hd 6970 overheating

[weeevil]

I have recently bought an ASUS HD6970 from oc.uk and I am not too sure about it.

Using GPU-Z it's sitting idle at around 80 degrees and with load (playing HoN) its sitting at around 105 degrees. I'm thinking this is a bit too hot somehow.

I using a CM Storm Sniper case which has pretty good fans on, using stock fan on the GPU. I have not clocked it at all.

The only caviat with this is that i am using it with dual monitors. When i disable one of the monitors the idle temp goes to around 50, but with load (playing HoN again) the average temps are again 100+ degrees.

It is using the most recent drivers, but i have tried 2 different driver revisions.

Reckon it could be faulty?

Cheers!

 

[old gamer]

Way to hot to me, with 3 screens mine idles about 40c and never goes above 70c

 

[weeevil]

so should i RMA it?

 

[B1ng]

Sounds faulty to me, RMA away. Even with the stock cooler on, my 2 idled at around 40ish.

 

[arc@css]

Rma it.

 

[Xelene]

My reference 6950 is idling at around 54C overclocked, unlocked etc in this heat and it's not the coolest instance in the world. 80C idle is WAY too high, RMA it.

 

[Tealc]

Have you set the fan to Automatically adjust or is it set to Manual control?

 

[Xelene]

Out of the box they are automatic.

 

[mmj_uk]

The automatic fan control of the stock heatsink is garbage, try just setting it manually or better yet pick up a 3rd party cooler.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Can you hear the fan spinning up? I had a similar problem with a 6950 and it turned out the fan %speed went up but the fan RPM didnt change.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18259570

Had to RMA it in the end.

 

[MichaelM]

Have you tried running it with the side of your case off to confirm your cases airflow is adequate?

 

[Cleeecooo]

If the fan spins properly, don't RMA

OcUK test on an open bench. Their results will be much much lower. atleast 10 degrees

 

[KMpuggy]

My reference 6950, in this hot'ish weather,temps around 45-50 idle, 75-80 underload.

I did have something similar regarding temps with my card when i first used it. Turns out one of the psu wires had got stuck in the fan, i did wonder why i was not hearing the fan.

 

[weevil]

well i RMA'd it, and they said they ran furmark for 4 hours.

No note on temperatures whatsoever, so it's being returned to me. So what will happen when my gfx card melts which it inevitably will due to the load of 105+ when im playing games.?

 

[ViRuS2k]

When it comes to OCUK what they basically do is not test cards using real world scenario
they stick your card on a bench in a properly heated room no doubt and test away

what they should be doing is testing the card in a case with bad airflow but they dont.

 

[Steves1982]

well i RMA'd it, and they said they ran furmark for 4 hours.

No note on temperatures whatsoever, so it's being returned to me. So what will happen when my gfx card melts which it inevitably will due to the load of 105+ when im playing games.?

At least then they'll have to replace it.

In all seriousness that is too hot. I have 6950(70)s in crossfire (albeit in a well cooled case) and they idle at 40 and max out at 85 on furmark.

I wouldn't be happy about running cards at 105!

Incidentally, why the 2 logins?

 

[old gamer]

the card is running to hot anyway you look at it even with two monitors, i have a 6950 and 6970 crossfired close together and 3 monitors and at the moment the top card idleing at 59c and bottom card at 39c and during gaming the top card does not go above 72c and the lower card is about 10c lower

 

[ConnectionFX]

i have the same card as you and mine idle's at 49 and load is 74 max.

Yours is certainly running hot!