Current 4850 produces a litle heat.

[Zstream]

The 4850 increases the heat in my rooms to an unbearable point.

What card is equal to 4850 speeds? Trying to find the card that fits the needs.

Card needs less Power/heatoutput then the 4850
Card needs more performance then the 4850

Any chance for a 5700 series card?

 

[LOUISSSSS]

open your windows, and its not only the 4850 increasing ur temps, do u have a cpu there? it likely produces more heat than the gpu.

wait for the 5850 to come out then ge tthat

 

[alyarb]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/..._-14-131-170-_-Product

 

[faxon]

No matter what you do your computer is going to generate heat. The only way to get it cooler and faster is to wait until next hen parts are out. Until then open a window. Your only other option is a "geothermally cooled" water loop, in that you run the watercloop outside and into the ground deep enough that you hit dirt that doesn't get any warmer during the day. This has only been done once and the guy doing it posted it on XS. it will probably cost you several hundred tocset up properly, not to mention digging up your lawn lmao

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: Zstream
The 4850 increases the heat in my rooms to an unbearable point.

I think you are a bit sensitive. The power consumption and so heat output, it's increasing with every generation of videocards, so no, I don't think a 5850 will consume less power.
Use air conditioning or open more windows, because you have to admit, computers generate heat and there is nothing you can do about it. I wonder what would you say if you had a 4870X2 or a GTX 295, if a little 4850 heats up your room that bad!?

 

[tigersty1e]

There's no way the card is producing heat in your room.

Unless you live in your computer case.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Originally posted by: tigersty1e
There's no way the card is producing heat in your room.

Unless you live in your computer case.

There is a reason computer cases generally have fans... to exhaust heat out of the case into the outside environment. Otherwise things would get pretty warm in the case.

With that being said, I can't see a 4850 being the sole reason a room is warming up. The computer as a whole, quite possibly.

 

[Zensal]

Originally posted by: tigersty1e
There's no way the card is producing heat in your room.

Unless you live in your computer case.

There is a significant temperature difference between my office and the rest of my house, and back when I had a P4, I could feel the waves of heat coming from under my desk.

And as far as the OP goes, you have 3 choices.

Get a low power GPU and CPU, because both are the problem, but to lower the power consumption, you'll have less performance.

Exhaust the hot air from your room.

Pump more cold air into your room.

 

[yh125d]

The what, 100w max of heat the 4850 puts out is not going to come close to changing the temp of a room - even a pretty small one - a noticable amount.

 

[OCGuy]

My system is like a space heater. I cant imagine a 4850 is that bad.

 

[Patrick Wolf]

Might be too dusty in your case. Clean it out. And use some electronic parts cleaner on the GPU. It's cool stuff, sprays out in liquid form, dries very quickly. Highly flammable. You can drench your parts with it. It helped my 9800 GX2's temps noticeably.

And add some more fans to blow directly on the GPU/CPU if possible.

 

[Phynaz]

Originally posted by: Patrick Wolf
Might be too dusty in your case. Clean it out. And use some electronic parts cleaner on the GPU. It's cool stuff, sprays out in liquid form, dries very quickly. Highly flammable. You can drench your parts with it. It helped my 9800 GX2's temps noticeably.

And add some more fans to blow directly on the GPU/CPU if possible.

All the above will make his room warmer, not cooler.

 

[Rezist]

The 4770 AFAIK, is the most powerful yet energy efficient card. You will lose performance but lose a little heat to. I think it'd amount to maybe 15W? possibly 20W.

 

[Zstream]

Originally posted by: OCguy
My system is like a space heater. I cant imagine a 4850 is that bad.

Well I can feel the heat coming from the computer, imagine a vent right next to you.

I might just wait for low end 5xxx series. They should have a competitive card with low power/heat output.

 

[Jesusthewererabbit]

What kind of monitor do you have? My 32" LCD tv gets really hot. It really puts off more heat that my system does.

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: Zstream

Originally posted by: OCguy
My system is like a space heater. I cant imagine a 4850 is that bad.

Well I can feel the heat coming from the computer, imagine a vent right next to you.

Are you talking about at idle or load? If at load...OCGuy's computer would put out WAY MORE heat than yours so I agree with him...yours can't be that bad.

Even mine with an OCed Phenom and 4870+8800GT isn't that bad. The room itself must not have great ventilation if it's making that much of a difference.

 

[Zstream]

Originally posted by: thilan29

Originally posted by: Zstream

Originally posted by: OCguy
My system is like a space heater. I cant imagine a 4850 is that bad.

Well I can feel the heat coming from the computer, imagine a vent right next to you.

Are you talking about at idle or load? If at load...OCGuy's computer would put out WAY MORE heat than yours so I agree with him...yours can't be that bad.

Even mine with an OCed Phenom and 4870+8800GT isn't that bad. The room itself must not have great ventilation if it's making that much of a difference.

Well obviously at load it feels warmer.

I have an E3100 @ 4.5ghz, lowered it down to 2ghz and still seems warm. I decided to set my 4850 at 500/750 for 3d.

Anyways, I have three 120mm fans and one PSU fan pointing out. Maybe I will disable two of them, it will make my system warmer but that is oky.

 

[Patrick Wolf]

Originally posted by: Phynaz

Originally posted by: Patrick Wolf
Might be too dusty in your case. Clean it out. And use some electronic parts cleaner on the GPU. It's cool stuff, sprays out in liquid form, dries very quickly. Highly flammable. You can drench your parts with it. It helped my 9800 GX2's temps noticeably.

And add some more fans to blow directly on the GPU/CPU if possible.

All the above will make his room warmer, not cooler.

Ok, so he should take out his fans and pour dust into the case?

The idea is to reduce the amount of heat the system generates, not trap it all inside because the warm air will still enter the room reguardless.

If there's enough dust on the components they will run hotter than normal, thus increasing the total heat the system generates. More intake fans will help cool the components. Though more exhaust fans would probably not be beneficial.

Also if any direct sunlight shines through any windows you may have, blackout curtains will help block the light that heats the air in the room.

And if your room gets humid, a dehumidifier would make it seem cooler in your room. But they're usually noisy.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

My Q9450 + HD4850 can increase the ambient temps around my desk a maximum of 8 degrees F after hours of the most stressful game play if there is no air circulation in my my room.

That being said, swapping out a video card probably wouldn't help as much as alternative solutions such as getting a far more efficient PSU (80+), especially if you've skimped on this part in the past. Downgrading to a dualcore from a quadcore and/or going for a low voltage option (costs more) and/or manually undervolting/underclocking would certainly help reduce the amount of heat produced by the CPU. Replacing the 4850 with a 4770 would be another option as someone mentioned. Perhaps reducing/consolidating hard drives if possible. Although a combination of all of the above would certainly be the best overall solution.

Originally posted by: Patrick Wolf

Originally posted by: Phynaz

Originally posted by: Patrick Wolf
Might be too dusty in your case. Clean it out. And use some electronic parts cleaner on the GPU. It's cool stuff, sprays out in liquid form, dries very quickly. Highly flammable. You can drench your parts with it. It helped my 9800 GX2's temps noticeably.

And add some more fans to blow directly on the GPU/CPU if possible.

All the above will make his room warmer, not cooler.

Ok, so he should take out his fans and pour dust into the case?

The idea is to reduce the amount of heat the system generates, not trap it all inside because the warm air will still enter the room reguardless.

If there's enough dust on the components they will run hotter than normal, thus increasing the total heat the system generates. More intake fans will help cool the components. Though more exhaust fans would probably not be beneficial.

Also if any direct sunlight shines through any windows you may have, blackout curtains will help block the light that heats the air in the room.

And if your room gets humid, a dehumidifier would make it seem cooler in your room. But they're usually noisy.

Think for a second...when the heat is evacuated from inside the computer, where does it go? Into the room...

Making the computer more efficient at moving heat doesn't make it produces less heat. The only way to do that is to upgrade its parts that either consume less electricity and/or are more efficient with the electricity they use.

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: Zstream

I have an E3100 @ 4.5ghz, lowered it down to 2ghz and still seems warm. I decided to set my 4850 at 500/750 for 3d.

Sell that computer. This hobby isn't for you.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
My Q9450 + HD4850 can increase the ambient temps around my desk a maximum of 8 degrees F after hours of the most stressful game play if there is no air circulation in my my room.

That being said, swapping out a video card probably wouldn't help as much as alternative solutions such as getting a far more efficient PSU (80+), especially if you've skimped on this part in the past. Downgrading to a dualcore from a quadcore and/or going for a low voltage option (costs more) and/or manually undervolting/underclocking would certainly help reduce the amount of heat produced by the CPU. Replacing the 4850 with a 4770 would be another option as someone mentioned. Perhaps reducing/consolidating hard drives if possible. Although a combination of all of the above would certainly be the best overall solution.

Originally posted by: Patrick Wolf

Originally posted by: Phynaz

Originally posted by: Patrick Wolf
Might be too dusty in your case. Clean it out. And use some electronic parts cleaner on the GPU. It's cool stuff, sprays out in liquid form, dries very quickly. Highly flammable. You can drench your parts with it. It helped my 9800 GX2's temps noticeably.

And add some more fans to blow directly on the GPU/CPU if possible.

All the above will make his room warmer, not cooler.

Ok, so he should take out his fans and pour dust into the case?

The idea is to reduce the amount of heat the system generates, not trap it all inside because the warm air will still enter the room reguardless.

If there's enough dust on the components they will run hotter than normal, thus increasing the total heat the system generates. More intake fans will help cool the components. Though more exhaust fans would probably not be beneficial.

Also if any direct sunlight shines through any windows you may have, blackout curtains will help block the light that heats the air in the room.

And if your room gets humid, a dehumidifier would make it seem cooler in your room. But they're usually noisy.

Think for a second...when the heat is evacuated from inside the computer, where does it go? Into the room...

Making the computer more efficient at moving heat doesn't make it produces less heat. The only way to do that is to upgrade its parts that either consume less electricity and/or are more efficient with the electricity they use.

Bingo, Patrickwolf...when identical parts run cooler its because they are dissipating their heat better to the outside world.

 

[Hauk]

Originally posted by: error8

Originally posted by: Zstream

I have an E3100 @ 4.5ghz, lowered it down to 2ghz and still seems warm. I decided to set my 4850 at 500/750 for 3d.

Sell that computer. This hobby isn't for you.

When it's not the box, time for a different troubleshooting tree... :thumbsup:

 

[SlowSpyder]

Right, a lot of people forget that the temp of your CPU/GPU don't necessarily represent how much heat energy they release. The 4850 is going to create x amount of energy at idle, and y amount at load. With a better cooler you're may lower the temp of the CPU/GPU, but you are doing so by effectively releasing more of that heat energy into the case or room. But the 4850 is still creating the same amount of heat, so cleaning the case of dust, reapplying the cooler with new compound so it cools better, adding a new cooler or more fans, all you are doing is evacuating that heat energy more effectively... lowering your temps, but not changing the amount of heat produced, but getting that heat into the room more effectively.

 

[Rezist]

Don't electronics run more efficient as there temperature drops?

 

[nyker96]

this is the funniest thing, how can this single card setup heat up your room so much it becomes unbearable? I have people running SLIs and a few computers in a single room and not even feel anything. ya I got a hd4850 myself, overclocked as well, in fact I doubt it has the power to raise 1-2C for the entire room even. I think your room is just too hot, get some ventilation.