GTX 880M GPU Temps Idle and Load

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    Recent purchase on Ebay GTX 880M for my Alienware 17 R5

    Just wondering if the temps are good or do I need to repaste ?

    Used GELID Solutions GC-Extreme Thermal Paste

    Room Temp 70 F


    Idle temps 38C 50C

    Load Temps Min 52C

    Star Wars Battlefronts Settings on High Played for about 2HRS Load 60C Min 73C 74C Max

    Hopefully TEP Cooling plate that I purchased today from Woodzstack on Ebay can cool this down few degrees



    Alienware 17 load temps GPU and CPU .JPG


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    Alienware 17 idle temps GPU and CPU .JPG
     
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    I have SLI 880M in a Clevo P570WM, which has tons of room for heat dissipation, and I'm getting 80-85 Celsius on full load with freshly applied IC Diamond and cleaned fans and heatsinks. Maybe the heatsink isn't placed well, or the thermal pads are ****ty, but I'd say you're fine at 75 Celsius. 880M's run hot because of the 8 GB RAM and the GPU boost to 993 MHz that scales back. 980M's run cooler because of more power efficiency, which is why I'm looking for a replacement, but they are too expensive at the moment.
     
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    93C is max temp for this GPU. It will aggressively throttle once 93C is hit. Anything below 80C is fantastic for an 880M. That being said, the cooler you keep it the longer it should last.

    I banged mine against the 93C limit all the time trying to be top dog with the GTX 880M. Made it to (a very distant) second place behind @johnksss when I decided to throw in the towel. I think I actually damaged it. It won't overclock like it used to. So now I have my clocks locked at 993MHz. I game with either Vsyn on or simply cap the FPS with RTSS. This keeps it cool. I had one game that I like to play that was buggy and the GPU would run away on menu screens and over heat. That is when I started capping the FPS. The game maker fixed this at some point.
     
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    Hmm, that's sad to hear.

    Maybe not because the 8GB VRAM, but because the cores aren't binned enough and they have voltage leak = higher temp?

    @deadsmiley - how is the card "damaged"? Have you tried to run with other machine or a clean driver install / windows install to see if it fixes the problem? Might also want to try reseating the thermal pads.
     
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    880m is a very crippled graphics. He can be very happy he can obtain 954mhz with his card. There isn't many 880m who can run 993mhz. Either fully throttling or heat problems or both. Mod vBios can't fix the throttle problem. This is by design. 880m shouldn't be sold. 780m with mod vBios can run with higher boost clock and without heat problems. 880m was Nvidia's brilliant way to milk people before Maxwell!! All these 880m is ok binned. But ok binned chips isn't always the way to heaven!!
     
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    Svl7's modified vBIOS did help mine quite a bit. It would throttle for power limits and this helped a lot. The stock vBIOS starved the 880M for power. But if you give it what it needs it throttles due to heat. It's a balancing act for sure. I finally got tired of messing with it and left it at 993MHz and called it good.
     
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    My 880M was extremely picky about drivers (as most are). Doing a clean install and going back with the same drivers "proven" to work did not always yield the same results. I was never again able to reach core clock 1,170 MHz stable. That used to be my everyday overclock.
     
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