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For how long should you keep playing? (high temps)

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The topic title may have not been clear enough, but I'll try to explain.

 

I've been having a fear about overheating for some time now, mostly because I lost a laptop due to overheating, and now that I have a decent PC for gaming, this fear is still with me. I got a GTX 780 (an "expensive" GPU to where I live) and when playing games that demand a higher use of the card, its temperatures stick close to 75 ºC. (65 to 75) So I'm wondering for how long should you keep playing the game, even with those temps, because I don't want to shorten the life expectancy of the GPU.

 

Thanks. (sorry for bad english)

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you can play for as long as you want @ 75c

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Yeah, you're perfectly fine at that temp.  85c is when I'd start worrying, +90c is when I'd stop.

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anything above 80-85 is getting IFFY below there every thing is perfectly fine

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well i have a 770 my PC is on most of the day the only time i turn it off is if i go out or sleep most of the time i am playing games i am not saying u should keep it on for a long time but u should be ok having long game seshons. Sorry for my bad spelling :)

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Yeah, you're perfectly fine at that temp.  85c is when I'd start worrying, +90c is when I'd stop.

 

anything above 80-85 is getting IFFY below there every thing is perfectly fine

 

Awww so cute

 

Wanna see a r9 290 ? anyone ?

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My 2 290Xs on the stock cooler ran at around 95 or 96C at load and 60C idle. It's crazy.

 

They should have been called the R9 two satan's unborn child gates of hades édition

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Imagine the 295x2 with a reference cooler. AMD: "oh yeah 200C is ok."

 

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