Normal temp of an "idle" Graphics Card?

[CPonder14]

I have the 8600GT and i was looking through the guide, and it does not tell me what the temperature readings should be when idle. It did come with a temperature reading program for the GPU.

The readings was 46 degrees Celsius.

 

[peterhuang913]

46 idle is pretty good.

 

[CPonder14]

46 idle is pretty good.

Appreciate it

 

[phucng_10]

46 idle is fine! I can't believe mines is running at 52 idle.

 

[veg1992]

ur worried at 46... my god... mines at 56 idle.. but mines just a heatsink

 

[CPonder14]

But you guys have a better Graphics card, so I'm sure thats the reason its a little bit higher.

 

[phucng_10]

7600GT, look at the sig.

 

[CPonder14]

7600GT, look at the sig.

oops, my bad...
On the other hand i just got my Computer up and running this morning, so it hasent really had time to overheat i guess. Im guessing over time the normal temp will go up.

 

[phucng_10]

Well if your 8600GT came fresh out of the box just today, then the thermal paste has to set in. When I got my VGA, fresh out of the box, it was running about 55C+ idle, but it's gone down.

 

[Jorsoft]

I'm usually about 56C idle. But 46C is good for any graphics card. I don't think the 8400-8600 series' get all that hot, either. That's why many of them are only heatsink cooled or have a tiny fan.