Hi guys,
I just recently built a new computer with a Quad Core CPU (Intel Quad Core Q6600), 3 GB RAM and the ASUS P5N32-E motherboard.
Because the DX10 cards are so expensive right now I decided to wait off getting a new graphics card for a while and use my old ATI Radeon X850XT PE from my old computer.
It's been running fine for about two weeks now. But recently I've been crashing a lot while playing games (some of which are pretty old and shouldn't be that hard to run).
I decided to check out what temperatures its running at so I downloaded ATITools and Speed Fan.
While running KoTOR my GPU core temperature was sitting around 79-82 degrees celcius. After 20-30 min my computer crashed. The CPU temperature was around 45-50 degrees celcius.
I tried Counter Strike: Source as well and the temperatures were sitting around 85-89 degrees celcius on the GPU and 47-50 on the CPU.
I've tried taking the GFX card out of the case and cleaning any dust out of the fan and heatsink. I couldn't figure out how to unscrew the the plastic casing accross the top of the fan and heatsink, so instead I just sucked as much dust out as I could with a vacuum clearner. There's still some dust built up around the fan blades and in between the vertical elements of the heatsink. I think that I could probably do a better job clearing out the dust later with an air gun.
In the meantime I just wanted to know whether these temperatures were something to worry about or are they normal for GPUs? I read around on google and most people seemed to indicate that between 60-70 was fine and above that was problematic; which made me worry because in most games I'm running the temperatures are above 70 on the GPU. Most people also seemed to indicate that 40-50 (or even above) was normal for CPUs.
Anyway suggestions would be appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
I just recently built a new computer with a Quad Core CPU (Intel Quad Core Q6600), 3 GB RAM and the ASUS P5N32-E motherboard.
Because the DX10 cards are so expensive right now I decided to wait off getting a new graphics card for a while and use my old ATI Radeon X850XT PE from my old computer.
It's been running fine for about two weeks now. But recently I've been crashing a lot while playing games (some of which are pretty old and shouldn't be that hard to run).
I decided to check out what temperatures its running at so I downloaded ATITools and Speed Fan.
While running KoTOR my GPU core temperature was sitting around 79-82 degrees celcius. After 20-30 min my computer crashed. The CPU temperature was around 45-50 degrees celcius.
I tried Counter Strike: Source as well and the temperatures were sitting around 85-89 degrees celcius on the GPU and 47-50 on the CPU.
I've tried taking the GFX card out of the case and cleaning any dust out of the fan and heatsink. I couldn't figure out how to unscrew the the plastic casing accross the top of the fan and heatsink, so instead I just sucked as much dust out as I could with a vacuum clearner. There's still some dust built up around the fan blades and in between the vertical elements of the heatsink. I think that I could probably do a better job clearing out the dust later with an air gun.
In the meantime I just wanted to know whether these temperatures were something to worry about or are they normal for GPUs? I read around on google and most people seemed to indicate that between 60-70 was fine and above that was problematic; which made me worry because in most games I'm running the temperatures are above 70 on the GPU. Most people also seemed to indicate that 40-50 (or even above) was normal for CPUs.
Anyway suggestions would be appreciated. Many thanks in advance.