Help~ Card getting to hoT!!! 70C and going!

Okay my HD4890 is going up in Temp. How do i change my fan speed. I have CCC and realtemp, cpu-z, gpu-z and hardware moniter. SOmeones needs to help me quickly before it overheats,

I figured it out >.RedxSniper

you could run crysis in a window and run CCC at the same time to look at the temps. there is a check box in crysis to run in window. 55C is pretty good for temp but you should only have to run the GPU fan at 45% to get 55c. I don't know why your CCC says 99% activity, are you running anything or testing the clocks?

hey redxsniper, if you are having problems register your card at the XFX site and submit a question ticket, you should register it anyway. Your serial number to do this is on the door hanger. Also you could go to the ATI site where you got the CCC and they have forum sites that are very good.

I think that the 4890 clocks down when it's not needed to reduce it's power usage.

My 4870X2 is also HOT. 64 (celsius) at idle, 80+ under load. It's nothing special for top-end cards.

70C isn't that bad... I remember when the 8800 GT launched, many people were having temp issues, most would hit 100C.

My 4870X2 is also HOT. 64 (celsius) at idle, 80+ under load. It's nothing special for top-end cards.

da_monstr

because it underclocks to save energy, so it's 1/5 as powerful when you don't need it. Dont worry, it's normal, it's just trying to save you money :P

[QUOTE="da_monstr"]

My 4870X2 is also HOT. 64 (celsius) at idle, 80+ under load. It's nothing special for top-end cards.

NSR34GTR

Well, you have some special card cooler (or is it processor cooler?). But when the fan hits 100%, it gets really loud.da_monstr

The HD48xx series is built to run at 2 speeds: Surface of the sun or Turbine. Raise the fan speed at the expense of noise and extra heat dispersed into your domicile. Did they ever fix powerplay with the hd4870 btw? When I had one it only downclocked the memory clock. 4850 powerplay worked as advertised, though.