I used my MSI 6950 in one computer under maximum load and it never really got past 75 C (while it was overclocked to 840 MHz). I also noted that it pushed heat towards the back of the case and which exited out of the slots on the back of the case (basically I put my hand behind the computer case where the PCI-E slots are and felt it pushing heat out the back). In that computer I'm on windows 8 64-bit with 2 6pin connectors.
However, I have now moved the video card to another computer, and even underclocked the video card gets hot up to 81 C. I noticed in these computers (I tried two separate, same model computers) that no heat was being expelled out of the case via the back slots. Instead I put my hand in front of the video card (case open) and saw that the video card was pushing heat towards the front of my computer, which basically means it is just circulating hot air inside the case.
I've tried several different versions of AMD drivers, still the same effect. The only thing I can think of is that for this I'm using 1 6pin connector, and another SATA to 6 pin converter.....I can't imagine why this would make a difference.
If my fans on the GPU for whatever reason started spinning in the opposite direction, would this cause the heat to be pushed towards the front of the computer instead of being expelled towards the rear like it should?
What is going on?
However, I have now moved the video card to another computer, and even underclocked the video card gets hot up to 81 C. I noticed in these computers (I tried two separate, same model computers) that no heat was being expelled out of the case via the back slots. Instead I put my hand in front of the video card (case open) and saw that the video card was pushing heat towards the front of my computer, which basically means it is just circulating hot air inside the case.
I've tried several different versions of AMD drivers, still the same effect. The only thing I can think of is that for this I'm using 1 6pin connector, and another SATA to 6 pin converter.....I can't imagine why this would make a difference.
If my fans on the GPU for whatever reason started spinning in the opposite direction, would this cause the heat to be pushed towards the front of the computer instead of being expelled towards the rear like it should?
What is going on?