Graphics card temperatures
Graphics card temperatures
So here we'll have a look at GPU temperatures. First up will be IDLE (desktop) temperatures as reported through the software on the thermal sensors of the GPU. Overall anything below 50 Degrees C is considered okay, anything below 40 Degrees C is admirable. We add some other cards at random that we have recently tested in the 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.
Default BIOS is passive (fan stop) in idle, OC BIOS mode keeps fans active.
So with the card fully stressed we kept monitoring temperatures and noted down the GPU temperature as reported by the thermal sensor. These tests have been performed with a 20~21 Degrees C room temperature, this is a peak temperature based on a GPU stress loop. The OC BIOS mode is slightly more aggressive on the fan RPM, it ran 2 Degrees C cooler.
Long Duration Stress Temperature and GPU Throttling clock
Above: BIOS default
Above: BIOS OC mode - virtually no difference - but we do shave off another 2 Degrees C