Confusing high temps..

[purple stain]

So i ran a stress test for over 3 hours on my comp and it never went over 50c.Why is it that when i play BFBC2 it's maxing near 55c.I have no idea, can anoye shed some light onto this plz?

Phenom ii x4 965BE
XFX 6870

 

[JackNaylorPE]

What stress test ?

Try Prime95, Linpak or OCCT

 

[purple stain]

Ran a stress test using AMD's overdrive ultility.

 

[enzo matrix]

Ran a stress test using AMD's overdrive ultility.

Well, there's your answer.

 

[purple stain]

K i ran prime95 and it's still about 2degress cooler during the maximum heat torture test.

I guess BFBC2 can just stress my comp a diffrent/better way?

 

[hairystuff]

When you play BFBC2 it also works your GPU in addition to your CPU, so the ambient temp in the case also goes up, causing everything else to heat up, Prime95 only stresses the CPU.

 

[purple stain]

Yah i figured that too,didn't realize how big the 6870 is.Made my CPU temp ride by 3c when under load.Also i checked my heatsink and it wasn't seated properly.
All fixed now
Thankyou all

 

[purple stain]

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