Odd Smell, and temperature question

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TIWizard

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Just installed the Everest trial in order to take the temp of my ATI 3650...

It averages the following:

Regular usage (browsing internet, coding, etc): 48 C

F@H GPU Client with viewer open: 71 C

I also smell something when running at full load (F@H and Crysis), but to me, it just smells dusty. Does not smell like smoke from a fire.

Anything to be worried about? I just put the video card in 2 hours ago, so it would make sense that dust could be the smell...

Also, are there any free program to read the temperature sensor on the ATI 3650? I know about ATITool, but are there others? I couldn't find the temp. on Speedfan.
 
if the cards new.. your probably just smelling the chemical coating they put on the hardware to protect the card after manufacturing.. it'll go away after awhile..

the ati drivers in the CCC in the overdrive tab also show temps.. speedfan does as well and gpu-z will also under the sensor tabs..

on speedfan it will show up as Core at the bottom of the list of temp readings
 
GPU-Z has a sensors tab that you can see the different temperatures of the card on.

I'm not a good judge of GPU temps apparently, though, so I won't attempt to tell you if that seems out of whack or not. Most peoples regular temps seem high to me (my Radeon 3870x2 never went above 46C under full load for hours on end, and idled at 33C, which apparently average for the card was in the upper 50C/lower 60C range under load?)

Still, seems a tad high to me. Perhaps your case isn't well-ventilated?
 
Well, I can tell you that my case is NOT ventilated well at all... The video card fan points to the bottom of the case, which is on the floor... There is a vent on the bottom, but my computer is on the carpet, so the gap between the floor and the case is filled with the carpet :p

I am currently looking for something to raise the case off the floor, but until then it seems stable. No problems yet.

As for the smell, I don't know if the card has ever been used... It was a spare at the company my dad works at, but it didn't come in a new box...

Thanks :)

And on startup, the temp averages 40 C, not 50.
 
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