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Asus 6870

kingkung

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I have an asus 6870 and was wondering who else has this card,i am wondering would your temps are under load?

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kingkung

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Im not sure. I have a asus smart doctor program that came with the card. The software says it was at 58°c after gaming for about 8 to 9 hours, but idle it is at 39°c

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Jaydip

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That looks fine to me.Have u enabled the smart cooling option in the smart doctor yet?
 

Rambusted

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I have an xfx 6870, I need to take the side off and point a desk fan at it to get it as low as 58. I think 58 is cold.
 

Lean L

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Those are great temps. I have the same card, it gets to 80C after gaming for a bit and idles at like 45
 

kingkung

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That looks fine to me.Have u enabled the smart cooling option in the smart doctor yet?

Is that suggested?





I have an xfx 6870, I need to take the side off and point a desk fan at it to get it as low as 58. I think 58 is cold.

mine was getting to high 60°c when I had my sound card in, the pci-e slot on,my board is right above the gpu and almost touching it, I took the sound card out and went with on board sound.

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Jaydip

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Is that suggested?







mine was getting to high 60°c when I had my sound card in, the pci-e slot on,my board is right above the gpu and almost touching it, I took the sound card out and went with on board sound.

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one of mine mine hist 98C under load and bounced off the thermal limit at times, its not an asus its a visiontek i think, i also have a XFX dual fan one that never gets over 60