how hot does the radeon 4870 x2 gets?

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i am about to buy a new card. i have to options, the geforce gtx 285 or radeon 4870 x2. my problem now is, the x2 heat problem, how bad is it? can i get a x2 and no problems. or do you guys think i should get the 285?
 
If your case has decent airflow you should not have any problems with the 4870x2.
 
With all the rebates and sales on video cards, get two 4890s and be done, that's if you got a mobo that can do crossfire. They will be faster than a 4870x2.

As for temps, what case? I saw temps drop 10C when i moved my system from my C5 to the HAF at the same fan speed. If you do get an 4870x2, get the XFX for the rebate and newegg has a code for 10% off video cards with a max of $20. That makes it close to $300 AR.

BTW, at 1920x1200 my 4870x2 takes just about all my games and keeps going. Can't wait to get trifire going and my i7 in and I'll be gold.........for a couple months. lol
 
mastrdrver said:
With all the rebates and sales on video cards, get two 4890s and be done, that's if you got a mobo that can do crossfire. They will be faster than a 4870x2.

As for temps, what case? I saw temps drop 10C when i moved my system from my C5 to the HAF at the same fan speed. If you do get an 4870x2, get the XFX for the rebate and newegg has a code for 10% off video cards with a max of $20. That makes it close to $300 AR.

BTW, at 1920x1200 my 4870x2 takes just about all my games and keeps going. Can't wait to get trifire going and my i7 in and I'll be gold.........for a couple months. lol
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Im not too worried about this next generation. It may outperform the current gen but remember the 5000 series from Nvidia (First DX9 cards)? They paled in comparison to the 6000 series. The 2nd generation of DX9 cards completely destroyed the first gen.
 
My 4870x2 often gets up to 80C. But I have had no problem with those temps.
 
I have both cards at the moment (switching cards, will get rid of one soon).

I did find the GTX 285 to be considerably more cooler, only got up to about 65C in games. And the fan still remained pretty quiet even when Furmark pushed the temp up to 80C.

My 4870X2 however gets up to 85C easily with games and the fan is loud as hell. I'm scared to run Furmark on it because the VRMs shot up to 115C very quick. I couldn't imagine using this card for long without a water block, which I fortunately do use for my 4870X2 most of the time now.

While my 4870X2 definitely gets much warmer than the GTX 285, other than Furmark, I don't think the heat is actually a problem. Unfortunately the noise is a problem. I hate the stock fan on the 4870X2, much louder than Nvidia's. The Nvidia fan only has to spin around 1200 to 1500 RPM, while my ATI fan seems to have to spin at more than twice that speed to keep the card under 90C.
 
I've heard that reseating the heatsink with a good TIM brings the temps down into the 60s. Very good results!
 
Dozoy said:
I've heard that reseating the heatsink with a good TIM brings the temps down into the 60s. Very good results!
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Tried that, doesn't help much honestly due to design. 2nd gpu will only get the hot air from block 1 and a little paste wont help.
 
Dozoy said:
I've heard that reseating the heatsink with a good TIM brings the temps down into the 60s. Very good results!
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I had also done this. My water block had a leak, so I had to take it off recently to ship back for repairs. So I had to put m stock heatsink back on. Used Arctic Silver Ceramique.
 
Ravynmagi said:
I had also done this. My water block had a leak, so I had to take it off recently to ship back for repairs. So I had to put m stock heatsink back on. Used Arctic Silver Ceramique.
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Hehe,

Capacitor, adjustable wrench anyone?
 
i run it idle 75-80 degrees, load 95 to low 100's in a low noise/airflow case. no stbility problems
 
I had two 4870 X2s in Crossfire for a while.

I cranked the fans to 45% cycle at idle and 60% cycle for games and the temperatures were actually fine...............<40C idle and about 70C at load.......of course noise was an issue.

I have GTX 285s in SLi now and run 55% idle and 75% at load with temperatures rarely exceeding 70C..............a bit noisy but less than the X2s.

Regardless all the heat is dumped out the back of the case anyway.:D
 
My 4870X2 in a Tri-Crossfire ''trio'' idle around 53-54 celsius on air, and on a very high load, never gets over 65-68 celsius. Fan idle is at 26% and never gets over 35-37% on a very high load (RivaTuner controled). And this with a 4870X2 + a 4870 1GB INSIDE my case.

With a good case and air-flow, and using RivaTuner, there is no problem with the 4870X2.

People with 4870x2 reaching 80 celsius an over just don't have a good case and/or really bad airflow.
 
I got the new Arctic cooling tri fan cooler for it and it keep my card in the 60 and 70s when I am gaming. Or when I am benchmarking I can set fan to 100% and run clocks 860-940 or higher and have temps in the 80s, which is very cool for such high clock speeds.
 
Yea I've heard the Asus trifan is good, but really hard to find now. The Accelero is really the only option for those wanting air and some alternative to the stock cooler.

I forgot to add my temps in my prior post. I'm sitting idle at 59/48 at ~1400rpms using RivaTuner to control it. Spends most of the time at ~3500 gaming with temps in the low to mid 80s for gaming. The fan is loud, but doesn't bother me while gaming as my speakers are louder. I could probably run it lower, but I have RT setup to keep temps below 90C and 95C max.

LEVESQUE said:
My 4870X2 in a Tri-Crossfire ''trio'' idle around 53-54 celsius on air, and on a very high load, never gets over 65-68 celsius. Fan idle is at 26% and never gets over 35-37% on a very high load (RivaTuner controled). And this with a 4870X2 + a 4870 1GB INSIDE my case.

With a good case and air-flow, and using RivaTuner, there is no problem with the 4870X2.

People with 4870x2 reaching 80 celsius an over just don't have a good case and/or really bad airflow.
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Are both those HIS cards and does the 4870 exhaust outside? Does either one effect your i7 temps at all to any noticeable degree?
 
mastrdrver said:
Are both those HIS cards and does the 4870 exhaust outside? Does either one effect your i7 temps at all to any noticeable degree?
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No. I have a HIS 4870x2 and a XFX 4870 1GB, and both are exhausting the heat outside. It doesn't affect my i7 temps at all in my case (HAF 932).
 
I have the HIS 4870x2 and my internal temps are a bit high. Now the outside of the case , holy crap.
Cant even touch the vent on the outside of the card most of the time.
 
Dozoy said:
Im not too worried about this next generation. It may outperform the current gen but remember the 5000 series from Nvidia (First DX9 cards)? They paled in comparison to the 6000 series. The 2nd generation of DX9 cards completely destroyed the first gen.
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Your observations are correct, but correlation does not equal causation.
The gpu's association with a certain version of DX doesn't determine its refinement; generally, a jump in architecture will trump incremental improvements in process, card structure, etc.

I.E. the jump from 3870>4870 was huge, with an architecture switch, while 4870>4890 was smaller, with a process switch, if I remember correctly.
 
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