Just received my replacement 4870, still too hot...

[tuesday0180]

I received my replacement today and tested it out in my new Cooler master HAF 932 case. The HD 4870 is idling at 58celsius at the core. In comparison my GTX 260 (216 shader superclock) Idles at 32 celsius. That's 26 celsius difference.

Anyone here have a Air cooled system running 4870 that is getting lower temps than 58c idle? I'm disappointed with this card and am contemplating returning it for good and sticking with the GTX 260. I bought a whole new case just to drop the temperature and it still idles at 58c.

 

[wa1]

Hey, it's 4870... It's a HOT card u know...
My 4850 just sit at 59'C when idle with only 30% fan speed....
I think that's normal...

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

mine runs at 44 degrees!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

tops out at 57 degrees!

 

[wa1]

wow... now i believe that is my airflow on case is bad...

 

[EXT64]

Which card/cooler do you have? My 4850s idle in the mid 30's (C) though it is kind of cold in here.

 

[jaguarskx]

The HD 4870 is indeed a hot card.

Source:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/evga-geforce-gtx260-216-55nm_5.html#sect0

 

[EXT64]

That said, my 4850 with the stock cooler idled at 70C (and was designed to) so these cards can take the heat. What are load temps? What is the fan speed set to?

 

[wa1]

Mine HIS 4850 512 MB IceQ 4...
It's stock cooler from HIS... The speed of fan is set to auto, when idle the temp is 59'C(30% fan speed)...

 

[tuesday0180]

The HD 4870 is indeed a hot card.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/video/evga-geforce-gtx260-216-55nm/results/evga260_temp.png

Source:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/evga-geforce-gtx260-216-55nm_5.html#sect0

That chart looks about right for my XFX 4870 1 gig.
I also have the Nvidia GTX 260 (216shader) superclocked 55nm edition. I idle at 33c and it gets up to 65celsius under heavy load. Never hits 70c. Compare that to my 4870.... It idles at 58c and just hit 80c earlier.

I think I'm going to have to return this card(again). This time I won't be requesting a replacement, but rather a full refund. I feel bad about doing this. I like newegg as a company and I know they're eating the shipping/re-shipping costs for the returns. But I just can't have the 4870 overheating my whole system.

 

[tuesday0180]

Which card/cooler do you have? My 4850s idle in the mid 30's (C) though it is kind of cold in here.

Mines an XFX 4870 1 gig. My room isn't all that hot either. It's winter time here in California so we're getting maybe 66 degrees or something at night.