GPU Idle Temps Too high.

[vivamente]

The Idle temp is too high

Sapphire 4890 1gb

not overclocked

http://imgur.com/oRHsg

i'm not sure what to do to fix it.
The only thing I'm running is skype, and firefox.

While running prime95, the temps drop to 70 degres celcius..

I took some compressed air and blew some dust away, but didn't help.

Suggestions?

 

[vivamente]

i tried reseating the heatsink, it sat around 40 degrees, but then boosted back up to 80 on idle.

 

[Novuake]

90 degrees C under 98% load is not all that high for a graphics card. Especially not the HD4890. Those cards run hot...

You sure it is 80C in idle? Show me a picture...

 

[knightdog56]

He did show you a picture! Try running the fan in manual mode from CCC, start from 50% and see what effect it has on temp.

 

[Novuake]

That photo is under almost full load. Not idle.

 

[vivamente]

i figured out it was java malware. malwarebytes picked it up, thanks