9800 GT heat problems

[iNanox]

So i recently bought this card off the ebay when i got it it was dusty so i cleaned it and replaced the thermal paste.. however idle temp is around 65-70c with auto fan on.. when i manually set the fan to 70% it drops to around 45c which is still pretty high for idle temp.. did anyone had this problem before with this card or some other card ? how to solve it?

Card model is EN9800GT TOP/HTDP/512M

[Mohenjo]

that is the weirdest thing i have ever seen a company put on a gpu 

[Tedster]

So i recently bought this card off the ebay when i got it it was dusty so i cleaned it and replaced the thermal paste.. however idle temp is around 65-70c with auto fan on.. when i manually set the fan to 70% it drops to around 45c which is still pretty high for idle temp.. did anyone had this problem before with this card or some other card ? how to solve it?

Card model is EN9800GT TOP/HTDP/512M

Welcome to the Forum.

This is a pretty old card. I have a feeling that 45C might not be unreasonable for an idle temp for it, but I'm not sure. You might want to try replacing the thermal paste again in the case that you used too much.

[multifrag]

The problem is the heatspreader on the chip. Under it there is another layer of paste....  nvidias attempt at (planned obsolescence) as to remove it you need rework station

[ShadowCaptain]

So i recently bought this card off the ebay

 

I think those 9800GTs ran pretty hot anyway

[iNanox]

hmm ill try to replace the paste once more and see what happens ty for qucik answering

[Maslofski]

mine ran at 55-60ºC at idle so id be fine with that temp

[Razzee]

Wow, what a beautiful card you have. 

 

So, the problem can be your PSU. Which model is? 

[Praesi]

that is the weirdest thing i have ever seen a company put on a gpu

Back than Designs like that were normal. I have a sapphire 1950x pro here with some huge Fantasy Boobs on it .

[Mohenjo]

Back than Designs like that were normal. I have a sapphire 1950x pro here with some huge Fantasy Boobs on it .

i have a 3650 with 512mb of girls with boobs as well 

[AHaskin14]

That's a sexy card

[ApolloX75]

So i recently bought this card off the ebay when i got it it was dusty so i cleaned it and replaced the thermal paste.. however idle temp is around 65-70c with auto fan on.. when i manually set the fan to 70% it drops to around 45c which is still pretty high for idle temp.. did anyone had this problem before with this card or some other card ? how to solve it?

Card model is EN9800GT TOP/HTDP/512M

Perfectly normal temps for a 9800 GT.

I used to run dual 9800 GX2s. Current gen cards; even ol Thermi, have got nothing on those 110C monsters.

[Mew]

I've heard that 9800gts and 8800gts ran really hot, but the 9800gt that I had actually ran pretty cool. Idle temps ranged from 35-40 depending on ambient temperatures and load temps were always below 70C. I didn't overclock because it simply didn't like temps over 70C.

 

This was the card that I had. My brother is actually still running this card in his system lol.

 

Edit: I do have a Antec 900 so everything runs cool in my case lol. I still have yet to find a case that has better cooling capabilities than it for under $100.