is this normal ?

my graphic card pny 6800 gt 256 mb , agp
is heating up to 77 ° C on full burden , and i have open case , when i close it i goes to 82 °C , without burden is 58-61 °C
do i have to change cooler on graphic ?
and what cooler do you think that i should put on ?

Thats dangerously HOT!, you could cook and egg on your graphics card... I reccomend Arctic Cooling for your card

http://www.arctic-cooling.com

and for your card i reccomend this cooler:





the link is right here for more information on it:

http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=40


The site also gives you a place of where you can buy these this, as you cant buy it from them which i find to be wierd. Anyways i have a similar cooler for my card by the same company and my card idles about 29C to 31C so i think its worth the money. Should only cost you around $35-$43 American.

i'm not from america , i'm from croatia , near italy

probably i'm gonna buy that cooler
i have on proc. zalman 9500 led , i now when i buy that i'll buy cooler

that cooler is not expensive but good , thank you for that information for that cooler

today it was 85 °C , in open case ( i'm affraid to close the case)

i played quake 4 (full details) , proc was on 44 °C (have zalman cnps 9500 led)

Above 75C is a bit hot, but shouldn't be anything to worry about. I'd advise you to clean your graphics card out (i.e. get rid of the dust in the heatsink). Also check that your heatsink is securely fastened to your graphics card

Are you seeing any artefacting in Quake 4? Try and read up on artefacting, I can't find a good link sorry

I'm going to Croatia in a couple of months, Dubrovnik hopefully, looks like a very pretty place: D

i did clean it , in idle is 62 °C in quake 4 is 85 °C (my personal record :P ) , no artefatcs in quake

in every new game that i got graphic card is heating very much , i'm very affraid to close the case , i belive that temp will go over 95 °C i dont wat to risk graphic card.....

i dont know anybody with this card to ask him if he has that problem....

i'm buyin ac nv 5 these days (maybe other week) , we shal see.....


and i think because of that big temp od graphic card , the temperature on proc has rised for few °C ... (now is 37 , in idle)


where you from ?

btw.
sorry for my bad english

Originally posted by alucard_667@Jan 31 2006, 06:30 PM
i did clean it , in idle is 62 °C in quake 4 is 85 °C (my personal record :P ) , no artefatcs in quake

in every new game that i got graphic card is heating very much , i'm very affraid to close the case , i belive that temp will go over 95 °C i dont wat to risk graphic card.....

i dont know anybody with this card to ask him if he has that problem....

i'm buyin ac nv 5 these days (maybe other week) , we shal see.....


and i think because of that big temp od graphic card , the temperature on proc has rised for few °C ... (now is 37 , in idle)


where you from ?

btw.
sorry for my bad english

sorry i sad 85 now it was 88 °C

The temperature is normal for a 6800, but yea get a cooler because it starts to heat up and lowers the life time span of it.

That is quite hot, but if you're having no problems in game there may not be a problem. But its worth getting the new heatsink, just follow the instructions on how to fit it and all will be well i.e. don't fudge up the thermal compound!

I'm from England

I have MSI 6800gt 256mb, and those temperatures are pretty much same that i have.
when playing f.e.a.r., temp went up to 107C which is my personal record :thumbup: , and with open case.

those graphic card coolers don't cost too much so i ordered one - zalman fs-v7
should get it this week..

i haven't noticed any big problems in games while temps are up, slows down a bit.

now 70C idle