ATI HD6970 TEMP

[zack1234]

Bought ATI HD6970 couple of months it seems to get quite hot.

I have put the fan speed up to get it down to 60C, does anyone have any views on temp the card should be set to?

[FLS]

Run the fan at 100%. You want as much cooling as possible.

[Masherbrum]

Get a better case, with better airflow or add another fan.    The 6970's get warm.

[MaSonZ]

are there Graphic card cooling kits? if so itd be nice to know for the future 

[katanaso]

are there Graphic card cooling kits? if so itd be nice to know for the future 

Yes, both air cooled and liquid cooled.  The thing I've noticed is that some are more of a pain since they require cooling the memory as well as the GPU.

[MaSonZ]

good to know. thank you much 

[katanaso]

good to know. thank you much 

Np at all. 

What card do you have?

[MaSonZ]

 XFX Radeon 5750does more then what i need it to do. can run AH full eye candy at 1600X900 resolution on a 20" moniter.

[Drano]

I have a MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III. The cooler on it is outstanding which is why I bought this particular card. It was pricey tho. With everything max'd out in AH and the card overclocked a bit in Afterburner my temps never seem to break 60. The card also doesn't seem to ever max out on load either and the fan curve I put in doesn't take the fan speed much past 60% either. Playing around with the fan speed manually it's a good thing too as at 100% the fans really howl. Prolly be able to hear em over my headphones! I saw an after market cooler here http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/vga/376/accelero-xtreme-plus-ii.html?c=2182 for these but it was for about another $100. Bet it works good tho.

[BaldEagl]

Video cards are generally designed to run hot.  100C isn't uncommon and is fully within spec for most cards.  I'm not saying you want to run that hot but 60-80C shouldn't worry you.  I run my GPU fan at a constant 75% and run 55-75C depending on load and ambient temerature.  Been running that way for 3 years, 4 months.

[zack1234]

Thanks for the input 

[gyrene81]

i took the plastic shroud off my video card and dropped almost 10c under load. not always the best thing to do but, if you can, try it.

[katanaso]

I use MSI Afterburner to OC my 5850, and I created a custom fan profile so that when it starts getting warm, the fan ramps up.  Since I play with headphones, I don't hear it.  However, it's such a loud whine that I'd hate to have to actually hear it.

[Krusty]

Run the fan at 100%. You want as much cooling as possible.

Bah! No! This thing sounds like a jet engine when running full speed. Like many high power vid cards it has a noisy fan.

I've got the XFX 6970 and while I don't check the temps, I do notice when it ramps up the fan speeds after a bit of gaming, and usually keeps them up until I exit the game. I don't think it's even full speed on the fan. I leave the fan settings at default, though.

[1Boner]

Got a 5870, runs cool, don't think i've ever heard it make a sound.

Just lucky I guess.

Didn't know you could add liquid cooling after the fact in a computer. Might look into it, cooler is always better.