[mythtv-users] Nvidia card temps

[Adam Skinner]

> 
> Adam Skinner wrote:
> > Hi , 
> >
> > I've recently purchased an Nvidia Geforece 9500GT passively cooled
> for
> > use with mythtv VDPAU.  Stupid thing also takes up 2x pci /
> backpanel
> > slots.
> >
> > It all seems to be working fine most of the time, but it does get
> hot.
> > 60 degrees C at idle , 80-90 degrees on load.  
> >
> > According to nvidia-settings and the gnome applet for hardware
> > monitoring/ sensors. 
> >
> > Does anyone know if this is normal?
> 
> Yes it is. Those chips are supposed/expected to work at those 
> tempseratures, with the goal of accepting passive cooling.
> 
> 
> >  Should I be worried. My CPU sits
> > around 30-40 degrees C.
> >
> > Does anyone have or know of a 8000 series passive cooled card that
> works
> > well with VDPAU and only takes up a single pci  slot? And if so,
> what
> > temps are you getting?
> 
> I have a 8400GS from Asus, passively cooled, 1 slot only. Works very
> well.
> 
> It shows those temps too.
> 
> http://www.youplala.net/~will/htpc/favia-nvidia_temp-day.png
> 
> My case is quite cramped, thus badly ventilated. So I had to add a
> fan 
> to help expell air from around the video board, otherwise I would see 
> temps above 100 degrees C when decoding.
> 
> http://www.youplala.net/~will/htpc/favia-nvidia_temp-month.png
> 
> Nico
> http://www.youplala.net/linux/home-theater-pc
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Adam Skinner wrote:
> > Hi , 
> >
> > I've recently purchased an Nvidia Geforece 9500GT passively cooled
> for
> > use with mythtv VDPAU.  Stupid thing also takes up 2x pci /
> backpanel
> > slots.
> >
> > It all seems to be working fine most of the time, but it does get
> hot.
> > 60 degrees C at idle , 80-90 degrees on load.  
> >
> > According to nvidia-settings and the gnome applet for hardware
> > monitoring/ sensors. 
> >
> > Does anyone know if this is normal? Should I be worried. My CPU sits
> > around 30-40 degrees C.
> >
> > Does anyone have or know of a 8000 series passive cooled card that
> works
> > well with VDPAU and only takes up a single pci  slot? And if so,
> what
> > temps are you getting?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
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> >   
> I have two 8400 cards. Both passively cooled. One of them is a full 
> height card that came with a passive heatsink. The other is a half 
> height card that came with a small, annoying fan and I made my own
> heat 
> sink. Both of them run in the high 50's to low 60's under load. While
> I 
> was testing different heatsinks I ran one of them in the high 90's for
> a 
> while. I have not seen any problems so far. According to the Nvidia 
> config utility my cards will not throttle their clocks back until
> they 
> hit 125C!
> 
> You can try to make a better heatsink for your 9500, but it may be
> hard 
> to get one that only fills a single slot. My full height 8400 fills a 
> single slot, but my half height 8400 card takes two. I put up some 
> pictures and more info on making my own heatsink here:
> http://jamesanddiana.com/blog/?p=9
> 
> Cheers,
> James
> 
> 


Thanks everyone for the replies. Im not as scared as I was now with my
GPU temp stepping up to the 70-80s. 

Just another small point, my InnoDB Geforce 9500GT takes up two slots as
stated. I tried it in another case and I noticed its even taller than a
full height card. (And thus wouldn't fit in correctly). So be warned if
your looking at this card. 

I will keep an eye out for a full height 8400 that takes a single slot.
Im not confident enough or really have enough desire to make my own
heatsink. Dont want to turn my mythtv system into an warping xbox 360.