Hello, I was wanting to ask a quick question. I have a geforce 6800 video card, it idles about 70 degree's which is understandable because my room is 50-60 degree's. However from the time I launch a game it jumps to like 105 within a minute. Do you think my video card is bad? I have a geforce 9600 GSo on the way. Also my CPU is a 19 degrees, hard drive 26, Mobo 33.
I think your getting your Celsius and Fahrenheit mixed up a bit here. If you give your temps in the same measurement someone might be able to help. I think im right in saying you use Fahrenheit in the US? Despite that Celsius seems to be the norm with computers. Kelvin aint used. I know bugger all about what hardware temps are normal nowadays but 125f for a graphics card is probably somewhere between normal and low. 70c is probably on the high side for a graphics card. 19c for a cpu is either very low (decent cooling) or a false reading. 26c for a hdd is low and probably a true reading. 33c for a motherboard is normal but it depends on the sensor. Some are on the back on the board, some on the front. My last decent board had a sensor on a wire so I could make it whatever I wanted! Its the northbridge which you want to pay attention to rather than the ambient around the motherboard. (Intel or AMD?) Im up to date as of 5 years ago so citation is probably required!
That would be in Celsius, i've checked with a couple different programs. In F it was like 250 degree's.
wtf? 250 F thats madness suprised the damn things not on fire, surely it can't be that high. so ur saying your graphics card is running at 125C 125 degrees Celsius = 257 degrees Fahrenheit. if you card works fine, whats the problem? but damn never heard them kind of temps before on a graphics card. heat generally shortens the life span of graphics card and any hardware for that matter, think you did the right thing upgrading its an old skool card anyway. Also get in touch with Nvidia and tell them about your crazy temps im sure they would like to hear about it.
