Gigabyte EX58-UD5/Extreme Discussion Thread

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have you checked your temps while running some intense graphics? Cooling is needed either way man, an inactive w/b is garbage.

Yeah, tops out @ 67c as i said, on Crysis. Other less demanding games it's generally 60-64c. No problem! I can say in my experience the NB needs no active cooling, beyond the normal airflow in my case. I guess i'm not at the most extreme end of the heat spectrum though, for that you need dual 4870x2's, though i'm sure it still wouldn't pass 70c and the red LED doesn't light up until 81c is passed. These things were designed to be very stable at high loads, according to francois, and so far i can confirm that.

Quad SLI / Crossfire is such a small % of users though. I wouldn't hesitate in taking off this fin attachment if i didn't need it, i haven't done any testing but several have reported it only making 1-2c of a difference. The thought occurs that perhaps at higher loads it makes more of a difference, but i'd (purely guessing) say still no more than 3-5c.

I think NB temps are another area just like CPU temps (which we've covered in either this thread or the core i7 one) where perhaps more caution is generally observed than is necessary, especially on X48 - i remember being given strict advice when i got my Blackops not to exceed 45c under load or instability would come quickly. Well when i ditched my 9600GT and popped in 2 4870x2's my heart almost sank when i seen my temps during Crysis quickly rise to 55-57c, i remember at first considering even selling one of the cards just because of that temp reading. However i gamed with those cards for a good many hours and didn't experience a single problem that resulted from this