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Recent content by Littlestan

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    XFX 7970 VRM Temp FIX!

    Right on, happy to have helped in some way! :) I've got the 7970's all buttoned up and posted for sale on CL so I can't show you any more disassembled pics, but I took some additional assembled pics to hopefully clarify things for you. Looking directly from the top, you can see the edge...
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    XFX 7970 VRM Temp FIX!

    This is the second time it's been mentioned that somehow cutting off the tail end of the core heatsink affects the temps in a negative fashion in regards to this particular brand and model of card... it doesn't. I've shown it to not happen. Before I cut it off, I physically touched the...
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    XFX 7970 VRM Temp FIX!

    UPDATE #2: Ok, finally got the Fujipoly 11w/mk thermal pads in and all I have to say is WOW. :D Running the 7970 at stock settings (1000/1425) and fan speed at 50%, I ran Furmark until temps leveled out. Furmark settings were 1080p and 8xMSAA: https://imageshack.com/i/f0hb2LLgp VRM...
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    XFX 7970 VRM Temp FIX!

    UPDATE: Regarding the 7990, the cooler MSI has on it is finned all the way through so air can easily reach the backplate attached to the VRM's. My only hope in reducing VRM temp any further is by replacing the stock thermal pads with Fujipoly 11W/mk pads. Ordered up a 1/4 sheet each of...
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    XFX 7970 VRM Temp FIX!

    Honestly, this was sort of a shot in the dark for me too, so it could very well have made core temps go up... happy to say it didn't though lol As for the potential for just prying or straightening the fins out where it flattens at the bottom, I'm taking apart my 7990 tonight and seeing...
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    XFX 7970 VRM Temp FIX!

    Thanks for kudos guys. If anyone has done it yet, feel free to post up your experience! I've got a 7990 that I'll be taking apart tonight and doing this too as well, will post pics and results when it's done! :)
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    XFX 7970 VRM Temp FIX!

    Here's the thing... I had previously removed the heatsink and repasted and replaced the VRM pads with higher performance one's. Little to no difference. Now that I have cut the heatsink not only are the VRM's supplied with a constant supply of direct fan air, the core itself is lower by a few...
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    7970 Artifacting

    I have no idea how hot your VRM's are, but if they were anything like mine (and I was experiencing artifacting as well like you) then you're probably going to want to do something like what I did and chop off the bit of heatsink covering the VRM area. XFX made the aluminum heatsink finned...
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    XFX 7970 VRM Temp FIX!

    Only way to know for sure is to check it out for yourself... if it's a vapor cooled heatsink then it would be harder to remove the fins as there's tubes attached along the length of it. It would more than likely be possible still, just harder to make space for air to travel through without it...
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    XFX 7970 VRM Temp FIX!

    Hey all, Registered just so I could share my fix with everyone else still running most versions of the infamous XFX 7970's (DD, BE, etc.) Common issues are artifacts, throttling and glitching, mostly caused by high VRM temps. After using them for a year and trying to ignore the...
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