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"Overclocking - A safe GPU Temperature"

I've recently overclocked my XFX 6600 GT a little bit. It's now on 550/1100.

The GPU Temperature while not running games and just say browsing the internet like now stays at 39/40c. Obviously this will shoot up in applications demanding more power.

Was just wondering what a safe GPU Core temp would be and if I should consider some cooling even at the current level of overclocking.

Thanks.

I've recently overclocked my XFX 6600 GT a little bit. It's now on 550/1100.

The GPU Temperature while not running games and just say browsing the internet like now stays at 39/40c. Obviously this will shoot up in applications demanding more power.

Was just wondering what a safe GPU Core temp would be and if I should consider some cooling even at the current level of overclocking.

Thanks.

Thats pretty average for a GPU with stock cooling, before I added cooling to my card it used to idle at around 56C and peak around 72C. You can always invest in more cooling however, a cooler card never hurt anyone ;-)

Providing you don't get crashes (usually caused by GPU clocked too high) or display corruption (artifacts and the like usually caused by too high a memory clock) then you should be fine. Mine idles at around 30 - 32 and when in use around 48 - 50.

Over-clocking is only dangerous if you go f**king stupid.