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Saphire 4850 temps
- Thread starter Jabbs
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There is a fan speed hack floating around the web where you create a profile in CCC and manaully input the fan speed in the profile's XML doc. A fan speed of 41% bought my temp down from 79c to around 61c and with no extra fan noise.
Edit: Here ya go.
Edit: Here ya go.
73c eh?
This is a full 7c less than mine <chuckle>. They tell me that the card is designed to run at these sorts of temperatures up to 100c/110c indeed ! I tell them they really should put a bigger 'Warning this is HOT' sticker on the side of the card. 73c, no need to worry, just watch your fingers.
This is a full 7c less than mine <chuckle>. They tell me that the card is designed to run at these sorts of temperatures up to 100c/110c indeed ! I tell them they really should put a bigger 'Warning this is HOT' sticker on the side of the card. 73c, no need to worry, just watch your fingers.
i find setting the fan control manually on my sapphire card is too loud. even at 40% it gets on my wick. and i'm no silent pc freak either. so i've left mine on auto. so what if it idles at 80c?
Yeah found the fan hack and got a comfortable level of noise and its taken it from 73 idel too 61 so that do for now.
i do want to get a better cooler tbh looking at that Neo one, does it fit easily or do you have to make any modifications.
i do want to get a better cooler tbh looking at that Neo one, does it fit easily or do you have to make any modifications.
I wont be getting a sapphire 4850 then by the looks, if what you say is true cos....
1. Cant be doing with a loud card, so much so, Ive updated the bios on my 3870 cos at idel the fan was at 41% and quite loud, so Ive knocked that down to 20%.
2. 70 - 80c when idel
My 3870 runs at 40 - 45c when idel and 70 - 80c at load. Also I bet your case is quite toasty with the card running 70 -80c at idel
1. Cant be doing with a loud card, so much so, Ive updated the bios on my 3870 cos at idel the fan was at 41% and quite loud, so Ive knocked that down to 20%.
2. 70 - 80c when idel
My 3870 runs at 40 - 45c when idel and 70 - 80c at load. Also I bet your case is quite toasty with the card running 70 -80c at idelI wont be getting a sapphire 4850 then by the looks, if what you say is true cos....
1. Cant be doing with a loud card, so much so, Ive updated the bios on my 3870 cos at idel the fan was at 41% and quite loud, so Ive knocked that down to 20%.
2. 70 - 80c when idel
At moment all the 4850s are identical apart from labeling as they are all the reference design, the sapphire is as good as any other. I would do what im going to do and just use an S1, its a cheap heatsink really.
Either that or wait a few weeks for companies to release thier own improved versions or the cards but these will be at some form of price premium and I really dont think you can go wrong with the S1.
I wont be getting a sapphire 4850 then by the looks, if what you say is true cos....
1. Cant be doing with a loud card, so much so, Ive updated the bios on my 3870 cos at idel the fan was at 41% and quite loud, so Ive knocked that down to 20%.
2. 70 - 80c when idel
Did you expect the 4870's to be cool running? Just buy a new cooler.
Id expect it to be more or less the same temps as Ive got now with my 3870. 70 - 80c at idel isnt gonna last very long, and I dont care what anyone says.
Basically ati should do the job properly or not at all, but thats it everything is todo with money nowadays, and if they think they can getaway with putting cheap cruddy coolers on their cards, they will.
So I will wait untill they improve the cooler on these cards before I even think of getting one
Sorry If I sound harsh, but this country is going down the pan and it really bugs my that everthing is todo with money and sod the quality.. bring back the good old days I say
Basically ati should do the job properly or not at all, but thats it everything is todo with money nowadays, and if they think they can getaway with putting cheap cruddy coolers on their cards, they will.
So I will wait untill they improve the cooler on these cards before I even think of getting one
Sorry If I sound harsh, but this country is going down the pan and it really bugs my that everthing is todo with money and sod the quality.. bring back the good old days I say
If 70-80 idle wont last long then 70-80 load wont last long, its fine imo but the only reason its that hot is due to the fans spinning too low and these cores run hotter than the 3870's, they have a lot more sp's and other things in the core did you expect it to run cooler??
The cooler is nothing to do with this country going down the pan since ATi are canadian its that country related.
The cooler is nothing to do with this country going down the pan since ATi are canadian its that country related.
What dose that mean ?? 70 -80 at load will last long cos its not at that temp all the time is it, but 70 - 80c from the moment you turn your system on till the moment the sys is turned off is stupid, it will be dead within a yr or so, if its kept at that temp I bet, or games will start going wrong.
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