7970 horrible temps!

[mattf]

my Wife has been playing CIV 5 temps now after closing CIV 5 a few mins ago are at 62 Degrees with just web browser on!

 

[mattf]

speed now is 1050 mem is at 1425 volts 1068 fan is at 39%

 

[Kaapstad]

my card which was overclocked to 1200mhz by 1500 is hitting 92 degrees when my wife has been playing CIV 5 for hours. I have only noticed it since the change to my ASUS 1440p monitor. the card actually overheated and crashed whilst playin BF3. Is my card faulty or is it just the demands of 1440p? I have removed the overclock and the card is idling at 50 ish, with the overclock it was hitting 70 plus. Are these temps a worry? the card is less than 6 months old.

Try the card with some other games and benchmarks to check temps.

I play Civ 5 a lot and find it can heat a system up a lot more than most things as it stresses the CPU and GPU a lot.

Now if only some of the programs people use to stress test their systems like Prime95 could do the same.

 

[psychodil]

Mattf are you going to try to replace the thermal paste like a few people have suggested?

 

[delta0]

A decent intake fan on the front of the case helps bring in fresh air for the graphics card.

 

[mattf]

Think I will try and reapply the Tim I hope this would not affect warranty?

 

[Devrij]

speed now is 1050 mem is at 1425 volts 1068 fan is at 39%

Wait, your idle clock is 1050/1425? It should be much lower than that. That would explain your high idle temps. 92C is hot though. What voltage were you running to get those 1200/1500 clocks?

 

[Tonester0011]

They wont find out on that card, unless you tell them.
4 screws just over the core, no stickers and no pads on the memory.

If it sorts your problem out, it saves any messing about with RMA and waiting etc you might as well.

 

[mattf]

on the OC volts was at 1200 auto fan was at 32%

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Wait, your idle clock is 1050/1425? It should be much lower than that. That would explain your high idle temps. 92C is hot though. What voltage were you running to get those 1200/1500 clocks?

1050/1425 is the stock clocks for the X-edition it is factory overclocked. One fo the bios positions will give stock 7970 clocks the other the X-edition clocks.

 

[Pabl0]

1050/1425 is the stock clocks for the X-edition it is factory overclocked. One fo the bios positions will give stock 7970 clocks the other the X-edition clocks.

Thats not what he asked, idle clocks shouldn't be that high as you don't need the 3d clocks for desktop browsing, it should be 150/300 in idle/2d clocks.

Sounds like its not clocking down to idle. Think its an issue with afterburner its worth O/P doing a google search on the issue.

 

[LtMatt]

Idle should be 35-45, anything higher is not a good sign. I idle at 37 when its cold and 40-42 when its warm.

Try using this fan profile in afterburner and see if it brings temps down.



This one is slightly more aggressive



If neither of those can keep it cool enough id back off the overclock or RMA.

speed now is 1050 mem is at 1425 volts 1068 fan is at 39%

See my post above.

 

[oldestgregg]

As far as i know the 12.11 beta 3s have a bug that stops them dropping to 150/300.I have a 7970 and mine only drops to 500 so my idles are never under 47 degrees

 

[MOOGLEYS]

Thats not what he asked, idle clocks shouldn't be that high as you don't need the 3d clocks for desktop browsing, it should be 150/300 in idle/2d clocks.

Sounds like its not clocking down to idle. Think its an issue with afterburner its worth O/P doing a google search on the issue.

My bad misread..

The 7970 I'm using at the moment on latest 12.11 is dropping to 300 core 150 mem...

O/P have you tried removing all clocking software and a fresh driver install ?

 

[oldestgregg]

Looks like I was completely wrong there then! I swear thats what someone told me at the time.

 

[mattf]

ok I removed all OCs on GPU then I cleaned out the PC, removed the card and put it in a different slot (there was a strange error with the top slot previously so the card was in the second slot down on the MB). I turned the fans on the h100 on to the max settings. I booted up and still 50 odd on idle.

BUT then I removed all drivers for the 7970 and installed the 12.11 beta 8 i think I ran an earlier version and the 12.11 caps and now it says 35 Degrees!!!!

 

[Pabl0]

Beta 3's, sounds like it wasn't clocking down after gaming there are some issues with after burner and beta 3's although I haven't noticed anything.

 

[Twirlywoos]

only one screen! room temp is no more than 20 degrees! North London is not much of a dessert!

yes but what are your idle clock speeds showing at on afterburner or whatever utility you use?

I know with NVIDIA if you have power management mode in "prefer max performance" then the idle clock speeds increase thus the temps go up.

I don't know if AMD has something similar.

 

[mattf]

Just shows the same speed as the oc or the standard setting for the card

 

[Twirlywoos]

Just shows the same speed as the oc or the standard setting for the card

So your card is at 1200Mhz at idle? Then that would explain the high temps.