- Jun 25, 2012
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Hi Tom's
So a friend of mine has an Intel based gaming PC, and was asking me about a problem when playing his favorite games (TF2 and World of Tanks). He said he would get these weird black stripes on the screen. I told him I would take a look at the PC, and after loading GPU-z and running TF2 for about 10 minutes, I got some disturbing numbers...
His GPU was at 110 Degrees Celcius!!!
I tried to touch the plastic cover and it was burning hot. So I told him that I would need a bit more time.
I tried mounting an 80mm fan over the impeller in the GPU (its a sapphire model), but the edges of the fan casing started to melt so i turned it off.
Oh, and i replaced the thermal compound with Artic Silver 5
Is there anything I can do to save this GPU, or is it time to scrap it? (warranty is gone...)
So a friend of mine has an Intel based gaming PC, and was asking me about a problem when playing his favorite games (TF2 and World of Tanks). He said he would get these weird black stripes on the screen. I told him I would take a look at the PC, and after loading GPU-z and running TF2 for about 10 minutes, I got some disturbing numbers...
His GPU was at 110 Degrees Celcius!!!
I tried to touch the plastic cover and it was burning hot. So I told him that I would need a bit more time.
I tried mounting an 80mm fan over the impeller in the GPU (its a sapphire model), but the edges of the fan casing started to melt so i turned it off.
Oh, and i replaced the thermal compound with Artic Silver 5
Is there anything I can do to save this GPU, or is it time to scrap it? (warranty is gone...)
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