months or so now. Intel i7 quadcore 860 2.93 GHZ and a single 5770HD, 8 gigs DDR3 . Been checkin out my temps on my cores an took a look at the GPU in the CCC. Playing bad company 2 SHE HEATED UP TO 98 CELCIUS!!! Prolly higher when i wasent looking. WTF its like an Oven in that card. so i dusted it all out gave it another go and again she heats up to 95c. So i crancked the fan speed up in the overdrive mode to 90%. which brought temps down to a max of 81c. so my question is wtf is happening to my machine?

PS. I HAVE DONE NO OVERCLOCKING OF ANY KIND! OTHER THANK JACKIN THE FAN SPEED UP.

Is your fan actually getting an increase in RPM?

Could just be a damaged card to begin with.

Is your fan actually getting an increase in RPM?

Could just be a damaged card to begin with.

I jus went to check. oddly enough now it jus wont let me. im certian the RPM's were increasing before jus because it got way way way louder. i guess im gunna pull the card from her and give it its own personal dust. do you think drivers could cause an issue 32bit 64 bit issues maybe...hmmmm

see now it idels at 53C. too hot for jus ideling. should be in the 36 40c range

hmmm could be dust deep within would it hurt to vaccum out the back port lol sounds ridiculous but i dunno wat else it could be...used to idel at 32c this is annoying

First of all, do not use a vacuum to clean any computer parts - static builds up on and around the nozzle and could make for a sad ending. Best use a can of compressed air on the card to blow the dust to smithereens.

Does it idle at 53C with the fan at 100%? I have two 8800GTS 640MB cards in SLI and they both idle just under 60C at 60% fan speed (but doesn't really go past 76C on full load). GPUs are different to CPUs as they can tolerate higher temps (even so, 90C+ is too hot).

The issue could be one of many things - dust, faulty card, faulty temp. sensor, bad air circulation in the case, a mis-fitted heatsink on the card, or indeed a dodgy bit of driver code (though this probably isn't as likely, bar the recent issue the new nvidia card had where they kinda exploded). To be honest though, it is probably a bit of dust in the card which can be given the boot with the compressed air.

If you choose the compressed air route then the usual considerations apply - de-static yourself with an anti-static wristband or keep yourself grounded some other way (touching the exposed metal of a radiator maybe), put the card on a clean, flat surface (anti-static bag on a table for example), try not to touch the components on the card if possible, don't let the fan spin when you're blowing air into it as there's the (slim) chance that it may send a tiny amount of voltage though the card.

Bet you wished you'd stuck to consoles now, eh?

First of all, do not use a vacuum to clean any computer parts - static builds up on and around the nozzle and could make for a sad ending. Best use a can of compressed air on the card to blow the dust to smithereens.

Does it idle at 53C with the fan at 100%? I have two 8800GTS 640MB cards in SLI and they both idle just under 60C at 60% fan speed (but doesn't really go past 76C on full load). GPUs are different to CPUs as they can tolerate higher temps (even so, 90C+ is too hot).

The issue could be one of many things - dust, faulty card, faulty temp. sensor, bad air circulation in the case, a mis-fitted heatsink on the card, or indeed a dodgy bit of driver code (though this probably isn't as likely, bar the recent issue the new nvidia card had where they kinda exploded). To be honest though, it is probably a bit of dust in the card which can be given the boot with the compressed air.

If you choose the compressed air route then the usual considerations apply - de-static yourself with an anti-static wristband or keep yourself grounded some other way (touching the exposed metal of a radiator maybe), put the card on a clean, flat surface (anti-static bag on a table for example), try not to touch the components on the card if possible, don't let the fan spin when you're blowing air into it as there's the (slim) chance that it may send a tiny amount of voltage though the card.

Bet you wished you'd stuck to consoles now, eh?


well i pulled the card from the board an did not use a vaccum (thanks for the tip close one) i dident have a can of compressed air so i went old school on the bich. Used good ol lung power (pot head lungs so lotta push).
Max the cards capacity out to 100 on the heaven unigine dx11 benchmark. let it run the whole thing an my cards now cool at it was before only reaching about 76celcius during gameplay and idling at 40c with 35% fan speed.
I FEEL LIKE AN IDIOT. had no idea dust could cause so much harm it mus hav killed my airflow!!!! Explains why so many of my old 360's died...dust=Overheat

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2856/13

maybe this might make u feel better......I would recommend using a can of compressed air. Ur temp range are not way off of what reviewers get

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2856/13

maybe this might make u feel better......I would recommend using a can of compressed air. Ur temp range are not way off of what reviewers get

Wow, thanks for sendin me that link its all good now my idle temps are the same as theres and my temps at full load are also the same. dusting it helped a lot. that link help my mental about itlol

Some GPUs are designed to run at higher temps, like my gtx 480 for example. Itss idle on 70'C and on full load it goes up to 85'C, but It could run normaly at 100'C. This card's max is at 120+.