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Thread ID: 95530	2008-12-09 12:00:00	Need graphics card cooling	almightynugget (13536)	Press F1

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727024	2008-12-18 19:37:00	And get some decent sized exhaust fans. And tell us if your card is new or not, because you really shouldn't be having this problem. RMA should be a serious option.	Thebananamonkey (7741)
727025	2008-12-18 23:21:00	I have to leave my pc open on one side and have a table fan running to cool down the graphics card. sounds more like case cooling problem. if it was the vid card it still wouldn't be cool even with the table fan.	tweak'e (69)
727026	2008-12-19 07:15:00	....And tell us if your card is new or not.... yea quite new.. well its a few months old.. got it when it was released on my trip to ozzie. 2 days before ATi 4850 hit the market. and i will be buying a bigger and better exhaust fan and a CPU fan to replace the stock one. Thanks for helping me out with this issue. Really appreciate it guys :thumbs:	almightynugget (13536)
727027	2008-12-19 08:54:00	yea quite new.. well its a few months old.. got it when it was released on my trip to ozzie. 2 days before ATi 4850 hit the market. and i will be buying a bigger and better exhaust fan and a CPU fan to replace the stock one. Thanks for helping me out with this issue. Really appreciate it guys :thumbs: It's a shame that you can't monitor the temps, because I'd seriously consider sending it back to the factory. You have to realise that no two chips are the same. In overclocking CPU's you may get yours to 3.5Ghz@50C stable, with your friend having high temps and instability on exactly the same model chip. It's the same with your GPU. At least send the manufacturer or the place you bought it an email and see what they're prepared to do. If you're not OCing then I can't imagine that a bigger CPU heatsink is going to do much for graphics card issues. The exhaust fan may do that though.	Thebananamonkey (7741)
727028	2008-12-19 08:58:00	What are the temps? You don't need to play a game to find out its max temp at full load. Download Atitool and run its 3D view, which loads the GPU to about 95% for about 15 minutes. You can monitor the temps with GPUz, also a free program. If you really need a fan, I recommend a SilenX 12cm fan. The ones that are 3.8cm thick (as opposed to 2.5cm standard ones). They are just wonderful - the best does 90 CFM at only 18dBa. Many people think that's bullcrap, but I've felt one at work and I certainly believe they have the best airflow at that whisper noise. They are expensive, though - $46 for the non-LED 90CFM 18 dBa model. I have an ATi 4850. What is the safe temp operating range? Mine frequently hits 81 C. I have to crank the gpu fan up to 75% (too noisy) to get the temp down to around 70 C.	supersi (8401)
727029	2008-12-19 10:28:00	I have an ATi 4850. What is the safe temp operating range? Mine frequently hits 81 C. I have to crank the gpu fan up to 75% (too noisy) to get the temp down to around 70 C. 81c is absolutely fine. GPUs can actually withstand 100c (I think 120 is when fuses start to blow). The 4850 is just a downclocked and undervolted 4870 running GDDR3 instead of GDDR5. My 4870 frequently hits 83c (32% fan speed) on hot summer days. Even 90+ is not unheard of.	qazwsxokmijn (102)
727030	2008-12-19 12:22:00	Yeah decent case cooling 120mm fan at the front of the case to bring in the cool fresh air and 120mm fan at the rear of the case to take out the hot air out of the case. And if you can put a fan on the side case panel to blow cool air directly onto your graphic card to cool it down and to provide cool fresh air for it to use as well. 120mm fan if you can or whatever size your side case panel will allow will help out as well. I have taken out the slot covers on the rear of my case to allow heat to escape from there as well to stop the heat from staying around my graphics card and heating up around there.-(I keep the case slot covers in a draw). And have it off the floor as well and make sure there is no junk/stuff blocking the case fans and make sure it has a decent gap from the wall or whatever it is up against. You can also get dual slot graphic cards that exhust their hot air directly out of the case. There is also after market graphic card coolers as well that are very good for cooling. And you can also get slot fan coolers as well to either take out the hot air from around the graphics card or to blow air at the graphics card.	memphis (2869)
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