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Old October 20, 2011, 11:15 AM
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Hey guys I have a Question about the temp on my new 6970, it idles at around 50C and when gaming goes up to around 80~85C, is that a reasonable temp?
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Old October 20, 2011, 11:21 AM
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What kind of case are you using, do you have any case fans, and are you using the default fan profile?
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Old October 20, 2011, 11:38 AM
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It is a tad high, for example my GTX 560 ti twin frozr II runs at 30 idle and 55 load... Even without a custom cooler you shoulkdn't be that much hotter than mine.
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Old October 20, 2011, 12:10 PM
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from the reviews I have read 85-95c seems to be the norm for these cards.

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my xfx 6870 sits around 50C idle but I have only seen it up to 60 C after gaming.
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Old October 20, 2011, 02:56 PM
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What kind of case are you using, do you have any case fans, and are you using the default fan profile?
i have the Corsair 650D, it comes with three case fans. and yes I'm using default.
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from the reviews I have read 85-95c seems to be the norm for these cards.

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Yeah i read that too in some reviews but I just wanted to make sure. i guess they just run significantly hotter than performance cards. Also keep in mind this is with everything set on max on all my games.
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Old October 20, 2011, 02:58 PM
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It is a tad high, for example my GTX 560 ti twin frozr II runs at 30 idle and 55 load... Even without a custom cooler you shoulkdn't be that much hotter than mine.
the 560 usually doesn't use much heat and on top of that you have the Twin Frozr version which from what i hear that whole line of products run pretty dam cool.
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Old October 20, 2011, 03:19 PM
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My xfx 6950 use to idle at 50 and game in the high 80's. but a custom cooler and I idle at 33 and game at high 40's low 50's. this is overclocked as well.
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your temps are perfectly fine. The corsair case is not very good for air cooling, it just doesnt provide anough airflow (especially with stock fans).
And stop comparing temps of a high perfomance card such as 6970 with lower end models.
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Old October 20, 2011, 07:35 PM
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Your temperatures are fine then, though I'd recommend following the tutorial in my signature if you want your card to run cooler when idling or at load
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