Michael Peters [
sflblacksmith@yahoo.com ]Sent : 7/15/2011 10:06Question : this card is supposed to be SLI capable, It will be run in a case with other cards.. It is runn far too hot for what has been reported as "normal" for this GPU My nome was 24. deg C when I came home and this card was well over 100 C I have been running
1 GTX280 O/C'd Folding
1 GTX260 O/C'd folding
and 1 9800gx2 O/C folding
in this case and none of them has passed 80 C. the case has 3 120mm intake fans, 2 120mm exaust fans, and the PSU pulling air out. there is more than enough air flow.
this card is supposed to run cooler than they do and runs hotter at stock clocks. too hot to use full time folding. there persons on the forum I attend have similar cards and run far cooler at higher ambient temps.
Answer - 1105458
Answer : Dear Customer,
at default spec is within range, on a full load is slightly high but is still acceptable.
Do make sure that you have good cooling on your system and only test with just one card installed.
Question - 1105458
From : Michael Peters [
sflblacksmith@yahoo.com ]Sent : 7/14/2011 01:24Question : I seem to be having a cooling problem. this card is reported to idle in the 30-40c range. It is idling at 50c. the ambient temp on the room is 21c, the highest temp in my case is 42c. and that is nowhere near the card. there are three intake fans brining air into the lower region of this case.
under full load running the Stanford Folding @ Home app the 560 hits 95c on stock clocks. with a mild O/C it hit 100c in less than a minute, at which point I shut it down and restored the clocks.
from what I see on the web these temps are far higher than I should reasonably expect.
will it void the warrenty if I remove the HSF assembly and reset it with new TIM?
the the GTX 200 series cards that have been in there do not run this hot at load. the 9800gx2 in there doesn't run that hot either.
Attached is a GPU-z screenshot showing the clocks, and usage. let me knoiw if there is any other information you need.
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Model Name : GV-N56GOC-1GI
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PCB ver :
Driver Ver : 6.14.12.7533
Serial No. : 111901067832
Purchase Dealer : Gigabyte
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Motherboard Brand : Asus
Model : M3N-HT deluxe
Operation System : Win XP
SP : 3
PSU: antec true power trio 550
CPU:Phenom II 9500