Vid card overheating help?

[malicious]

i have a 8600gts 512mb vid card an it runs constant 55 C watchin movies an stuff lik that but when i get on my games im at 63-66 C i bought a lil fan that goes under it that attaches on my PCI mount slotwut is HI for that card? is it kinda goin to its limit, or am i jus being to cauious?
wut do i need to set my alarms at an be afraid of?
i have sensorview an a program that came with my asus board that watch my temps an everything....so i can set 2 different alarms

 

[DeepMartin]

I cant really answer your question since i have a different card but i can give you some info about mine and what recently happened to me and my temps

I have a BFG 7300GT 512 (AGP) which is less than yours on performing and ect
but while installing it i messed with the fan/heatsink a little (it wobbled i guess) no harm done
so i always saw temperatures such as 50 idle 55 normal and 65 on full load i didnt really get scared since i always have my case open

well while installing my cpu fan with its paste and everything i realized i could do the same with the vcard, so i did

well i dropped my temps by a full 5 degrees (or so) just by reseating the fan/heatsink (45/50/57)

maybe you can do the same and see if something changes
i did because i messed up the factory seating from touching the fan as i said before
but i wouldnt be that scared unless your system crashes or the readings go above what you said (66)

 

[tastegw]

one thing you can do is go into ntune, go to "adjust gpu settings"

set your gpu fan to manual and run it at 75% when your not running games and like maybe 85% when you are running games,

ive found this to help lower the temp 5-10c
im not sure if this will shorten your gpu fan's life too much or not, but i like my gpu running @ now the 48c rather than the 61c i saw out of the box. (idle btw)

i have the same card just about only 320mb instead (g90), i also replaced my clearside with some holy metal stuff. (metal with holes in it)

 

[malicious]

one thing you can do is go into ntune, go to "adjust gpu settings"

i have ntune an stuff an not seeing this setting thing....imal look more tho

i like my gpu running @ now the 48c rather than the 61c i saw out of the box. (idle btw)

wow urs was runnin at 61 idle....god i would hate to see it duriing game play..

 

[tastegw]

i have ntune an stuff an not seeing this setting thing....imal look more tho



wow urs was runnin at 61 idle....god i would hate to see it duriing game play..

im sorry, i misread your post, thought i read that you had a 8800gts 512 (g92) card. you have a 8600. so the temps should be lower than mine.

about ntune and those options not being there, here is a link for you to update your ntune to the latest version...http://www.nvidia.com/object/ntune_5.05.54.00.html after you download it, it will have all the latest features that come with ntune. including "adjust gpu settings" (easy overclocking) aswell as fan speed control (manual or auto)

 

[Tarkus]

63C during gaming is normal. If you're not seeing artifacts or hanging in a loop or rebooting you'll be fine.

 

[malicious]

i have atitool i need to seek for artifacts on it......i jus got alil scared of being so high for so long cause it might make the life of my videocard shorter...

 

[malicious]

tastegw, ur rite i have a old version of nTune even though i just downloaded it the other day caue i reformatted my computer....Im downloading the new one and am ganna let you know how my temp changes....

 

[malicious]

i jus deleted my old one and installed the new one...i still dont see the adjust gpu settings