Safe temp on 9800pro?

vf1000ride · 18-May-06, 07:41 PM

So I am playing around with clocking the heck out of my saphire 9800pro and I was wondering what a safe GPU max temp would be (I have the r-360 core). I have a zalman heatpipe cooler on it with ramsinks and I am using an aerogate 2 temp probe to monitor card temps. I verified with a IR heat probe that the aerogate is within 2 degrees of being accurate.

So the thing is I went and did the volt mod upgrade to the card. Increased gpu by .11v and mem by .15v It raised my gpu temp about 3C and got me an extra 20mhz from the chip. Mem is up an unimpressive 4mhz. So with the volts up and the new max oc running for close to 10 minutes I am seeing about 53C under full load, like I mentioned about 3 degrees more than before.

I would love to add a little more voltage to it and bring the clocks up even more by I don't know what the max temp is for these things. Thanks for any help you guys may be able to give. VF1000ride

saphire 9800pro
128meg hynix mem @ 383mhz
r-360 core @ 430mhz

$SOLID$ Necro · 18-May-06, 07:52 PM

Well I cannot say for sure about a 9800, but most video cards are fine up to around 60C, I have seen tests where newer video cards have reached 70C under load, although I would not be happy about that

18-May-06, 07:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
vf1000ride Apex Elite Expert Tech Join Date: May 2003 Location: columbus, oh Posts: 1,412	Safe temp on 9800pro? So I am playing around with clocking the heck out of my saphire 9800pro and I was wondering what a safe GPU max temp would be (I have the r-360 core). I have a zalman heatpipe cooler on it with ramsinks and I am using an aerogate 2 temp probe to monitor card temps. I verified with a IR heat probe that the aerogate is within 2 degrees of being accurate. So the thing is I went and did the volt mod upgrade to the card. Increased gpu by .11v and mem by .15v It raised my gpu temp about 3C and got me an extra 20mhz from the chip. Mem is up an unimpressive 4mhz. So with the volts up and the new max oc running for close to 10 minutes I am seeing about 53C under full load, like I mentioned about 3 degrees more than before. I would love to add a little more voltage to it and bring the clocks up even more by I don't know what the max temp is for these things. Thanks for any help you guys may be able to give. VF1000ride saphire 9800pro 128meg hynix mem @ 383mhz r-360 core @ 430mhz __________________ 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.

18-May-06, 07:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
$SOLID$ Necro Mastah Overclocker Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lima, Ohio Posts: 7,217	Well I cannot say for sure about a 9800, but most video cards are fine up to around 60C, I have seen tests where newer video cards have reached 70C under load, although I would not be happy about that __________________ Join the PC Apex "Overclock and Benchmark" team today! Click Here! Necro's "Ultimate Links" Collection Click Here!

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