Graphics Card Temperatures
Graphics Card Temperatures
Here we'll have a look at GPU temperatures that we read out from the thermal sensor on the GPU. First up, IDLE (desktop) temperatures as reported through software on the thermal sensors of the GPU.
IDLE temperatures, overall anything below 50 Degrees C is considered okay, anything below 40 Degrees C is 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 as reported by the thermal sensor.
- Air cooled - The card's temperature under heavy game stress stabilized at roughly 69 Degrees C range. We note down the hottest GPU reading, not the average.
- Liquid cooled - The card's temperature under heavy game stress stabilized at roughly 45 Degrees C range. We note down the hottest GPU reading, not the average.
Above: Air based cooling of the Poseidon - lovely temps and low noise levels
Above: Hybrid cooling, both air and liquid cooling - amzing results really.