EVGA Geforce 6800 GT, running at about 65-67C Idle, 70-75C (30 Mins) 80-85C (1-2 Hours) of Load. I have a Zalman VF700 heatsink for the GPU with Arctic Silver 5. From what I have seen, most people with this card/heatsink run at about 50-55C Idle and 60-70C after Extensive Load. I have a (half of a) PCI sound card below it. Its a sound blaster live 24 bit so its only half the length of my video card. Below the sound card is a 4000 RPM Pci slot fan that sucks out from one half and blows air onto the gpu on the other fan. My case temperature is usually around 45-48C. I have two PCI exhaust fans, one front intake, one side intake, one 120mm exhaust on back. I was wondering if I should remove my sound card and use onboard sound. Any suggestions to lower my temperature would be appreciated.
I have heard that the temperature sensor drivers may be inaccurate on my video card. The heatsink feels warm but not hot.
Thanks
I have heard that the temperature sensor drivers may be inaccurate on my video card. The heatsink feels warm but not hot.
Thanks