Crossfire Temps to high?

[Marty_uk]

Hey guys i recentley brought another xfx 5870 but the design is different,in slot one i have the newer card which idle's at 52-54c and has a fan in the middle of the card,the older card is in slot 3 which has a fan on the end of the card and idles at 42c,when i play Wow the newer card reaches a staggering 80c+ temp where as the older card hit 55-60c any ideas on how to cool it better? i currently have the Coolmaster HAF case with Mobo X58A UD3R with an i7-950 @ 4.01 ghz 6 gig of memory Xfx black edition Psu

 

[Surveyor]

Swap them around.

The top card usually gets hotter in Crossfire setups.

Swapping them round might even up the temperatures.

 

[Marty_uk]

so the older gfx card has better cooling then the other?

 

[Surveyor]

so the older gfx card has better cooling then the other?

It does looking at the temperatures you've reported.

 

[Marty_uk]

ok just swapped them around fingers crossed!

Ok top card is at a stable 50-51c idle bottom is at 35c

 

[Marty_uk]

Under load while gaming its sitting between 72c - 76c is this normal?

 

[Surveyor]

Yes.

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[Marty_uk]

Thanks buddie kinda had me worried for a moment there

 

[Surveyor]

You're welcome.