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6800 Ultra 'idle' temperature at 60 celcius?

post #1 of 6
12/14/05 at 4:26pm
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Isnt 60c a bit hot to be 'idle'?

Just turned on my notebook... let it sit here for a while... and thats where the video card sits. Nothing 3d running, no gaming, nothing.

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post #2 of 6
12/14/05 at 4:36pm
I don't think it's too hot until you experience problems running applications. That core can be broiling in there, but as long as you don't get artifacts, reboots, etc, then you shouldn't worry. It could also be that you have dust bunnies in there...I found some of those when the tech opened my XPS 2 up.

Depending on the ambient temperature, I get between 44-50C idling with my 6800 Ultra Go according to NVidia Temperature Settings. On my desktop 6800 vanilla, sitting here typing I get 50-51C with an ambient temperature of 39C according to NVidia Temperature Settings.

Note that the core slowdown threshold of a 6800 Ultra Go using Dell drivers is 101C, and the core slowdown threshold of my desktop 6800 vanilla is 127C. Your card would have to be defective to burn itself up--NVidia drivers automatically slow the core down to keep it from overheating.
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post #3 of 6
12/14/05 at 7:15pm
Definitely too HOT!!!! 60c idle man thats crazy. You should be getting 52-55c idle if ur using stock thermal compound. If you use AS5 you should be getting around 45-52c depending on drivers. But 60c is just too hot. I say take your notebook apart and clean out the dust in your fan that should drop it down by 5-8c.
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post #4 of 6
12/14/05 at 7:19pm
No that's not true, 60 is stock for the 6800 U, and 55 to 50 is the stock for the 7800, as the 7800 does run cooler.
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post #5 of 6
12/14/05 at 7:19pm
Not necessarily (toward Snazzy). It also depends where the laptop is sitting. Different surfaces heat up differently. I sit my laptop on a Lapcool2 cooler, and my 7800 GTX sits at around 43C when idling, sometimes a few degrees cooler. The 6800 ran a little hotter for me (but then again I didn't have AS5 on it, whether that helps or not...). It really depends on the location of the notebook.
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post #6 of 6
12/14/05 at 8:17pm
Yes it is true!, I have a 6800 ultra and when I first received mines it would idle at 52c-55c w/ dell drivers. Then when I install laptopvideo2go driver it would idle at 57-58c (fan turn on high). After gaming for about 3-4 month I have the same Heat issue like everyone else. I decided to open up my notebook and and clean out the fans. I clean it throughly and put the notebook together (NO AS5 apply). My gpu temperature would idle at 46c -48c! (Dell driver) 50c-52 (laptopvideo2go drivers) I was like WOW!. Then a month in a half ago I decided to O/C my ultra so I bought and apply some AS5. I had problem apply at first because it was my first time doing thermal compound (reapply like 15 time to get it right). Ok so then I came to it I was satisfy with the temprature. My Cpu idle at 25c and GPU idle at 44c-45c ( Dell drivers) , 49-50c (laptopvideo2go drivers). Im also O/C at 500c1260, 505c1250 score 6004 on 3dmark05. So having 60c for idle is not normal. Oh by the way Im using 2 pairs of soda cap stack up together to life up my notebook.
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