His 4850 512mb running very hot!

[ginge51]

Hi all

Last night whilst playing company of heroes online with this His 4850 gfx card.
I minimised coh and checked the temps in the ati ccc.
It was running at 102c :O
So, i took it apart and removed a shed load of dust.
Now, i run the fan at 70% and man this fan is way too loud, i ran it at 70% and it is idling at 56-62c.
That seems hot to me seeing how the fans are at 70%, I'm sure before i removed the fans it used to idle anywhere between 45-52c.
Is this to hot?
Because no doubt now, under strain the heat will go near 100c every time?
What's the maximum and recommended temps to run these cards at?

Thanks

[Graham M]

Most 4850s that I've seen (and similarly modelled cards) run (under load) around 100 degrees, I don't think it's anything to worry about, you could try removing the fan and cleaning off the contact pad and replacing it with some thermal paste but I don't think there's a lot of point?

open the ATI control centre and then open overdrive. Enable it. The tick fan control and turn it to 30%

you say the fans are on 70% if so yes its to hot well to hot

You say you took it apart? all the way down to the gpu? I take it you cleaned up the old compound and added new stuff?

---------- Post added at 16:39 ---------- Previous post was at 16:38 ----------

Originally Posted by Graham M

Most 4850s that I've seen (and similarly modelled cards) run (under load) around 100 degrees, I don't think it's anything to worry about, you could try removing the fan and cleaning off the contact pad and replacing it with some thermal paste but I don't think there's a lot of point?

My 4870 runs @ around 75 under load

[ginge51]

I think these 4850's are known to run hotter then the 4870's zing?

I dunno not used one the only reason for that would be lesser cooling dunno if they are cooled different. You did replace the Thermal compound?

[kingbuxton]

4850 shouldn't go over about 80 at normal room temp in a case with decent airflow. Once cards start hitting 100+ something is wrong.