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I have a Sapphire Radeon HD3870, and although I am extremely satisfied with how it performs, I am a bit worried that the card may be overheating. My idle temperature according to CCC is 44'C while my maximum temperature under load is 73'C. Are these temps normal? Should I be looking at changing the stock cooler, considering under load they are always in the low 70s? Just for reference, I believe my system has good airflow and is quite cool (my Quad is sitting at 33'C), so I wouldn't say its a case problem.
Any ideas? thx

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Just for you i ran a stress test on one of my 3870s and it hit 91C without problems. Unless you have a crazy OC and have the stock HSF with the fan on auto you should have no problem with core temperature. One of my cards has the stock HSF and the other is the single slot Sapphire both of which i control the fan speed with RivaTuner 2.06. The only problem you could have with heat is the one I'm having which i believe is due to the poor memory cooling. I only have problems (errors) when the ambient temp is high, 80F+, and its just the driver failing and reloading. If you have no OC your completely fine, if you are OC'ed then use RivaTuner to increase your fan speed to compensate.


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