What is a safe temperature for my PNY GeForce GT 730 GDDR5 1GB Graphics card?

[nicholaslovell]

I will be trying to overclock it.

 

[damric]

Going for some HWBOT records? This should be interesting. I doubt you can get the temp to change much with an overclock unless you hard mod the voltage.

 

[nicholaslovell]

My motherboard says it can do it automatically.

It is a z97m anniversary.

 

[damric]

My motherboard says it can do it automatically.

It is a z97m anniversary.

lol your motherboard does not get a say so on that.

 

[Zuhayr378]

I will be trying to overclock it.

For pretty much any GPU the target should be nothing higher than 70 degrees, for NVIDIA GPUs to say so at the least. After 75-80 degrees the temperature will start to damage the core. But I would recommend getting something that doesn't raise max temps over 70 and push as hard as you can until you go over 70, or you just can't overclock stable anymore. I use GPUTemp to monitor my temps and I minimize it to the taskbar to watch over the temps. If you see it idling around 35-40 but not higher than 45 you're good. Just make sure you don't go above 70 or even go as close as hitting 80. Ever.
Msi Afterburner gives the option to allow a maximum temperature until the GPU will give up on itself, usually set by default as 80. But keep one thing in mind. The temperature is second priority after stability. Don't even bother with the power. Set that thing ALL THE WAY UP. But long story short, try not to hit past 70.

 

[damric]

I will be trying to overclock it.

For pretty much any GPU the target should be nothing higher than 70 degrees, for NVIDIA GPUs to say so at the least. After 75-80 degrees the temperature will start to damage the core. But I would recommend getting something that doesn't raise max temps over 70 and push as hard as you can until you go over 70, or you just can't overclock stable anymore. I use GPUTemp to monitor my temps and I minimize it to the taskbar to watch over the temps. If you see it idling around 35-40 but not higher than 45 you're good. Just make sure you don't go above 70 or even go as close as hitting 80. Ever.
Msi Afterburner gives the option to allow a maximum temperature until the GPU will give up on itself, usually set by default as 80. But keep one thing in mind. The temperature is second priority after stability. Don't even bother with the power. Set that thing ALL THE WAY UP. But long story short, try not to hit past 70.

No. Many GPUs are designed to operate up to 95C without damage.

 

[Zuhayr378]

I will be trying to overclock it.

For pretty much any GPU the target should be nothing higher than 70 degrees, for NVIDIA GPUs to say so at the least. After 75-80 degrees the temperature will start to damage the core. But I would recommend getting something that doesn't raise max temps over 70 and push as hard as you can until you go over 70, or you just can't overclock stable anymore. I use GPUTemp to monitor my temps and I minimize it to the taskbar to watch over the temps. If you see it idling around 35-40 but not higher than 45 you're good. Just make sure you don't go above 70 or even go as close as hitting 80. Ever.
Msi Afterburner gives the option to allow a maximum temperature until the GPU will give up on itself, usually set by default as 80. But keep one thing in mind. The temperature is second priority after stability. Don't even bother with the power. Set that thing ALL THE WAY UP. But long story short, try not to hit past 70.

No. Many GPUs are designed to operate up to 95C without damage.

That is pretty much the maximum thermal threshold. It is definite that a GPU going above 80 degrees will start to lead a good path for damage ESPECIALLY when that temperature is kept there for long. Many GPUs are designed to operate up to 95C, sometimes even higher, before ultimately thermal throttling and probably stopping until recovery to good temperatures as not only has the threshold been reached, but the GPU core is damaging itself. It's pretty obvious nobody wants to keep their GPU in the 90s so it's good advice to NEVER EVER GO ABOVE 80. But yes, it's true that a GPU will not give up until 95 degrees, but once again I'm saying, it's good advice to NEVER GO ABOVE 80 (maybe 85) and aim for nothing higher than 70 to 75.

My GTX 960 is a very cool card that maxes out at 1538 MHz on the boost clock and has yet to hit beyond 68 degrees. It keeps cool around 55 to 60 in most games. It mak me happy. Also, great job hitting 5 GHz on that CPU of yours. I can't even get past 3.7 on mine...totally lost the silicon lottery (Pentium G3258 with an H80i).


Here: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-730/specifications
98 degrees is the maximum. But don't aim for that AT ALL.

 

[damric]

R9 290/x, 280/x, and GTX480/580/590 are all recent GPUs that regularly operate above 90C with reference cooling.

I think you could overclock better with a PSU with better ripple supression than that FSP Raider/NEX.

 

[Zuhayr378]

R9 290/x, 280/x, and GTX480/580/590 are all recent GPUs that regularly operate above 90C with reference cooling.

I think you could overclock better with a PSU with better ripple supression than that FSP Raider/NEX.

The GPUs you mentioned are all about 2 or 3 years old first of all, and second of all those temperatures lead to a shorter lifetime in all. Lastly I have yet to see those cards in particular "regularly" operate at those temperatures. The PSU is a factor in overclocking too, but once again, temperatures shouldn't be around the 90 range. It's nothing special and to be proud of. It just hurts the GPU.

 

[damric]

Even my GTX 460 operated at 90C at stock. Fermi was hot. You can still buy reference design R9 280/x and 290/x which also operate in that range. Show me information that shows a GPU damaged by operating within manufacturer's specifications. Your own link shows max temp of 98C allowed to remain covered under warranty.

 

[Zuhayr378]

Even my GTX 460 operated at 90C at stock. Fermi was hot. You can still buy reference design R9 280/x and 290/x which also operate in that range. Show me information that shows a GPU damaged by operating within manufacturer's specifications. Your own link shows max temp of 98C allowed to remain covered under warranty.

I literally JUST said that such high temperatures would shorten lifespan greatly AND my own link never left me to tell that it would damage the GPU, I just said to stay away from that temperature. But hey, you look to be such a pro, so you go on and tell him what you think. I'm grabbing from so many answers on the forums I've seen on Tom's Hardware. All I know is that if you were to have a card so high in temperature, you would kill it quick. But I REALLY doubt a 730's going to hit so far.
And I'm going to mention what I know...voltages and heat will kill a card quicker, but it's hard to define "safe" tempereature because you can't tell if he's mentioning the max temperature or the average. But in most case it's definetely average so that's why I've been mentioning about a hundred times that his GPU should stay under 80 if he want's a card that lasts. Ugh.

 

[damric]

If a GPU fails while operating at standard operating temperature, even if it is 98C, just RMA the card. Pretty simple, really.

 

[Zuhayr378]

If a GPU fails while operating at standard operating temperature, even if it is 98C, just RMA the card. Pretty simple, really.

And of course everybody loves running into that hassle. Why not just try the best to keep your GPU lasting longer?

 

[damric]

If a GPU fails while operating at standard operating temperature, even if it is 98C, just RMA the card. Pretty simple, really.

And of course everybody loves running into that hassle. Why not just try the best to keep your GPU lasting longer?

Not everyone wants to run fans at full blast or have a gigantic case.

 

[Zuhayr378]

If a GPU fails while operating at standard operating temperature, even if it is 98C, just RMA the card. Pretty simple, really.

And of course everybody loves running into that hassle. Why not just try the best to keep your GPU lasting longer?

Not everyone wants to run fans at full blast or have a gigantic case.

That's getting off topic a bit now. We're focusing on the temperatures we can hit while overclocking to the fullest. So maybe see the temperatures first and then focus on a 30-fan airplane of a case?

 

[damric]

If a GPU fails while operating at standard operating temperature, even if it is 98C, just RMA the card. Pretty simple, really.

And of course everybody loves running into that hassle. Why not just try the best to keep your GPU lasting longer?

Not everyone wants to run fans at full blast or have a gigantic case.

That's getting off topic a bit now. We're focusing on the temperatures we can hit while overclocking to the fullest. So maybe see the temperatures first and then focus on a 30-fan airplane of a case?

OP could use a dry ice pot then, or LN2 if he wants to really set an OC record.