Well, thats its also true, my 280 is at 40.5c atm and like 70c while playing, thats the 4870 idle temperature O_o.loco145
47C is hot for you ? That's an HD4850, which runs hotter than the HD4870.
And are you sure the GTX 280 has no overheating issues ? Look at this poll on nvnews...
The 8 bronze screws are for your motherboard. There are 8 holes likes these 2 on your mobo:
|| Small screw
=========== Mobo
|| Bronze screw
=========== Case
I Have a quick new question: If i'm not overclocking, do i need an aftermarket fan? or will it run at good temps with the stock one supplied?
and also my 4850 gpu, should i be altering the fan speed on it to keep temps down, even though i'm not overclocking it?
Legitplaya
No you don't need an aftermarket cooler, the stock cooler does a good job. And yes you should use the fan fix on my sig because the default fan speed is too low at 23%. My HD4850 fan is currently set at 35% speed, and it's idling at 47C. Up to 45% speed I don't hear it over my case fans.
You can create as many profiles as you need and activate one according to the situation. For example, I created 6 profiles: idle35, idle40, idle45, game50, game55 and game60. You can include 3D settings in a profile too, like AA, AF, Catalyst AI, etc. CCC loads the last profile that was used before the pc was shut down. You can activate a profile quickly by right-clicking on the ATI icon in the bottom right corner of your desktop:
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