Graphics Card Temperatures
Graphics Card Temperatures
So here we'll have a look at GPU temperatures. First up, IDLE (desktop) temperatures.
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 cards fully stressed we kept monitoring temperatures and noted down the GPU temperature of the hottest card.
- GeForce GTX 980 SLI x3- We just noted down 47 Degrees C as reference temperature, which is incredible.
** update later stressing showed a peak temp of 52 Degrees C, the coolant heats up slowly pushing the temp up a few degrees. Still that's great with three cards of this caliber.
