My video card runs hot???
I just bought a 8800 gs, and for some reason, its running really hot, like 60°C idle, and when I play games, around 80°C, even with the fan 100%. I have a 300w power supply, but most people are running this card at 300w, one guy had the same computer as me, and he even overclocked it with no problems.
What I wanna know is:
Why is my video card running so hot while other people's same video card arent?
Is it because I don't have enough power?
Will a new power supply fix the temperature problems?
Update:What I meant was, my 8800gs runs hot, while other people's 8800gs don't run as hot.
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What do you mean when you say yr card is hot but others aren't
From my knowledge 8800s are damn hot
Reaching 90 degrees when on Full Load
But still runs perfectly and very overclockable
It is designed to handle high temperature
If you want lower temperature you may have to buy a custom cooler
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"the reference cooled 8800 GT already runs insanely hot to 90 degrees C"
Where did you get the 100C reading from? Sounds like a false reading to me. If the fan on the card is working then there's no way the card should be that hot at idle. Perhaps after a couple of hours of gaming at 100% GPU load it might reach 100C but not when it's doing nothing at all but displaying your desktop. If its a Radeon card, load CCC and check the cards temps using that. For an NVIDIA card, use nTune to check the temps of the card. Modern cards are build to withstand extreme temperatures, even up to 110C but even so, that's too hot. That sort of heat is going to make the ambient temp in the case very high. Not good. You could try what i do with my 6970. I use CCC to manually set the cards fan speed to about 50% when gaming. It's a little bit loud but who cares when there are cool explosions and shotgun blasts to listen to when gaming. Manually setting the cards fan speed keeps the card at a decent temp all the time, instead of having it on auto. When my card is on auto fan control, the temp goes crazy, then the fan goes crazy to cool it down, then the fan slows a bit and the temp goes up again, then the fan goes crazy to bring the temp down. I don't like the constant fluctuation of temps like that and i find that manually setting the fan at 50% keeps the card nice and cool all the time. then when i'm not gaming i just lower the fan speed to about 30% because the card doesn't get hot when not gaming and 30% is quieter than 50%
From a technical point of view your card is conducting excessive energy creating the heat issue. Any electrical circuit need to transfer energy freely without impedance. Should impedance occur energy is trapped, creating heat build up.
Look into compatibility issues with your motherboard, mainframe.
As well. make sure your computer system is not isolated in a confined space. Ensure your system has good ventilation. If it is crammed into a little slot at the bottom of a desk unit and back faces a wall. For sure there are going to be heat and ventilation issues over heating your unit. Perhaps add a water cooler system to your unit, if you can afford it.
good luck
its not the power supply
might have gotten a crappy card before it blows out i would take it to a good shop to ck it out or send it back and get a replacement