Acceptable temps while gaming on a 7970?

[arc@css]

Shame about Asus warranty.

 

[weehamish]

Why shame? Asus is decent.

Its under a decent company too if it breaks they will send me a working card and deal with the broken one themselves which is nice.

Now is torchlight 2 supposed to use 100%? Lol

 

[arc@css]

Why shame? Asus is decent.

Its under a decent company too if it breaks they will send me a working card and deal with the broken one themselves which is nice.

Now is torchlight 2 supposed to use 100%? Lol

Just joking, weehamish.

The build quality on Asus is among the best, it's just the time taken for rma which might leave a sour taste in the mouth.

No idea about Torchlight 2. Wouldn't worry though.

 

[whyscotty]

Temps are very good mate!! Tho if are still concerned!!! go watercooled, or even better water chiller!! (expensive but great) picture below.

Using Kombuster for long periods is a sure way to shorten the life of your card

Why shame? Asus is decent.

Asus is decent, its just the time it takes to RMA thats the pain with them

 

[Kaapstad]

Just been playing Civ 5 running my HD 7970s all at stock

Top card hit 77c

Bottom reached 56c

 

[weehamish]

Wow and civ 5 isn't even a stressing game.

What gpu load you getting and what max fan speeds?

 

[SubZero89]

Using Kombuster for long periods is a sure way to shorten the life of your card (

May I ask why? Why would it shorten the life of my card?

 

[Kaapstad]

Wow and civ 5 isn't even a stressing game.

What gpu load you getting and what max fan speeds?

Civ 5 on a huge map is about as stressful as it gets and produces far more heat than running Prime95 as both the CPU/GPUs are working hard.

Fans I left on auto but they did ramp up quite high (very loud).

GPU usage was between 85%-98%

My nvidia cards are a lot quieter and faster but also can run a lot hotter (between 80c-91c on the different GPUs).

 

[whyscotty]

May I ask why? Why would it shorten the life of my card?

As it unduly stresses Gpu's more than normal use.