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ATI X850XT Overheating

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Burner27

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The ambient temp of the room my PC (check specs in Sig) was 80F last night. I have 2 x 120mm fans in my case (one exhaust one intake) and I was running 3D mark 2005 last night. I got booted out of the test midway through and the ATI Catalyst control center popped up saying that my card was above safe temps and will throttle back. I checked the temp of the card and it said it was 80c!!!!!!!!

Now I don't know if that is a safe operating temp--i would assume not since the CCC sensed the temp was high.


The card idles between 50-55c -- is that normal?
Do you think any damage was done since it hit 80c?
Would I benefit by getting an aftermarket VGA cooler like the Arctic Cooler 5 rev2 for ATI?

Granted, that having the machine in a room that is 80F is not helpful, but I do not have a choice -- it's the only room in the house I can use for my PC.

Any thoughts or comments are very much appreciated.

Thank you.
 
It's an issue most people (including I) have experienced with the 5.6 catalyst and that particular card. I reverted back to the omega 5.4's and everythign is once again peachy. I can only suggets also switching back to an older driver set and seeing if this helps it. On a sidenote I hope that the 5.7's fix this and come out soon :(
 
tornadotsunamilife said:
It's an issue most people (including I) have experienced with the 5.6 catalyst and that particular card. I reverted back to the omega 5.4's and everythign is once again peachy. I can only suggets also switching back to an older driver set and seeing if this helps it. On a sidenote I hope that the 5.7's fix this and come out soon :(
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What about using the Catalyst 5.4s or the 5.5s? Is this a problem with either of these?
 
Todays cards can handle that kinda heat. No worries. My x800xtpe used to hit 85°C (with a dirty fan) on the stock cooler all the time. With my new Zalman cooler the hottest I've seen is 65°C while I was overclocking under max load.
 
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