Temperature question

[sektor]

I have a ATI x1900xt 512mb vid card.

What type of temperatures are acceptable with this card while idle and while under stress?

I ask because I took off the stock heatsink and put on a thermalright HR-03 with a fan on top, blowing down onto the GPU.

Idle temps are between 41-43, and loads seem to be in the load 70's, to 75.

Are those temperatures good? Could the stress temp be too high?

Thanks.

 

[cantankerous]

those temps are normal for a stock cooler but not an HR-03. I thought that cooler was the ultimate VGA cooler bringing temps down drastically. With the fan ramped up a bit on the stock cooler you should be getting what you listed. 75 is fine but high for the HR-03 I would think. What thermal paste did you use? Did you use too much?

 

[sektor]

I found this review:

http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=592

THat is pretty much the same card that I have and the temps (which appear to be good) are very close to what I have.

I just ran ATITool for 2 hours and 30 minutes, and my temp never got above 74 C.

Just trying to clarify that those temps are legit...from that review, that would seem to be, correct?

Thanks