6800 Ultra... too hot?

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Oplem

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Hi there. I bought a 6800 Ultra During November of 2004. Recently I've noticed that I've been having overheating errors/crashes, even though I'm not overclocking. After cleaning up my case and making a better airflow path across the video card, my temperatures for my 6800 Ultra have been around 68-70 degrees C idle, and 75-79 degrees C under a load. I don't get overheating errors/crashes anymore, but my gut instinct tells me that temperature is too high. Is it?

Also, if it is, can anyone suggest a good 6800 Ultra cooling solution? I just want to get it down to normal temperatures, I don't plan on overclocking.
 
mid 70s is average air cooling load temp for 6800GTs & esp. 6800Us. Don't worry about it unless it break 80. If your idle temp is really 68 min it sounds pretty good that your load only goes up 7-9 degrees. What are your room and case temps?

NV Silencer 5 is really the only solution that is better than stock. It is about the same, just redirects airflow away from the card more.

If you want to get a lot lower than that you will need watercooling.
 
Well, I'm not sure what my case temp is. Ambient according to the card is low 50's, and the processor is between 40-55 depending on the load. My room, however, gets hot in the summer. A/C doesn't reach very well up here, although I might just put a window unit in.

Yes, it goes 80+ if I run a load for more than 2 hours or so. However, I noticed once I opened my window it gos back under 80.

Edit: From what I've seen from the NV Silencer, it doesn't cool it any better, it's just quieter. It's pointless on a 6800 Ultra since you can't use that vented slot cover with it, the 6800 Ultra takes up 2 slots.
 
Get water cooling or get a can of liquid o2 and spray some in your case every hour or so ;) What kind of case fans are you using? Do you have one in front? How about putting in a blow hole? The best solution is to H20 cool....

Forgot...post a thread in the Water Cooling Forum. :D
 
Yeah, I'm pretty sure your crashes were processor overheating problems. 55 on an Athlon XP is not good. Good thing you cleaned up your cables in the case. Like someone mentioned before, you might want to try some more case fans or some better case fans.
 
get the nv5 rev.2 as it supplies a replacement pci bracket, or go here
http://www.frozencpu.com/vid-45.html
you just have to unscrew the dvi pins, and it comes off, and then out this one on along with an nv5 rev.1, or an nv.5 rev 2 comes with this.
also, try putting a fan in your case on the outside blowing air in.
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freddiepm61 said:
get the nv5 rev.2 as it supplies a replacement pci bracket, or go here
http://www.frozencpu.com/vid-45.html
you just have to unscrew the dvi pins, and it comes off, and then out this one on along with an nv5 rev.1, or an nv.5 rev 2 comes with this.
also, try putting a fan in your case on the outside blowing air in.
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I see, so this nv5 cooler comes with that bracket? http://www.frozencpu.com/vid-43.html

Thanks for the help guys. I don't want to go with water cooling since this computer is still running AGP, it's going to be gone by next year, so I don't want to invest too much money in the video card (even though it was $490 :D ).
 
yes that one would come with the bracket... I only did the sole bracket thing myself, because I live in the UK, and rev.2 are not sold there.
However I would reccomend the rev.1 and then get an extra bracket, as the rev.1 fit better on the ultras.
This is because few people used these for ultras, and most for gt.
The rev.1 was more geared for the ultra, thus requiring in many cases slight filing of the memory pads so that it would all seat well on a gt.
However as arctic cooling have seen that more people use this for gt, the rev.2 is more geared towards them...
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i would get watercooling anyway if you have $200-250 to spend.

I think it doesn't make a difference to the gpu block if you have pci-e or agp. The only thing that you would have to change when you got a different board would be the tubing. OMGWTF $10 more!!1!11!1

pump:
http://www.cooltechnica.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=AQX-50Z-DC12

radiator:
http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=48&cat=14&page=1
http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=50&cat=14&page=1

blocks:
gpu: http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=161&cat=0&page=1
cpu: http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=17&cat=21&page=1

res:
http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=51&cat=27&page=1
OR
t-line:
http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=65&cat=35&page=1
http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=56&cat=29&page=1

tubing:
http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=61&cat=33&page=1

fittings:
http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=68&cat=33&page=1

water additive:
http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=77&cat=11&page=1

thermal paste:
http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=72&cat=52&page=1

clamps:
go to a hardware store and get metal worm clamps.

get the ramsinks for the gpu block and the extra nozzles on the cpu block. Get UV coloring/dye if you want (not UV tubing). 10' of tubing

pump $75, rad $34.99 + $15.95, gpu block $65.44 (w/ sinks), cpu block $55.94, res $17.95 (OR t-line $1.75 + $11.95), tubing $11.20, fittings $1.00xQuantity, Zerex additive $4.50, AS5 paste $7.29

total: (res) $288.26 or (t-line) $284.01
 
It's not a matter of compatibility, it's just that I don't plan on overclocking, nor do I see watercooling as a cost-effective solution for my video card. Besides, I can buy kits much cheaper than $288 that do both GPU and CPU cooling. Hell, this is cheaper than buying all those parts.
 
I just put a NV5 on my GT and it hardly lowered the temps... I reinstalled using as5 and the temps came down 5C. If you've already got an ultra sink, I would just reinstall it with the good paste... I can't believe how good that stuff works. The NV5 barely moves any air... I can feel a very slight breeze coming out the back of it, but I guess slightly better then recirculating it. GL
 
All my fan spaces are full in my case (1 120mm intake on front, 1 120mm exhaust on back, 1 92mm intake on side. I'm using a Thermaltake VA3000BWA), so anything that will push more hot air out of the case is welcome.
 
I think I've seen the temps up above 70c..., warm and toasty yes

don't have any stability problems yet though
 
you wouldn't happen to have a thermaltake Tsunami would you?

I just switched to that case from an old clear one, I have my CPU watercooled but I have noticed my temps on my 6800GT went up significantly after being put into this case from my old one. I even have all of the PCI backplates off and one of those vantec spectrum card coolers a few slots below my card and it still gets warmer than my old case, this case just wasn't designed as good as some for getting rid of pesky warm air from the GPU. are you using those stock 120's that came with it? if so get new fans because they are crap, they blow no air at all....
 
Yes, it's a Tsunami. You know, I didn't want to say it because it cost me $110, but I had a feeling the case was also an issue. Fantastic, I gotta buy a new case.
 
Inside_line said:
I just put a NV5 on my GT and it hardly lowered the temps... I reinstalled using as5 and the temps came down 5C. If you've already got an ultra sink, I would just reinstall it with the good paste... I can't believe how good that stuff works. The NV5 barely moves any air... I can feel a very slight breeze coming out the back of it, but I guess slightly better then recirculating it. GL
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i agree recirculating warm air back in to the pc not good cooling solutions nv5 raised my temps 3C but it blew the warm air out the case.if i could just raise the fan speed on the nv5.
 
whats wrong? too scared to take a hole saw to that window and add a fan for graphics card :p :D
 
make sure you are using either the latest 71.89 or 66.93 drivers from nvidia anything in between has known issues with high (actual) temperatures. Up to as much as 20% in some cases...this issue was not present in 66.93 and was fixed in 71.89...hope this helps
 
stuff a fan in the bottom of the case blowing cold air in, also get the nv5 silencer, as it is juts soooo much quieter.
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wallis said:
make sure you are using either the latest 71.89 or 66.93 drivers from nvidia anything in between has known issues with high (actual) temperatures. Up to as much as 20% in some cases...this issue was not present in 66.93 and was fixed in 71.89...hope this helps
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I was using 71.84, hopefully 71.89 will fix it and save me some cash.

Also, does anyone reccomend downloading the 73.00 beta drivers from guru3d?

Edit: Wow. I updated to 71.89, lowered temps by 13 degrees C. I think my next video card will be an ATI...
 
Well if you want to get a f**king reserator go ahead. That Zalman kit is crap. I suggested those items because they will give you a LOT of cooling performance for your money.
 
i would just stick to the official nvidia drivers...these 71.89 seem to be pretty good, remember betas will have some issues and nvidia or microsoft will not be responsable if anything goes wrong while using betas...for a couple of fps gain in games etc i dont think its worth it tbh :p
 
My NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT says the GPU core temp is 49C. I have the NV SIlencer 5 rev. 2. Is it normal that the core of a GeForce 6800 video card GPU can tolerate higher temps than most modern CPUs?
 
Oplem said:
It's not a matter of compatibility, it's just that I don't plan on overclocking, nor do I see watercooling as a cost-effective solution for my video card. Besides, I can buy kits much cheaper than $288 that do both GPU and CPU cooling. Hell, this is cheaper than buying all those parts.
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and kits like that dont work very well
 
Super Mario said:
My NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT says the GPU core temp is 49C. I have the NV SIlencer 5 rev. 2. Is it normal that the core of a GeForce 6800 video card GPU can tolerate higher temps than most modern CPUs?
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it should say core threshold or slowdown which should be above 120c like 137-149c. I wouldnt recommend anything near that, but 49 is good (is that idle) and it gets to maybe 55-60 during gaming.
 
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