Do GPU's have heat fail safes?

[dunesickness]

Put simply, do video cards automatically shut off the computer to avoid any serious damage once they reach a certain temperature?

 

[mourice12]

Some will BSOD once they reach a certain temp, some will fry and some will throttle down to avoid being burnt up. What kind of video card is it?

 

[dunesickness]

Some will BSOD once they reach a certain temp, some will fry and some will throttle down to avoid being burnt up. What kind of video card is it?

Forgot to include my GPU, sorry about that

Mine is a GeForce 8800M GTS. I'm not having overheating issues (at least not that I know of) but am curious if it has a overheating failsafe

While I have a question open, does anyone by chance know what would be considered reaching dangerous tempatures when it comes to my video card?

 

[nukemaster]

I would call 90c as a danger point, while it will not harm most cards for a short time(many new cards will actually start the thorttle by this point), it will shorten the lifetime of them.

Notebook parts tend to run hotter than the desktop version due to less place for heatsinks.

Being a G92 based card the MAX temp should be around 105c

What are your temps anyway? I do not know if those cards had a failsafe. I know the old X850XT did not. Had that sucker over 116 degrees(fan issue). It still works to this day

 

[mourice12]

Could be the CPU causing the system to shut down, if they reach a certain temp they will do that.

 

[dunesickness]

I would call 90c as a danger point, while it will not harm most cards for a short time(many new cards will actually start the thorttle by this point), it will shorten the lifetime of them.

Notebook parts tend to run hotter than the desktop version due to less place for heatsinks.

What are your temps anyway? I do not know if those cards had a failsafe. I know the old X850XT did not. Had that sucker over 116 degrees. It still works to this day

Thanks for the information

So far I haven't been keeping a eye on my video card temperatures until very recently. All I know is that it idles at 45C. I 'm going to be playing some of my different games while keeping a eye on the GPU tempature to get a idea of how hot its running.

The reason I asked this is because I've been looking at playing a game that says it requires a Geforce 9600GT or better to run and I didn't want to melt my 8800 trying to run it. But the game is some 2D side scroller which doesn't seem to have all that superb graphics which makes me skeptical that it requires a 9600 to run.

I'm no expert on graphics though so if anyone would like to take a look and form their opinion then I'd appreciate it

http://store.steampowered.com/app/236090

^ The game

 

[mourice12]

Could have to do with the Direct x that it supports. Sounds to me like its a time for an upgrade

 

[cuecuemore]

Mobile GPUs have a higher thermal limit than desktop GPUs; I've never seen a mobile GPU that wasn't safe up to at least 100C, for what it's worth.

 

[nukemaster]

They recommend the 9600GT, but the minimun should just be a Direct X 10 card and OS to support it(so looks like Win XP may be out of luck).

Strange thing is that DX 10 is actually SM4.0 and DX 9c was SM3.0.

Sometimes game devs just use some poor technique. I have seen games say. Needs an x1600 to run yet not even work well(or at all sometimes) on an X1900XT.

You will not overheat the card with "newer" games, In general the cooler should be able to hand ANY load the card will have to put up with. A laptop cooler may be advisable if you have high temps or play games for long periods of time.