7950 running hot?

[Smawell]

Hey, just bought a new 7950 for my system and ran a fresh install of windows 8. I am running 3 monitors off the one card in 5760x1080 setup. My ambient is at around 80 right now due to the temps outside being around 90-100. Im looking at an idle temp of 56c. Is this at all normal or ok? a simple furmark run for a 1080p preset benchmark maxed me at about 73c and did so fast. keep in mind that furmark ran a duplicate on all screens. Is this something to worry about or rma? Oh, and my card is a MSI twin frozr.

 

[dish_moose]

I think you are fine... It's hot outside - cooling efficiency is dependant on temp differential.
-Bruce

 

[MEMOFLEX]

73C for a GPU with your ambient temps is pretty good tbh. Under full load my 560 ti's hit between 60 - 65c and I live in England lol. Ambient is around 25c on a good day. I wouldn't worry about it tbh as you are still well within safe operating temps

 

[Smawell]

Thanks for the quick response guys! hopefully will be playing some games soon and will be able to see what temps hit then

 

[dish_moose]

Keep an eye on those temps - you may need an air conditioner;-) (for you and your puter)
-Bruce

 

[Smawell]

haha we have ac, just my father is stubborn about running it too often so I have to deal with it. Thinking about ordering some 8k BTU window conditioner just for my small room lol.

 

[stant1rm]

You're fine on that temp. My 6970 hits 75c all the time.

 

[stickg1]

Plus your idle temp is that high because of the multiple monitors. With more than one display the clock doesn't reduce to 2D clocks because it causes a flicker when multiple screens switch memory frequencies. AMD has the memory clock at full speed all the time with multiple monitors. I bet with a single monitor your idle would be much lower.

 

[vmem]

yup. my 7970 idles around 52C on a 3 monitor set up, but runs 75C at full load on BF3. multiple monitors kick up your idle temperature because the card is idling at a higher clock speed. I think you should be fine

 

[Smawell]

Haha, I feel so much better now, in fact im impressed it's doing this good under 80 ambient now. Thanks guys!

 

[Smawell]

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