Do X1800XT's bend slightly when mounted?

[Mr Paul]

Installed mine last night and it has a slight downward curve towards the end of the card. Is this normal as the HSF is pretty heavy...

Also it idles at 59 c

Paul

 

[ace1981]

idle at 59.c i hope not i just ordered one what it on at load temps? is it stable at load temps.oh one last thing what your room temp?

 

[ninjapilot]

Well installed mine last night C3D 1800xt, my idle temps are 51 that seems to be about the norm i think
also the version i have has got 2 screw holes when fixing to the back of the pci slot.

Ninja

 

[Borden]

Mine bent slightly with the stock hs but once i'd fitted my VF900 it was fine. It's normal to bend, the stock hs is a bit of a monster

 

[Mr Paul]

Both screws are in yes.

Yes the heatsink is a monster!

At least its normal to bend lol

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Yes all normal, and 59s about right for the stock cooler, mine ildes at 59 and only hits about 71-72 underload, perfectly fine.

 

[Mr Paul]

Yes all normal, and 59s about right for the stock cooler, mine ildes at 59 and only hits about 71-72 underload, perfectly fine.

Thats good news!

 

[Jakus]

Very Poor really, You would think ATI would brace the Card as the Bend does nothing for the alighnment of the Coolers exhaust

 

[fish99]

Very Poor really, You would think ATI would brace the Card as the Bend does nothing for the alighnment of the Coolers exhaust

Bend is at the other non-supported end. It looks to be less than a millimetre on mine and it is a heavy card.