Graphics Card Temps

[aka.Goliath]

I have an Asus AMD HD 6870, which is factory overclocked, and with the drivers came a program called asus smartdoctor using this I have noticed that when playing games (crysis 2 ect.) the running temperature can peak at 80 degrees and average at 70-75 degrees. My CPU is normally at 60-65 degrees when in use (using coretemp). My case is an Antec 300 which is a bit full but air flow seems good. What I want to know is if these temps are a normal running temps or should I be taking some steps to try cool it down? Perhaps a fan at the front? Also how much of a difference does a cooler gpu make to performance?

 

[killadoob]

You need to make the fan spin faster, these generic 6970's don't cool well unless the fan is at 55-70%

Going to sound horrible but if you want to keep it cool you will need to do it.

 

[Pada]

Those temperatures are normal, unless you've configured your fan profiles to go above 50% during games.

I found that my Asus HD6970 DirectCU II also ran quite hot, simply because due to the default fan profile, its fans only ran at like 20%, even though the temperatures went to like 70'C.
After I've adjusted my fan profile to be like 40% at 40-50'C, the temperatures of that card never went over 60'C.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

sounds normal.

as he suggest , increase the fan speed to about 60% or so.

your gpu will perform 100% even at 80c, its still in hes operating temps .

 

[aka.Goliath]

Awesome thanx guys. I will try that.