6950 Overheating.

[Masterdeadly]

Hi guys, When I ordered my 6950 a year ago the temperatures were idling at say 41 and under load probably 73 max.

Just ran Heaven Benchmark 83 Max and 50 Idle - I thought I'd stick my fan speed up to 100 percent didn't really make any difference.

Any thoughts or does my card need to be RMA'd ?

 

[cobbly123]

Sounds driver related, is it clocking down ok in 2d work ?

 

[Masterdeadly]

As it back to 250Mhz and 150Mhz? If so yes.

 

[Surveyor]

Have you given your card and case a good clean out?

An accumulation of dust, fluff etc. will push the temperatures up.

 

[Masterdeadly]

Done that a month ago, seriously shouldn't be that.

 

[valkynaz]

I wouldn't say your having any overheating problems.

I'm idling at 43c. I just ran FurMark for a while and reached 85c with fans on auto (37%), turned fans up to 100% and temps only went down to 79c.

 

[Masterdeadly]

Must just be higher ambient temperature I guess

 

[Rusty0611]

Does seem a little high but anything upto about 85c is absolutely fine. True - not ideal but you're not going to run into any problems.

Check your input areas for cack on your case just to make sure they're clean and the fans are blowing properly.

 

[Masterdeadly]

It's probably because it's right next to a radiator now

 

[Rusty0611]

Ha ha yeah that will cause a sharp *spike* in ambient temperature

 

[Kurisu Makise]

wonder why everyones getting a load temp of around 85c on the 6950
the most iv ever hit is 55c i thought it was only the msi cards that went that high

 

[valkynaz]

wonder why everyones getting a load temp of around 85c on the 6950
the most iv ever hit is 55c i thought it was only the msi cards that went that high

I can only imagine getting them temps using water cooling .

I just checked my GPU temps now and I'm now idling at 58c. I'm going to put the blame on the high ambient room temperature from closed windows and 2 computers running.

It's amazing to think your load temperatures are lower than my idle temperatures.

 

[Hotwired]

I can only imagine getting them temps using water cooling .

I just checked my GPU temps now and I'm now idling at 58c. I'm going to put the blame on the high ambient room temperature from closed windows and 2 computers running.

It's amazing to think your load temperatures are lower than my idle temperatures.

Ambient temps are not going to be 30 degrees higher.

You should get idle temps in the 30s with a 2 fan and/or 3 slot cooler.

 

[valkynaz]

Ambient temps are not going to be 30 degrees higher.

You should get idle temps in the 30s with a 2 fan and/or 3 slot cooler.

I am using a 2 fan AND 3 slot cooler (Asus DirectCU II)

 

[Wazz-1]

My HIS 6950 ice Q X plus idles @ 48 running 2 monitors, load temps only ever seen 67 max playing metro, BF3 on an overclocked card. Seems strange the OPs card has jumped 10c

Edit:just saw the post about the radiator

 

[Masterdeadly]

haha

 

[Kurisu Makise]

I can only imagine getting them temps using water cooling .

It's amazing to think your load temperatures are lower than my idle temperatures.

Ambient temps are not going to be 30 degrees higher.

You should get idle temps in the 30s with a 2 fan and/or 3 slot cooler.

im using the sapphire 6950 dual fan edition its a brilliant card.