GeForce 7300GT cooling

[bigdan676]

Hi guys,
I have just brought a GeForce 7300GT 256MB graphics card, installing it was ok, when i got into the NVIDIA control pannel the tempreture said 55C, is this normal? i have 4 case fans running as well.

Cheers guys

[Micky007]

Hi,

Yes i would say this is normal as iv only just turned my pc on and my Gainward 8800 is 57C

:-)

[Micky007]

[quote:33e5aa3dbf=\"ÈL ® ö B ì Ñ\"]Ye but thats a soddin 8800 you lucky git :P

Have you not overclocked it atall?

I got a 7800GT OC which has been on for 2 days now and it's at 54c....and I have the fan running at something like 30% not 100% and it's overclocked.

But tbh I wouldn't worry about that temp, maybe see what it goes up to when your gaming....i'd say keep it below 65.[/quote:33e5aa3dbf]

Hi,

No iv not tried overclocking anything yet.

[Aaron]

My 6800GS idles at about 38/c, with a case temp of around 29/c You have to remember that GPUs can cope with alot higher temps than a CPU.

For instance, the default 'threshold' on mine that is set by the vid card driver is 120/c. So I wouldnt worry too much about 55/c. They get hot! :)

[Ricko97]

Yes, I also own a 7300GT (soon to have a second! :D), and the threshold is pretty damn high. As a general rule of thumb for 6xxx to 7xxx cards, anything up to 80*c is 'safe', believe it or not. If you want the card to last longer though, I'd suggest trying to keep the temp. under 60*c.

[Anonymous]

I have had this problem before with teh X1600, running at 50 with 100% fan, and 128 and almost burnt itself out ingame, I shoved in a zalman 700cu and it works like a dream, 42 idle, and not a peep over 55 running full with like a 1/4 overclocked cpu, and 1/3 ram.

[mac124]

That sounds normal bigdan, my 7300gt is currently idleing @ 48c and thats with a Zalman cooler strapped to it so mid 50's with stock cooling sounds about right.

[Biodoid]

my 6600GT is idle at 35c with a threshold of 127c though it did use to be about 42c idle before this case

[Anonymous]

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[Micky007]

Just come off playing BF2 with everything on full graphics and my temp is 62C

Which is an ok temp.

[Cheule]

My 6800GX idles at 48-49, after thrashing it, it goes up to 65C. Max is set by default at 135C. Never got anywhere near it. :) Your temps sound normal to me.

[bigdan676]

[quote:9735aa4983=\"ÈL ® ö B ì Ñ\"]But i ment bigdan :cry:

:wink:[/quote:9735aa4983]

No i havn't Over clocked it, i am think of getting a cooler for it, could anyone recommend a decent one for us?,

Thanks for your input guys
cheers

[mac124]

I have the all copper version of this, unfortunately i can't seem to find it on Arias site but this would do almost as well.

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/+Zalman+VF700-ALCU?productId=16701

Or if you want something chunkier then this will do nicely.

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/+Zalman+VF900-CU+Quiet+Dual+Heatpipe?productId=23399

[Anonymous]

Same i have the full copper, what temps do you get? and what sort of clocks?

[mac124]

[quote:1b962b6690=\"mac124\"]That sounds normal bigdan, my 7300gt is currently idleing @ 48c and thats with a Zalman cooler strapped to it so mid 50's with stock cooling sounds about right.[/quote:1b962b6690]

Not sure what it loads at as im on a different pc atm and clocks are as per media pc in sig :wink:

[ant9985]

my 6800GT goes up to 122c when i play a 3 year old game

[Cheule]

[quote:adf32988a0=\"ant9985\"]my 6800GT goes up to 122c when i play a 3 year old game[/quote:adf32988a0]

Then you really need to remove the card and think about replacing the cooling solution on it.