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Can someone with a HD 4870 help me out?

Last post 11-18-2008, 9:30 AM by darb21. 2 replies.
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  •  11-17-2008, 1:48 PM 424930

    Can someone with a HD 4870 help me out?

    I'm trying to find out how hot the memory on these cards "normally" runs....  I added an aftermarket cooler for mine, but didn't get a before temp on the memory....

     You can use GPU-Z to get the memory temp:

     http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1207/TechPowerUp_GPU-Z_v0.2.8.html

     Would appreciate any help.

     Thanks,
    Brad

  •  11-17-2008, 4:21 PM 425046 in reply to 424930

    Re: Can someone with a HD 4870 help me out?

    I get about 67-71 normal use, and when I play a game, 74-81 degress celsius.  


    i c
  •  11-18-2008, 9:30 AM 425430 in reply to 425046

    Re: Can someone with a HD 4870 help me out?

    Wow... that high?  Ok.  Thank you very much wuzzuh.  I bought the Powercolor 1GB version with the non-reference cooler on it (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131120 ) but it was too loud for my tastes, so I did some surgery and added a ThermalRight cooler.  The issue I had was that the heat-pipes on the cooler were touching the copper heatsink on the memory and I was afraid that was going to heat it up too much. 

     As is though, the card runs cool and near silent. 

    Idle:  GPU 46, Mem 55

    Game: GPU: 52-55 , Mem 64-66

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