I've recently fitted the above cooler to my XFX reference 7970, as the noise on the reference cooler (as we all know) is horrid.
I'm very happy with the sound etc, but I just cannot get a stable temp on this card, even with underclocking. I have to use a copper shim to ensure the heatsink is touching the chip, and I'm reasonably confident this is the case, but whenever the card goes under reasonably heavy load, it creeps up to and past the 90oC mark, eventually being throttled due to heat.
I have of course ensured all VRAM is covered with heatsinks, but I noticed that one of the voltage regulators isn't 100% covered. Would this cause something like Speedfan to report a high temp, and would this also cause the throttling, or is it likely to be something else?
I'm very happy with the sound etc, but I just cannot get a stable temp on this card, even with underclocking. I have to use a copper shim to ensure the heatsink is touching the chip, and I'm reasonably confident this is the case, but whenever the card goes under reasonably heavy load, it creeps up to and past the 90oC mark, eventually being throttled due to heat.
I have of course ensured all VRAM is covered with heatsinks, but I noticed that one of the voltage regulators isn't 100% covered. Would this cause something like Speedfan to report a high temp, and would this also cause the throttling, or is it likely to be something else?
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