Hello,

I recently purchased an EVGA 1GB EE GTX460, and from what i am reading on the web, my idle temps and load temps seem to be significantly higher than what most people are reporting.

I am seeing idle temps around 50-60c and load temps capping at 99c with furmark or playing bad company 2.  Room temperature is 22-26c with the AC on.

I really don't think circulation in my case is the issue, i have and Antec nine hundred two (902), with 5-120 mm fans, and the 200mm exhaust at the top.  2 of the 120mm fans are blowing from the side of the case over the top of the video card, and i installed another at the front of the video card, so i have 2 of these fans blowing on the card, one from the top, and the other from the side. 2 more fans are intake at the front, and the last is the exhaust.

I have also noticed the stock fan seems to rattle alot while it is spinning up, as if it is unbalanced, and ma wondering if that is the issue, or do all the EE setups sound this horrible?

i am running an AMD 965 BE @ 3.8GHz, with 4GB RAM, and win7 64.

Any help would be much appreciated.  Thanks!

Are you using 2 monitors? That kicks the cards temps up like you posted.
 
And yeah, the cards fan should not "rattle" at all 

Download and install MSI Afterburner. Setting up a custom fan profile should help those temps alot.

Still dont like that "rattle" sound. Try touching the fan cover with your finger when its running... if that changes the sound, I would RMA the card.

Yeah, two monitors always run hotter on Nvidia 400 series cards, it causes the clocks to tick up.

My 470 idles at 34c (40% fan)

matthew.e

with furmark running, the fan automatically goes to 100, and temp maxes at 99c, and it is constant.

if i squeeze the card slightly while it is at full load the pitch does change a little, but it seems at the lower speeds (30-60%)it rattles most.

I think you have an RMA in your near future. I seriously think that a bad batch of these cards got made. Because you have 2 camps with these 460 EE cards. Those that get terrible temps and noise and those that don't. There just isn't any middle ground.

I did some more real world testing in Bad Company 2, and at 100% fan speed i am still at about 90-95c, this is better than 99c but still high right?  i am reading post people peak around 70c at load.

i dont think the HDD are the issue, i have 1 500GB WD Blue, and a 120GB SSD.

and as i said earlier, i have 2 120mm fans blowing over the top and along the right side of the card directly, in addition to the intake and exhaust.

That is a crazy temperature for sure in Bad company I peak at 68C with 460 sli on my max card..

I am getting insanely high temperature out of my GTX 460 1GB EE since the free EVGA BIOS upgrade.

Here is my set-up...

ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Cooler Master V8 CPU Heatsink and Fan
8GB G.Skill DDR2 800 (4x2GB)
Western Digital Black 1TB
ASUS 24x DVD Burner
EVGA GTX 460 1GB EE Video Card
Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced Case
4 120mm Cooler Master (R4-L2R-20AC-GP) Case Fans (1 is intake, 3 are exhaust)
2 140mm Cooler Master (R4-L4S-10AB-GP) Case Fans (1 is intake. 1 is exhaust)

Here is the intake/exhaust pattern...
The 2 fans on the top of the case, 1 140mm and 1 120mm fan are exhaust. The fan on the rear of the case (120mm) is also exhaust. I switched the side panel fan (120mm) to an exhaust recently to try and get more warm air out of the case. 1 120mm fan is located at the bottom of the case is intake. And lastly, the 140mm fan located on the lower half on the front face panel is an intake.



I cannot keep temperatures under control for anything. Idle, it's normal. anywhere between 34'c to 40'c... but the second I start playing ANY game, from Halo 2 to Metro 2033, my temperatures shoot up as high ass 100'c and the program shuts down.

I run the games to my monitors native resolution of 1920 x 1080.  The monitor is an Acer H213H connected via HDMI. I never approached temps like this using my EVGA GTX 275 that I had.  That card peaked at around 75-80'c. It rarely went over that, at anytime.

Anyone have any ideas?  Or is there an RMA in my future?

I started a trouble ticket.  I'm happy I at least have a GTX 275 I can use in the time being if I have to RMA this one... I just hope this is a one time issue and not an ongoing thing.  I installed the MSI Afterburner for the fan profile alone... and it doesn't seem to be helping period.  This thing is running hot hot hot.

@Loiselle - I'm running a GTX 460 EE SC folding in a CM 690 II no probs at 70C. My fan setup is a little different than yours, but in essence, its full fans. (2 140mm top externals, 120mm rear external, 120mm side intake, 140mm front intake, 120mm modded in front for intake) I would definitely RMA your card.

Got the new card installed and it's running like a dream. BioShock 2 is running at 1920x1080 @ unlocked frame rate, at well above 120fps under most conditions, and never breaking 75'c.  Very happy right now.  Thank you, EVGA.