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4800 cats 8.10 rc2
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I updated my bios with the asus top bios for the better fan profile, though all over CCC sets have been fine, only this one has not gave me AA options, not bothered don't use CCC AA anyway.
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No fan control here with vista 32 ultimate and 4870x2. Maybe cause im watercooled?? Still thought it would show up although greyed out. Drivers are good though, although the powerplay thing still not sorted out yet as in having to run a 3d app to get the temps down and power on core1
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nah im water cooled and i have it.
maybe some people are making the same mistake i did yesterday when installing and not seeing the fan control
i kept installing from the zip file, and 7ish installs later still no fan control.
make a new folder on desktop, open the zip file with new drivers in, extract all the files into your new folder, then from there use setup icon in the folder with all the extracted files, this works and you will get the fan controller.
i kept installing from the zip file, and 7ish installs later still no fan control.
make a new folder on desktop, open the zip file with new drivers in, extract all the files into your new folder, then from there use setup icon in the folder with all the extracted files, this works and you will get the fan controller.
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Is this with a 4870x2??
Mine idles at around 85 deg when I'm just sitting on my desktop/internet or whatever. What am I doing wrong??
remember people cases are different or different room temps, maybe he as better airflow in his case or cooler room..
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I doubt it, I can hardly feel my toes! CPU which I've dropped back down to 3.2 is currently at 21-23, So I'd guess ambient is around 10 degrees at the minute (student flat - heating costs!)!
Suppose the case could be a problem, although a P180 should have pretty decent cooling. I'm replacing the case fans and adding a couple of new ones sometime this month so hopefully that'll help!
Just IceShock's 39 deg to my 85 seems like a massive difference! Could this be harming my card in any way? I havent checked it during games but my E6600 heats up around 20 degrees in most games, 85 - 105 degrees? surely not
EDIT: nice speaker set up gareth! I was chuffed with my 5.1 Gigaworks G500 set up from my on board sound card
although I do have another full set in the cupboard....probably not a good idea in a student flat though! I've alrady had a few noise complaints!
Suppose the case could be a problem, although a P180 should have pretty decent cooling. I'm replacing the case fans and adding a couple of new ones sometime this month so hopefully that'll help!
Just IceShock's 39 deg to my 85 seems like a massive difference! Could this be harming my card in any way? I havent checked it during games but my E6600 heats up around 20 degrees in most games, 85 - 105 degrees? surely not
EDIT: nice speaker set up gareth! I was chuffed with my 5.1 Gigaworks G500 set up from my on board sound card
although I do have another full set in the cupboard....probably not a good idea in a student flat though! I've alrady had a few noise complaints!
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maybe IceShock is lucky or he replaced the paste on the gpus...
edit: no it shouldn't harm your card..
thanks.. some people think its a overkill but tbh im not bothered what they think.. im very happy with it and it sounds great... i haven't had noise complaints from my street yet. i guess they like the tunes lol but my gf is complaining]EDIT: nice speaker set up gareth! I was chuffed with my 5.1 Gigaworks G500 set up from my on board sound card
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hmm...replacing the paste could be an idea. I'm waiting for a 3rd party cooler to be released, I'd be replacing the paste then. I might give it a go before at some point though, see what difference it makes! Just as long as no one tells me idling at 85 degrees is dangerous!
You must have better taste them me then mate
For my neighbours it's usually all out war (CoD4 or Warhead), mustn't like it!
Back on topic - I've just installed the new drivers and in device manager it says its driver version 8.53, is this correct?
EDIT: I'm not a fan of the term overkill - If i took it into account I'm pretty sure life would be a bit more mundane
You must have better taste them me then mate
For my neighbours it's usually all out war (CoD4 or Warhead), mustn't like it!Back on topic - I've just installed the new drivers and in device manager it says its driver version 8.53, is this correct?
EDIT: I'm not a fan of the term overkill - If i took it into account I'm pretty sure life would be a bit more mundane
hmm...replacing the paste could be an idea. I'm waiting for a 3rd party cooler to be released, I'd be replacing the paste then. I might give it a go before at some point though, see what difference it makes! Just as long as no one tells me idling at 85 degrees is dangerous!
You must have better taste them me then mate
Back on topic - I've just installed the new drivers and in device manager it says its driver version 8.53, is this correct?
EDIT: I'm not a fan of the term overkill - If i took it into account I'm pretty sure life would be a bit more mundane
8.9? yes
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8.53 is 8.9? I'm not that savvy on driver updates but this seems wierd
yep thats ATI Catalyst 8.9 drivers.
tbh nothing is an overkill in "tech world". if u buy something more powerful than u need it'll last u longer
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It'd have to be pretty damn impressive paste to shave 40+ degrees from your GPU temps! My 4870 idles at about 75 - with a 120mm Noctua fan a foot away blowing on it. 39 degrees is something special (or mis-read sensors) - I'd like to know how as well!
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ha, I wasnt hoping to get down to 40 degrees with paste, it could possibly knock around 5 degrees off though, depending how bad the current paste is!
Having a fan blowing at the card is a decent idea, someone else has mentioned this to me before. Do you think it's worth getting a fan just to blow over my card when I replace the fans in my case? Just to be basically against the side of my case but blowing out over the card? - If it gets it down 10 degrees then surely yes?
Having a fan blowing at the card is a decent idea, someone else has mentioned this to me before. Do you think it's worth getting a fan just to blow over my card when I replace the fans in my case? Just to be basically against the side of my case but blowing out over the card? - If it gets it down 10 degrees then surely yes?
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I'd give it a go - I picked up another 4-in-3 module for my CM Stacker and fitted a 120mm Noctua fan, it blows in from the front and a decent breeze hits the 4870. My logic was - the 4870 exhausts out the back, so feeding it cooler air should help everything nicely. My case temps have not altered since before fitting the 4870 with this setup. I reckon a 4850 without the external exhaust would be a different matter!
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Hmmm just installed these (am using Asus Top enhanced fan bios) which once I'd unzipped the packaged went fine, however CCC is listing these as Catalyst 8.7 haha