I foolishly bought one of the first multi-GPU cards, the HD4870X2 (I think Radeon?). Apart from almost no game using two GPUs and most just straight up not working, that thing ran hot like a smelter. I got that thing regularly over 105°C, and around 90°C seemed like it’s normal working temperature. Not overclocked, still lasted almost two years. Which, back then, was when you’re GPU was outdated anyways. I love that I can still play almost everything I want with a 2080 nowadays.
Comment on Nvidia not providing specifications for old GPUs
Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
85°C is usually the limit for longevity. 100°C should cause most processors to throttle back. I haven’t seen my RTX 3060 get much above 70°C
zakobjoa@lemmy.world 4 days ago
some_random_nick@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Pretty sad that the dual/tripple/quadruple GPU thing was never made feasable :-( Now we have one GPU that’s the size of an ACU.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
No offence, but this is useless advice and exactly the reason why I wanted official data. “Usually”s and “Shoulds” don’t help. Especially for a completely different graphics card.
ignotum@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The values they gave are typical for most electronics of this nature,
many things are different between different cards, but they’re built using the same materials and components with the same limitations
Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Hire an engineer then?
Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
You can water cool it and then it’ll always be below temp 😅