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I just want to know what a 'safe' temperature for a graphics card is. My Sapphire Vapor-X 7950 has pretty loud fans so I usually have them set to around 40% but it causes my card to run at about 75 degrees C in game. I know that higher temps will shorten the life of cards but is 75 ok?

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You're Canadian? Should be just above freezing.

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acceptable in my opinion is 80 and below 

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For Canada, -9C. Anywhere else, 80C

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My 780 will not get above 80C.  It'll run at 60C at full load if I have the fans going at max. (which is about 4000 RPM)

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