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Sapphire 6970 90C at stock. too hot?

Roverno

Roverno

Roverno

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Hi all,

in my 600t case, fans on full im getting temps of 90C under load and the gpu fan is very loud. I only bought from OCUK a couple of months ago.

Just wondering if this is normal? i haven't overclocked the GPU at all.


2500k @4.6
extreme4 gen3
8gb hyper x kingston grey
850W OCZ power
 
Sounds a bit warm! Has it always been like this or?

What does it idle?
 
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yep, only been installed in my PC for maybe 4 weeks, plus i got dust filters. brand new apart from that.

Was the same when i first installed but i ignored because i thought it was normal as i have not had such a powerful card before.
 
he said it was 43 idling meaning the 90 plus was under load which is a bit higher than it should be really

sort airflow out in case make sure no obstructions . maybe place a fan near it see how it does.

card will handle that temp fine though
 
Corsair's 600T's default cooling for GPU is a bit on the weak side...so those temps sounds normal to me:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cases/2010/09/23/corsair-graphite-600t-review/2

You might want to consider using the mesh side-panel (of your version of 600T has it) and add some fans to it. Depending on the cooler on your 6970...if it is the reference blower exhaust through the rear type cooler, you need to feed more cool air to its intake; if it is the "dump heat into the case", you need to add a fan for exhausting the heat from the lower half of the case so that the heat don't get recycled back into the graphic cooler...something like this should help if you can't add a fan to side-panel as exhaust:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SY-000-GE
 
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yea, 43 idle with stock settings. 90C under load with stock settings.

To be honest, with the reaction i have got here, i have decided to file an RMA query to OCuk. If they don't wish to let me RMA then its not the end of the world. But that is what i would prefer.
 
You could take the side of the case off and see what you get then ....

Also, if you wish, take the board out and run it like that in the open (OCUk will probably test on an open bench). If this gets significantly lower temps then your case cooling is the culprit.

90c would not bother me though tbh, my overclocked 6950s in XFire get a bit toasty!
 
It is sort of pointless for me to test it outside the case. It will obviously be cooler, but im never going to use it outside of the case so it doesn't matter what temps i get like that.

Also, your card are overclocked. Thats kinda a massive thing i am missing out on, if i overclocked and they ran at 90c, thats fine. But it is at stock which is just not acceptable.
 
Roverno said:
It is sort of pointless for me to test it outside the case. It will obviously be cooler, but im never going to use it outside of the case so it doesn't matter what temps i get like that.

Also, your card are overclocked. Thats kinda a massive thing i am missing out on, if i overclocked and they ran at 90c, thats fine. But it is at stock which is just not acceptable.
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I have good cooling and my temps in case are pracitically the same as out of the case, I can get in-case temps lower if I don't mind some noise .... but that's a pointless comparison I suppose as it means nothing.
 
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I think you have understood those values wrong? Im pretty sure delta T is the difference from ambient to load. not form idle to load.

So their 47C delta T, with ambient of around 20C, gives total of about 67. Which sounds normal, 90C doesn't sound normal:p
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Em...I think it is you that are misunderstanding what I was trying to say- if you look its cooling performance comparing to other cases, 600T's GPU cooling is only very average; couple that with 6970 being a hot running card, and possibly a reference cooler, 90C sound about right. A better case/airflow can easily shave the 6970's temp from 90C down to low 80s, or could consider 3rd party GPU cooler.
 
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oh right ok, see what you mean. They have changed the fans in the white cases though, and they move a lot more air.
 
I heard sapphire had some problems with tim on the early batch of cards, i have a list of numbers at homeand will post later when im home
 
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