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Message 48049 - Posted: 19 Apr 2011, 21:07:51 UTC

Hi:

It is a nice card 6970 :
http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/AMD_Series/EAH69702DI2S2GD5/

But the average temp in full load is 85c or 185F plus, and that's even after downgrading the volt to 1.13, engine to 850 and memory to 5300.

Is this normal? Any suggestions? I am using latest driver 11.3.

My previous msi 5770 twin frozer was less than 50c on full load for days!!

Note: the 6970 is doing 1:20 per unit, is this good for milkyway?

My reg:
AMD 1090 3.6
8 G ram
MSI 890 FXA UD7 mobo
500 * 2 Seagate hard drive raid 0
850 PSU Thermaltake

Thanks a lot

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Message 48050 - Posted: 19 Apr 2011, 22:06:46 UTC

Try running the fan at a higher speed.
I have mine set at 50% so it's a good balance between cool and the sound of a vacuumcleaner.
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Message 48051 - Posted: 19 Apr 2011, 22:11:41 UTC - in response to Message 48049.  

Looking at the WUs going through at present, it looks fine baring in mind you are not overclocking.

Re temperature, it is on the high side for the card, fully stressed 75-80 would be expected if there is very good air flow in the case. However 85 will not harm the card, although I wouldnt let it go above 90. Temperatures in the range 80-85 is normal for current generation cards, especially fully stressed.

I would say its going fine, might be an idea to look at the case airflow (cable tidy put to one side, dust bunnies, etc etc)to see if you can get it down a few degrees - 80-82 kind of thing - but dont loose sleep doing it, only nice to have, more important to watch for temps above 90, then you really must do something. Battling with "all guns blazing" to force temperatures below 80 would be a waste of effort, the card is built to operate in the 80's if needed.

Guru3d did a nice review on the card if you havent seen it:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-radeon-6970-directcu-ii-review/20

Regards
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Message 48052 - Posted: 19 Apr 2011, 22:30:32 UTC - in response to Message 48050.  

Try running the fan at a higher speed.
I have mine set at 50% so it's a good balance between cool and the sound of a vacuumcleaner.



I know that but I hate the sound !!!
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Message 48053 - Posted: 19 Apr 2011, 22:34:13 UTC - in response to Message 48051.  

Looking at the WUs going through at present, it looks fine baring in mind you are not overclocking.

Re temperature, it is on the high side for the card, fully stressed 75-80 would be expected if there is very good air flow in the case. However 85 will not harm the card, although I wouldnt let it go above 90. Temperatures in the range 80-85 is normal for current generation cards, especially fully stressed.

I would say its going fine, might be an idea to look at the case airflow (cable tidy put to one side, dust bunnies, etc etc)to see if you can get it down a few degrees - 80-82 kind of thing - but dont loose sleep doing it, only nice to have, more important to watch for temps above 90, then you really must do something. Battling with "all guns blazing" to force temperatures below 80 would be a waste of effort, the card is built to operate in the 80's if needed.

Guru3d did a nice review on the card if you havent seen it:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/asus-radeon-6970-directcu-ii-review/20

Regards
Zy


EAH 6970 is factory overclocked, I downgraded it .

The case air flow is very good, I might add another side fan.

The card in guru3d is two fans, mine is not direct CU, it is only one fan as
shown in newgg link.
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Message 48058 - Posted: 20 Apr 2011, 5:56:55 UTC

You can lower the memory clock to as low as it will go as it doesn't make any difference to the performance and that tends to produce a lot of heat. On my 2x5850's I run them at a small OC of 775 and the memory downclocked to 300, that and a higher set manual fan speed leave them running under 60C most of the time with an ambient room temp b/w 22~25C.
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Message 48071 - Posted: 20 Apr 2011, 15:04:11 UTC

Still too hot for me.

I should've waited for the MSI twinfrozer or ASUS direct CU or Gigabyte with triple fans.


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Message 48072 - Posted: 20 Apr 2011, 15:04:14 UTC
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I guess I have to settle for the loud noise!!
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Message 48074 - Posted: 20 Apr 2011, 17:49:10 UTC

I run my fans between 75-85% depending on ambient temps.

Think I'm at 909/750.
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Message 48076 - Posted: 20 Apr 2011, 18:48:58 UTC - in response to Message 48074.  

That's too loud for me
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