How hot is hot?

[mevensen]

How hot is hot for a 6600 GT NVIDIA card? I see temps up to 69 C, is that something to be concerned about?

I've installed a fan right next to the card, but it's still up there.

[jfk]

That temperature is fine. It is not at all unusual for a GPU to run much hotter than what you would want in a CPU. My GPU in my sig rig used to run at 70-74C under heavy load, before I installed the Zalman cooler. This dropped it's peaks to about 67C. I have heard of cards running at 90C without problem, but this is too warm for me. If you're not running above 75-80C, you're fine.

[rspassey]

My 6800s are set to notify me when they reach 145ºC. Your temps are fine, though they are a little higher than what I normally hear of idle temps being.

Which direction do you have the fan next to the card blowing? It could be causing turbulance rather than helping, which isn't good.

[mevensen]

It's a rotary fan, the type you place in a card slot outlet, on the same side as the heat sink/fan of the video card.

[MakeYourslf2012]

Yes, those temps look perfectly normal

Originally Posted by ryan124712 My 6800s are set to notify me when they reach 145ºC.

are you sure its not 145F? 145C is almost 1 and half times the temperature of boiling water and will no doubt fry your card. You and I both would never want to see that pretty pair of 6800's burnt to a crisp.

[crjdriver]

6600gts do show a max temp of 145C. I agree that this is pretty hot, however that is what nvidia / evga say. Here is a screenshot of my 6600gt showing the max temp.