Recent content by HonedFury

Hey all, So after a near-6 month process of getting RA on a video card (5970 black edition), I have gotten a store credit (and hence budget!) with PC Case Gear for $699.00 I currently have a 7970 BEDD, which goes up to around 75-85°C (depending on ambient temperature) when it's used at...

@Falkentyne: Haha yeah I actually told them the truth, my bad.. But to send it in I would have to pay the interstate shipping there, then they'd test it "in their well ventilated case" and if it checks out within spec then they'd charge me a service fee, and charge me the shipping back.. :-\...

You US guys should stop complaining about getting hardware at bad prices... I just got an XFX 7970 BEDD in Australia for $850, plus all shipping and surcharges ended up being like 890something.. so I think around 600 would be a great deal lol.

Hey guys, just an update; So I contacted the store and they said that they had heaps of people returning the cards when they were just poorly ventilated and to make sure that this isn't the case for me or they'll have to charge me a maintenance fee. In order to check, I took the card out and...

Hm I unlocked the voltage in Afterburner, and tried reset just to see what it did; it listed it as 1.049 on the settings, but then when I ran Kombustor it said 1.17 in the kombustor side info panel. Still got up to 95 degrees before I aborted it.. Am definitely going to call them up tomorrow...

Cool, thanks for the help guys! Should I see if they'll swap for a different card and refund me the difference? It was like ~100 more than the reference ones. Or are the BEDD cards actually good when they work?

Hmm true.. From what I've been seeing XFX just seem to generally do a shitty job. Should I call up the place I got it and see if I can get it exchanged? Would much rather just get a reference Asus or Sapphire and then aftermarket onto that..

Sad to say it didn't help at all.. Tested it just playing Witcher 2 for like 10-15 minutes, by the end it got to 95°C at 100% fan and the normal BEDD clocks..

Just did a test; opened the case and put a sizeable fan in front of it, set the card profile to kick up to 100% fan if it gets over 80°C... so this keeps it at 80 during gaming at least, but is ridiculously loud, and the fan has to kick up to the 100% around every 10 seconds or so..

Ah yeah sorry I didn't put any specs up. The whole thing is: Antec 902 Case Antec 850 W signature PSU Asus P6TD Deluxe mobo Intel i7 920 @ 3.4 GHz with a megahalems single fan push 3 x 4 gb, 3 x 2 gb corsair dominators @ 1340, CL8 (from what I remember; I compose music on the PC so I need...

Hey everyone, I just signed up after googling about this and finding the best/most relevant information on this forum. Here's the deal: I bought a XFX BEDD 7970 the other day (got it on Friday afternoon). I had been previously running an Asus 5850 that was OC'd up to 850/1250 at 1.08v from...