4890 crossfire

zapgod · 3 Oct 2009 at 21:33

i got upto 105 degrees when playing, is it actually normal? i am in a hot country and it is fairly hot now even if its night time. all fans are on 100%

thx.

RavenXXX2 · 3 Oct 2009 at 21:46

105c=not good if you want your hardware to last more than two weeks.

Suggest you direct some external fans on the cards, with the side panel off..

zapgod · 3 Oct 2009 at 21:54

at about what temp would it be considered ok?

RavenXXX2 · 3 Oct 2009 at 21:56

I would say 90c and under, got to take in to account your in a hot Country so cant expect to lower temps, get some cool air blowing directly at them.

kmufc77 · 3 Oct 2009 at 21:56

i always thought high end Gpus these days are ok upto 120-130c? but its no doubt good to keep it in the 80-90s

zapgod · 3 Oct 2009 at 21:57

i dont know what to do..

kmufc77 · 3 Oct 2009 at 21:58

zapgod said:
i got upto 105 degrees when playing, is it actually normal? i am in a hot country and it is fairly hot now even if its night time. all fans are on 100%

thx.

i suggest maybe a aftermarket cooler

kmufc77 · 3 Oct 2009 at 21:59

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-057-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=787

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-047-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=787

zapgod · 3 Oct 2009 at 22:18

well isnt there anything else i can do until i get those pieces delivered to me ?

zapgod · 3 Oct 2009 at 22:20

i actually have the sapphire vapor-x ones.

D13 · 3 Oct 2009 at 22:22

ok so what is your room temperature, just how hot is it there?

If you are very worried you could literally downclock the cards, this will cool them down. That is assuming the cards are not faulty. So do the cards report the exact same temperature? how are you measuring temps?

zapgod · 3 Oct 2009 at 22:27

i need a program to measure the temps, ATI catalyst is just giving me 1 temp which is 91 right now after like 3 4 mins of playing, originally around 80. dont have a thermometer here but i can say that im wearing shorts and a t shirt the fan is on full and my window is open and i dont feel cold, or hot

zapgod · 3 Oct 2009 at 23:03

anyone?

RavenXXX2 · 3 Oct 2009 at 23:11

Use this http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm excellent tool.

zapgod · 3 Oct 2009 at 23:26

thank you very much

well ocuk doesnt ship to where i live so it might be a long time before i can actually get the aftermarket coolers and the panel on my case also has a fan on it pushing air out of the case, ive tried to turn it around to make it push air into the case, still no difference.

with this tool i am getting 84 on the 1st GPU and 63 on the 2nd one at idle.

zapgod · 4 Oct 2009 at 00:10

is that normal to have difference between 2 cards?

zapgod · 4 Oct 2009 at 07:56

anybody? i really need help...

Martini1991 · 4 Oct 2009 at 08:50

103C isn't normal..

zapgod · 4 Oct 2009 at 08:51

i know that, im just asking is it normal to have about 20 degrees difference between the first and the second card.

Martini1991 · 4 Oct 2009 at 08:53

Well, one card's not going to be used as much as the first card...
Albiet I'd say one of your cards is faulty, a Vapour X and it's at that temperature?