6970 run at 95C

[hunkeelin]

It goes to 95C whenever i'm playing intensive games like witcher 2/metro 203
is it safe? should i manually turn up the fan speed instead of letting it run auto?

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Manually turn up speed, sub 80c is ideal

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Has it always done this? Also it might just need some cleaning and/or some new thermal paste

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Applying thermal paste yourself might affect warranty though

 

[chronochime]

Toasty :sneaky:

 

[Gloomy]

Three posts in and we still don't know the model!

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Three posts in and we still don't know the model!

Lawl true.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Late 80s is normal for a hot ambient tho

 

[SickBeast]

OP that's way too hot.

Your heatsink may not be on properly, it may be clogged, or it may be dying.

I just got aftermarket cooling for about $35; it's well worth it IMO.

 

[superjim]

My 6970 ran just as hot even after I replaced the thermal grease with MX4, three different times. 80-90C was normal for GPUs released in the early/mid 2000's but anything above 90C was out of my comfort zone. VRMs regularly sat at 115C. Sold it after a month as I wasn't comfortable with those temps when I upgrade once every 2 years.

 

[SickBeast]

AMD GPUs tend to run hot.

OP's stock heatsink is probably too weak.

 

[Anubis]

one of my 6870s runs 90-100C when gaming, visiontek reference model, it has ever since i got it when they came out. it still works fine

 

[ShreddedWheat]

I have crossfire 5850s and they get to around 87C playing Metro2033. I enabled vsync so the temps have come down. Upper 80s is too hot for me.

 

[IGhzI]

For starters don't let it get above 85c...My 5770 started getting around that range not to long ago. It needed thermal compound. You only have two options send it back or break the warranty and apply the compound. But before taking all that in set the fan to 80 and see what happens

 

[3DVagabond]

It goes to 95C whenever i'm playing intensive games like witcher 2/metro 203
is it safe? should i manually turn up the fan speed instead of letting it run auto?

How long have you had the card(s)?
Has it always run this hot?
Are you O/C'ing?
What case do you have?
Have you tried anything already to correct it? (Cleaning dust bunnies out of cooler?)
Are all of your case fans working?

You haven't given us much to go on. 6970's run in the 80's anyway. Crossfire will make the top card run hotter. Is it the top card?