x1800xt temperature - what's normal?

[you2]

What are normal temperature for a x1800xt under heavy load? I'm seeing 68 - 75 which i think is high. Maybe i'm not measuring it correctly? I am not overclocking the x1800xt and i don't feel that much hot air around it.

 

[you2]

Anyone ?

 

[Munky]

Those are normal temps.

 

[Dman877]

That's fine.

 

[loserguy]

Mine never gets over 60, but then again I do have the fan control set at alot high percent than that of the factory.

 

[Wag]

Mine is in that range. I use Overdrive as well.

 

[you2]

What is overdrive? And how does one use it (I presume it is the fan controller). I have catalyst 6.3 (folks said to avoid 6.4). Hum. How high is normal for this card? (@ what point should i feel concern?). My amd cpu gets up to 48 (same as nb) which also seems high

 

[Praxis1452]

48 is ok... not too bad really. When it starts to get to 60C for an amd processor then I would worry. Overdrive is for Overclocking. It works with the card so that if it gets to hot then the card reboots so it's safer. I would start worrying if it went to 90C or maybe >80? I don't have this card but these chips can withstand hot temperatures.

 

[you2]

ok thanks. Didn't realize that 80 was an acceptable operating temp for video (90-10)

 

[JBT]

your fine with those temps.

 

[Exsomnis]

Originally posted by: you2
What are normal temperature for a x1800xt under heavy load?

Mine settles at 80ºc under load, so you can rest easy. I just ordered a Zalman VF900-Cu though, and you should too if you're a bit miffed at the heat.

 

[you2]

Yea I was watching the fan with ati tool. It looks like the fan doesn't kick in until the temp is in the mid 70s (i mean it sits at around 27% and goes up to 35% under load). Is this something that you can set via catalyst ?

 

[Praxis1452]

download ATI tool and use that for fan control