96-97C is very high. The GT 430 specifications show that the Maximum GPU Temperature is 98C.TonyStewart14 wrote:I have a 430 running with a Pentium D and the 430 gets as high as 10x the points (6000 vs 600). I run SMP to make the main system fan go faster and cool the GPU about 3 degrees C, which is big when you go down from 99-100 to 96-97.
This will have very severe effects on the lifetime of your GPU, as is described here:
I use this program to increase the fan speed to keep my GPUs cool, it works on all NVidia GPUs, not just those made by EVGA:art_l_j_PlanetAMD64 wrote:Ever since my EVGA GTX285 card failed, I have run all of the fan controls manually, resulting in impressive temperature drops across all of my GPUs.
EVGA's "Auto" fan control was particularly bad, resulting in GPU temperatures from 85C to 95C. Switching the same EVGA card to Manual and setting the fan speed to maximum, resulted in 20C to 30C drops in temperature. So even though the card had a very well-designed cooling system, the Auto control had the temperature up to card-killing levels. I mentioned this fact to EVGA when I was getting them to replace (free of charge under warranty) my GTX285 card that had failed.
The rule-of-thumb often used is that MTBF will halve for each 10C rise in temperature.
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I keep all of my GPUs running below 65C, even the ones that get the "hardest" WUs (762x). I would recommend improving the cooling (increase fan speed, improve the airflow path as much as possible) in order to increase the lifetime of your GPU. Only increase the fan speed enough to get the temp down to a reasonable value, say below 70C. Running the fan speed too high will reduce the lifetime of the fan. It's a balancing act to get the best overall result.