ATI Radeon HD 4850 temps

[Skillmister]

It's the sapphire model like this. Past few days while its been warm weather its been touching 99 degrees while in starcraft 2 lobby and would probably keep going up if i left it. Should i be worried? Fan spins up to about 7000 rpm which is quite loud but doesnt bother me as much as the hot air coming out the top of my case Only gets to 80 ingame which is fine i think.

 

[Talkie_Toaster]

That's about right, I had the same card & without setting up a custom fan profile it would idle at 80C, this was when it was new.
The card will probably be fine up to 120c.
Give it a good clean as well, mine used to get matted with dust.

 

[C64]

I had a 4850 they are very very toasty cards but mainly because the stock cooler is horrendous but they are designed to run very hot so not a worry.

 

[Talkie_Toaster]

Would you like a 4850 on toast?

 

[~>Dg<~]

the stock coolers were quite badly designed.

if you getting bad temps take card out and check at side of coolers. they are prone to getting a bit of fluff dirt here and it causes a big temp rise as it blocks main exuast .

i used to use a cotton bud and a hoover the temp difference would be vast .

 

[Skillmister]

Would you like a 4850 on toast?

I think its more like toast made on the 4850

Ok thanks all

 

[Jakus]

Just manually set the fan in CCC, the basic problem is ATI have a stupid fan profile which allows the card to get way to hot before it ramps up !

80c is really way to hot for electronics and plastics if you want to get long life from them, remember also a hot card is cooking everything around it in the case !