4870x2.. Are temps all right??

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Hi guys!

My 4870x2 reaches temperatures above 90 degrees Celcius when playing games such as crysis... Actually I don't know the max temps for that kind of gpu, and is it normal to have such high temps???

Reply to tobiashensch

90 degree Celsius is too high. Try cleaning your card of any dust around the ventilation and the fan. A safe temperature under load is between 65-75 Celsius. Anything above that might damage your card.

EDIT: forgot to say, but yes, 4870x2 tends to go past 80 degrees Celsius, so this is not out of the norm.

Here is a statement made by ATI themselves: "These temperatures are not too high - that is just perception and relative. We have idle temperatures of up to 80'C on the single-GPU case, and we qualify up to and including over 100C".

I guess you're more safe than I assumed.

Message edited by skolpo on 12-09-2009 at 10:39:50 PM

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That card does run hot, but as Skolpo says, give it a clean first, places sell cans of compressed gas for this purpose.
Also check your case airflow, adding an intake fan at the front or side can help as can a PCI slot fan, to draw hot air out from under the card.

Message edited by coozie7 on 12-09-2009 at 10:41:38 PM

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