GeForce GTX 670 2 and 3-way SLI review

Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/09/2012 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Graphics card temperatures

Graphics card temperatures

So here we'll have a look at GPU temperatures. First up, IDLE (desktop) temperatures.

GeForce GTX 670 SLI

IDLE temperatures are always a tiny bit tricky to read out as Windows Aero could have an effect on this. Overall anything below 50 Degrees C is considered okay, anything below 40 Degrees C is very nice. We threw in some cards at random that we have recently tested in the above chart.

But what happens when we are gaming? We fire off an intense game-like application at the graphics card and measure the highest temperature of the GPU.

So with the card fully stressed we kept monitoring temperatures and noted down the GPU temperature.

The temperature under heavy game stress for the card stabilized at roughly 79~80 Degrees C. We note down the hottest GPU reading, not the average. In this case that's the reference card (which gets little airflow).

Please make sure your PC is well ventilated at all times, this will seriously help you on the overall GPU temperatures -- especially in multi-GPU conditions. Ventilate guys... ventilate.

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