My 8600GTS temps

[Kraeoss]

i realize now that my video card is ddr2 lol omg it ent written on the darn box either.... ah well....

[Philosophical45]

I must disagree by saying that 90deg is very high. very high indeed. I can't see those things lasting very long at those temps, not to mention perform optimally. Just as a little idea, my 8800gts never got pass 72deg under full load, overclocked to the tee.

Now if you are adventurous enough, you can remove the heatsink off the card, wipe away the thermal compound on the gpu and apply some fresh AS5. If you're not up for that, use riva tuner or your tweaking tool of choice and up the fan speed as desired. This will make a big difference w/o changing anything else.

ent.. arc think is a 4870 he have ah wa..lol.. my 8800gt single slot runs at 70 max under load, daz when it folding eh... with fan on auto.. 90c is madness for a lil 8600gts.. MADNESSS

[Arcmanov]

Well, your mileage may vary of course.  I used to see regular temps of 86-90 degC on my 8800GT, especially
when playing Crysis, and you KNOW how punishing Crysis can be on GPUs.

[Doomtack]

I got a weird question though (doh mean to hijack thread).
On my 8800GT i have the fan running constantly at 94% (noise is not an issue for me, i won't hear it), can this damage the fan over a prolonged time?

Reason i asked is, bak wen i had a 6600GT i installed a Zalman fan which ran at highest speed constantly without problems after a year and more...
but that's an aftermarket fan...

any insight on this anyone?

[Redfish]

^ I don't think that should be a prob, they supposed to be tested etc. to take a beating......

I took off my side panel and the fan that was on it then took some masking tape and positioned it to blow on my card and boy oh boy she's idling at 60-62deg and on full load reaching about 80-82deg so I'm happy for the while....

I may do some madness when I buy like a set of 4 120mm fans and tape em up together to get some serious cooling lol

[Spazosaurus]

Of course the fan will fail faster if it is running at a higher speed like that, but by the time it does fail, you'll have upgraded long ago anyway.