MSI Twin Frozr III Power edition high temps?

[oldhairyone]

I'm using the bundled Afterburner software to read the temps. I have it at stock speeds (770mhz core, 1540mhz shader, 2000mhz memory) and in games such as Witcher 2, Far Cry 2 and Deus Ex:HR it reaches temps into the low eighties sometimes, but mainly around mid seventies (degrees centigrade). Is this safe/normal? I want to buy a second to SLI, but I am worried that it might increase temps too much on top of this.

Idle temp is 32 degrees centigrade.

What can I do to help?

Thanks in adavance

 

[oldhairyone]

I meant using, not suing haha.

 

[oldhairyone]

Oh, and idle temperature is around 32 degrees centigrade.

 

[mcnumpty23]

you havent said which model of MSI Twin Frozr III Power edition--i am guessing its a gtx 570 by the 770mhz core speed

32c idle seems reasonable my asus direct cu gtx 570 idles at 32c--but its overclocked to 860mhz core and 1050mhz (4200mhz) memory--it hits the 70 s in deus ex human revolutions with all settings at maximum on 1920 x 1200 resolution

a second will definately put up your temperatures as one card blocks the other--also will need a hefty psu--and not all games work well with sli

personally i dont see the need for more than one--human revolution at the above settings with vsync disabled gives me well above 100fps and dont think there will be many games soon that these cards cant handle

 

[oldhairyone]

Yeah it's the 570 haha.

So you're saying the temps are safe? Just did a test, and overclocking to 860 core keeps the idle at 32 on mine as well.

And I was thinking about SLI so I can play Battlefield 3 in all its glory.

 

[mcnumpty23]

looks fine to me--as far as i remember 97c is the max temps for these cards--if it got close to 90c i would increase the fan speed--those temps for me are with the fans at low speed--under 27% as the pc is in the froont room i try to keep the noise of it down--what fan speed are you using

 

[oldhairyone]

When it reaches 75 degrees c the fan spins at 100%.

 

[mcnumpty23]

isnt 100% loud?

whats your case cooling like?

 

[oldhairyone]

Yeah it's really really loud. I have an NZXT Phantom with a 200mm exhaust fan on top, a 120 exhaust on back, two 120 intakes on side front and a 140 intake on front.

 

[mcnumpty23]

case cooling should be okay then--the temperatures in themself are ok but not the fan speed--maybe try setting your own fan profile in afterburner

i actually considered that card but ended up going for the asus even though its a triple slot monster as there were a lot of people on the net saying their frozr fried overclocking when they Disabled power limit + OCCT --the asus card has that removed and a 6 pin + 8 pin connector

 

[oldhairyone]

I've set up a fan profile and it's quieter now, reaches about 75 in Witcher 2, less in Deus Ex.

 

[mcnumpty23]

that looks fine then--and easier on the ears

 

[oldhairyone]

Awesome. Also, I just overclocked my i7 to 4.4 ghz from 3.4 and I think it may have lowered the load on the GPU. Is that possible?

 

[mcnumpty23]

wouldnt have thought so as the i7 at 3.4ghz shouldnt have been a bottleneck--but i have learned never to say somethings not possible with pcs