XFX 6800nu High Temps?

[pioneercrazed]

I picked up an XFX 6800nu yesterday locally. One thing I've noticed is how high the temp seems to be, atleast to me. It idles at around 72*-73*C; running ATI-tool scanning for artifacts for about a 1/2 hour it CREEPS up to about 95*C.

Is this something to be worried about, or pretty much normal. BTW my room temp is about 75*F or 24*C.

 

[SynthDude2001]

95C is pretty high. I like to keep my 6800GT (@ Ultra speeds) under 90C if at all possible. You might be able to reduce your temps by re-doing the heatsink and applying AS5 (instructions here)...I did that a few months back and my load temps dropped from 105C to 90C...

Edit: 72C is also pretty damn high for an idle temp - back when I was having heat problems (heatsink was dusty and the thermal paste has turned to crap after a year and a half), I still idled at "only" 66C...that definitely indicates heatsink problem to me (unless I suppose your case airflow is extremely poor?)

 

[Powermoloch]

That's pretty hot man..seriously.

 

[pioneercrazed]

Something happened... I think it might be the new drivers that helped..? I updated from like version 61.72 drivers to the current 84.21. The card is now idleing at 58*-62*C, and load doesn't really get over 80*C.

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: pioneercrazed
Something happened... I think it might be the new drivers that helped..? I updated from like version 61.72 drivers to the current 84.21. The card is now idleing at 58*-62*C, and load doesn't really get over 80*C.

Maybe the fan wasnt on full with older drivers?

 

[impemonk]

It was a driver issue. I had the same problem with the 61.72 drivers but updated to 81.98s and the problem disappeared.

 

[pioneercrazed]

Everything seems to be pretty steady at these temps, I'd even venture to say normal. Atleast with this awful cooler that xfx put on this card. I noticed the heatsink is flat black, wtf?

impemonk, do you have an xfx 6800? If so, are these about your temps?

Thanks