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bencho

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So is the 4850 supposed to chill at 85C idle? I had to use riva tuner at 65% just to keep it at 90 while playing L4D.... anyway to get it cooler? aftermarket cooler?
 
It should never idle at 85C. Check the seating of the heat sink on the GPU. Even at full load, most stock 4850 coolers will keep it under 85C...
 
nope not even close.......idling @ 85C is too high....

GFXChilla is a GPU cooler that will have you idling in the 30C range.....full load won't even creep past 50C...this is on a 4850.
 
well yes. but at what fan%? i'm keeping mine at 40% and it idles at 70~ give or take.
when gaming i gotta bump it to 65 to keep it around 90.
ill look into gfxchilla

--it says you can't attach the fan o nthe gfxchilla to the card's fan pins. how would i control it through riva tuner?
-and where to buy it? no where on google shopping?
 
I had my 4850 also idling around 80-90C, now it idles at 45C at 60% fan speed after manually editing my ATI Catalyst profile. At 60% my card gets to 'only' 61C at load. Your new load temps still sound higher than they should be.
 
bencho said:
well yes. but at what fan%? i'm keeping mine at 40% and it idles at 70~ give or take.
when gaming i gotta bump it to 65 to keep it around 90.
ill look into gfxchilla

--it says you can't attach the fan o nthe gfxchilla to the card's fan pins. how would i control it through riva tuner?
-and where to buy it? no where on google shopping?
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You have no need to control the fans. It run cool and quiet no matter what the load is on the GPU. Only way you could control it is with a fanbus controller.

Quietpcusa.com has some...
 
Hell, you guys think thats hot? I recently got a second card for Crossfire andfired up Clear Skys, played for awhile before I looked to my temps...I WAS AT 120C!! Next thing I know my system shut itself down to keep from melting!

When I had jusy one card, I idled 61-65c, max temp 106c in L4D. Both cards, idles of 75c and crashworthy high temps without massive cooling. Now I have two LOOUUDDD 120mm fans on my cards (one in, one out) and it keeps the temps under control.

These are VisionTek cards with the stock cooler.
 
CHAoS_NiNJA said:
Hell, you guys think thats hot? I recently got a second card for Crossfire andfired up Clear Skys, played for awhile before I looked to my temps...I WAS AT 120C!! Next thing I know my system shut itself down to keep from melting!

When I had jusy one card, I idled 61-65c, max temp 106c in L4D. Both cards, idles of 75c and crashworthy high temps without massive cooling. Now I have two LOOUUDDD 120mm fans on my cards (one in, one out) and it keeps the temps under control.

These are VisionTek cards with the stock cooler.
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yeoow...... I have the VisionTek 4850 512MB as well....I put on the GFXChilla before I even put the card in, and I swear, you won't even know the fans are running. Keeps it nice and cool....well worth the money if you want silence and cool temps....

edit: http://legitreviews.com/article/740/1/
 
Yeah, I slapped on a Thermalright HR-03 Rev. A that I found on clearance for really cheap and haven't had to worry about temps or noise ever since. Other cheap alternatives include the already mentioned GFXChilla and also the Accelero S1 Rev. 2 that offer great bang for the buck. :)
 
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