Is my card running too hot?

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Yingda Wang

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Hello
I am running a old reference 6870.
It runs at 50c idle and can get up 80-100c while gaming
Is there a way to reduce temp without opening the card?
Or is the temp acceptable?
 
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Cryoburn101


Too hot. I wouldn't let my cards run that hot.
There is a few things you can try.
1. Clean out the card with some compressed air.
2. Check to see if your case has bad airflow. Open up the side of the computer and have a large fan (house fan for example) blow into the computer. Do the temperatures stay the same? If not, then your case needs better airflow.
3. Is the fan broken/faulty on the GPU? Is dust/hair 'gunking' up the fan causing it to rotate slowly? If so, then clean that out.
4. Is anything hot touching it, such as a huge CPU heatsink? This may...
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Too hot. I wouldn't let my cards run that hot.
There is a few things you can try.
1. Clean out the card with some compressed air.
2. Check to see if your case has bad airflow. Open up the side of the computer and have a large fan (house fan for example) blow into the computer. Do the temperatures stay the same? If not, then your case needs better airflow.
3. Is the fan broken/faulty on the GPU? Is dust/hair 'gunking' up the fan causing it to rotate slowly? If so, then clean that out.
4. Is anything hot touching it, such as a huge CPU heatsink? This may be increasing the temperature of your GPU, try either using a smaller heatsink or putting a spacer in between the two components. Make sure you don't put excessive pressure on the connectors.
 
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