Overclocking a 3870 Tempature

[PCnut]

Dose anyone know the safe max temp for the GPU on a 3870 when you are overclocking it??? if so i would love to know????

 

[Granite3]

My Gigabyte 3870 came with the Zalman cooler on it, at max OC in my HTPC it is bumping 60c.

Standard coolers are around 20c above that, and most have to set the fan manually to go 100%.

I have seen reported temps in the high 80's.

It will usually crash prior to overheating the card, thereby saving itself.