Radeon 6870

[incognito485]

Anyone ever run into issues with their Radeon card heating up after the new drivers are installed? I originally had Catalyst version 12.4, which came with the card. I installed the newest drivers and my idle temps went from 38-47 C to around 58-61 C. Thats a huge jump. The fan speed was the same, but the temp went way up. I uninstalled the drivers and went back to the original immediately. That can't be a normal idle temp?

HP media center
HD 6870
Asus Benecia motherbard
4 gb ram

 

[COLGeek]

Did the temps reduce when you re-installed the old drivers? And, no, what you described would be unusual.

 

[incognito485]

the temps reduced to normal with the old drivers. weird.

 

[COLGeek]

What app are you using to monitor your system temps?