Safe operating temperature?

Cyphre · 29-April-04, 12:42 AM

Well, I tried out that nifty Rivatuner thingy and well, I noticed that the temps certainly go up high real fast. I've got an FX5900 Ultra that runs about 50-51C while idling, and when overclocked to the current 475/900 I have it to, it'll jump to about 60C, though still runs fine. It varies by a small portion because there were times it wasn't too cool in the house, but it was still jumping a good 10C and I'm fairly sure that 60C is quite a high temp (but I didn't convert to F so I'm not entirely sure).

So I wonder, is it safe to run it up so hot? Or will it just automatically crash if it gets too hot? 'Fraid I don't want to fry this piece of hardware above all else, so anyone out there have cards running fine and stable at some high temp?

Cyphre · 29-April-04, 01:19 AM

Ok, minor clarification that I just remembered, it runs idle at 300mhz core clock as opposed to the accelerated 3D clockspeed of 475 (or whatever I have it set to now). It causes an obvious jump in temp, but still high either way (probably worse when I'm actually running some graphics intensive game).

29-April-04, 12:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Cyphre Apex Tech Maniac Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 902	Safe operating temperature? Well, I tried out that nifty Rivatuner thingy and well, I noticed that the temps certainly go up high real fast. I've got an FX5900 Ultra that runs about 50-51C while idling, and when overclocked to the current 475/900 I have it to, it'll jump to about 60C, though still runs fine. It varies by a small portion because there were times it wasn't too cool in the house, but it was still jumping a good 10C and I'm fairly sure that 60C is quite a high temp (but I didn't convert to F so I'm not entirely sure). So I wonder, is it safe to run it up so hot? Or will it just automatically crash if it gets too hot? 'Fraid I don't want to fry this piece of hardware above all else, so anyone out there have cards running fine and stable at some high temp? __________________ P4C800-E Deluxe, 3.0C, 1gb XMS PC3200 TwinX, 150gb WD Raptor SATA, 7800GS New hotness: P5Q Pro, E8500, 4gb Corsair PC2 6400 DDR2, 9800GTX, Seagate 250Gb SATA2 cipher 2. One who, or that which, has no weight or influence. "Here he was a mere cipher." --W. Irving. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Â© 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc

29-April-04, 01:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Cyphre Apex Tech Maniac Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 902	Ok, minor clarification that I just remembered, it runs idle at 300mhz core clock as opposed to the accelerated 3D clockspeed of 475 (or whatever I have it set to now). It causes an obvious jump in temp, but still high either way (probably worse when I'm actually running some graphics intensive game). __________________ P4C800-E Deluxe, 3.0C, 1gb XMS PC3200 TwinX, 150gb WD Raptor SATA, 7800GS New hotness: P5Q Pro, E8500, 4gb Corsair PC2 6400 DDR2, 9800GTX, Seagate 250Gb SATA2 cipher 2. One who, or that which, has no weight or influence. "Here he was a mere cipher." --W. Irving. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Â© 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc

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