What's a normal idle temp for a gpu?

[TheRedStorm]

What's a normal idle temperature for a graphics card?
I have HIS Radeon HD 6850 (model H685FN1GD)

And the idle temperature is approximately ~40C
And right now (the only applications I have open are Mozilla Firefox, Windows Task Manager, Core Temp, and GPU Temp) and its ~45C

Are these normal temps, and are graphics cards usually hotter than processors? My processor (Intel Core i5-2500K, currently at stock speed with stock fan) idles at around 26-30C.
Sorry I'm a hardware noob, this is my first time building a computer (and I don't have a good sense of what's a good temperature, especially since my last computer, an Inspiron 1420, overheats to 85C when playing Minecraft. And idles at 60C)
Thanks

 

[ilysaml]

Well, it should idle @ 33-34, but its' all depending on your ventilation and ambient room temperature.

 

[tarekwm]

after intensive reaserch and personal experiance i found out that idel temps really depends on several stuff most importnatly the ambiant temps as we all know room temp is 37 so any thing in that range 30-40 is normal idle temp (can be cosidered very good actually i idle at 29 due to the fact that its winter time in my country).

under load the new cards can live up to 110 degrees and still function but offcourse i wouldnt recmmond going that high any thing less than 80 and ur perfectly fine (lower is better)

100-110 ( ur fried ))

90-100 (ok)

80-90 (good)

70-80(verygood)

60-70(excellent)

less than 60 ur perfectly fine

 

[renz496]

What's a normal idle temperature for a graphics card?
I have HIS Radeon HD 6850 (model H685FN1GD)

And the idle temperature is approximately ~40C
And right now (the only applications I have open are Mozilla Firefox, Windows Task Manager, Core Temp, and GPU Temp) and its ~45C

Are these normal temps, and are graphics cards usually hotter than processors? My processor (Intel Core i5-2500K, currently at stock speed with stock fan) idles at around 26-30C.
Sorry I'm a hardware noob, this is my first time building a computer (and I don't have a good sense of what's a good temperature, especially since my last computer, an Inspiron 1420, overheats to 85C when playing Minecraft. And idles at 60C)
Thanks

your idle temp is still on acceptable range. check your case air flow. i live in hot climate country but i was able to keep my GTX460 around 35c on idle with proper air flow. and you should get after market cooler for your 2500k . that chip is overclocking monster but you're going to need better cooler for overclocking. something like Coller Master Hyper 212+ should do fine

 

[TheRedStorm]

Thanks for the answers
@renz496
Yeah I'm thinking of getting the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus sometime soon so I can overclock my Core i5-2500K.

 

[TheRedStorm]

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