6950 2gb xfire temp

kinger8938 · 29 Sep 2011 at 20:50

hey guys just playing bf3 maxxed out on 11.9 drivers!

my main (top) card is showing 83'c while playing, and my second one is around 55-60'c

is this normal? i guess the top card gets hotter as its sandwiched by the other a bit!

i may swap the cards round tomorrow as my first card is a standard 2gb 6950 and my 2nd one has the twin frozen cooler 3 thing!

am i ok to carry on playing at these temps?

thepigf@rmer · 29 Sep 2011 at 21:08

It's not getting hot enough imo, should be at least 115c put the heating on and point a hair dryer at it

Azarathal · 29 Sep 2011 at 21:12

I'd deffo try the Twin FrozrIII on top! 83c is alright tbh, I wouldnt like it personally but it isnt at a stupidly high temp.

Are you able to stick a side intake fan on your case? Blowing cold air from the outside of the case onto the cards might help a bit.

kinger8938 · 29 Sep 2011 at 21:26

yea got a fan on the side mate! ill try switching tomorrow and see what happens

aceofspadesrob · 29 Sep 2011 at 22:32

my HIS iceq turbo 6950 xfire also get into the 80s and i crash , i useed afterburner to put my fans to 70% seemed to stop the crashing and i can play for hours ok but id rather be able to play quieter, think bf3 need to be optimed better perhaps and other game and i have no issues at all, im going to try downclocking my ram speeds cos they are factory oc cards i have and see if that helps

Ovr · 29 Sep 2011 at 22:41

I agree with everyone, anything over 70°C means your card will melt into goo and all hell and fury shall be released.

Aceofspadesrob also has clear indication from his 80°C crashes that this is not good.

Sarcasm = profit?

Azarathal · 29 Sep 2011 at 22:47

I understand the sarcasm but arent the 6950's supposed to be okay up to 100c? I know it isnt recommended but 80c shouldnt be enough to make it crash.

Ovr · 29 Sep 2011 at 23:01

Azarathal said:
I understand the sarcasm but arent the 6950's supposed to be okay up to 100c? I know it isnt recommended but 80c shouldnt be enough to make it crash.

100C isn't ideal by any stretch but it's "ok" if you get my meaning - you'll get throttling up at those temps but not crashes. My first card in trifire hits 95 in furmark after an hour (could assume that's the maximum it will ever hit I guess) and I'm fairly happy with that.

6970/70/50 btw.

Azarathal · 29 Sep 2011 at 23:05

Yeah I get that which is why crashing at 80c seems odd

aceofspadesrob · 29 Sep 2011 at 23:10

i down clocked my gpu memory from 1280 to 1200 and that has sorted all isuess fans set to auto rather than 70% took care off crashes and lowered heat by 8 - 10 deg, mabey these factory oc cards arnt all that

d_brennen · 29 Sep 2011 at 23:15

Ovr said:
I agree with everyone, anything over 70°C means your card will melt into goo and all hell and fury shall be released.

Aceofspadesrob also has clear indication from his 80°C crashes that this is not good.

Never owned a 4890 eh?

Mid 80s is fine. My 5850s hit about 85 (top one 85 bottom 80ish). I've traded off low noise for slightly higher temps. I doubt that temperature is causing the crashing. Unstable system shown up by heavy load (hence temps) is my guess

aceofspadesrob · 29 Sep 2011 at 23:27

d_brennen said:
Never owned a 4890 eh?

Mid 80s is fine. My 5850s hit about 85 (top one 85 bottom 80ish). I've traded off low noise for slightly higher temps. I doubt that temperature is causing the crashing. Unstable system shown up by heavy load (hence temps) is my guess

mabey not card temp but if the memory is affecting it then perhaps why would reducing the ram give such a large drop in heat?, im not faulting the card most other games my cards run fine with no issues and only reach 70 deg. i belive its a issue with bf3 but im just explaining ehat helped me deal with those issues in bf3, i had a 5830 before these 6950s and that ran to 79 deg with just 1 card, im not trying to come accross arsey or anything i just not to good at wording things so plz dont see this as me biting or anything

kinger8938 · 30 Sep 2011 at 12:18

You guys reckon i should but the twin frozon 3 on top then? And normal one at bottom? Only thing is will the normal one get heat from the psu fan?

Surveyor · 30 Sep 2011 at 12:29

kinger8938 said:
You guys reckon i should but the twin frozon 3 on top then? And normal one at bottom? Only thing is will the normal one get heat from the psu fan?

The PSU should exhaust hot air out of the case so it won't affect the graphics card.

Just swap the cards around and see which combination works best.

kinger8938 · 30 Sep 2011 at 12:32

Ahh ok thanks! Wasnt sure

ill give it a go!

tommybhoy · 30 Sep 2011 at 12:51

Top card should be the frozr.

At the very least, this way the stock fan won't be as loud as it won't ramp up as much d as the bottom card runs cooler.

kinger8938 · 30 Sep 2011 at 12:52

Nice thanks!

Do i have to do anything before swaping them over or will it be a case of doing the swap and it will just pick up current drivers and work?

tommybhoy · 30 Sep 2011 at 12:57

kinger8938 said:
Nice thanks!

Do i have to do anything before swaping them over or will it be a case of doing the swap and it will just pick up current drivers and work?

You just have to swap them.

kinger8938 · 30 Sep 2011 at 13:43

Cool thanks mate! Ill do it when home!

Azarathal · 30 Sep 2011 at 15:51

Let me know how well the TwinFrozr works on top, getting a second one soon so it'd be cool to know how well they perform in a sandwhich.