Well, whatever you think is a bearable fan speed in terms of noise. 100% is not bearable as it sounds like a jet. However, it would be useful to see it at 100% as well just to get a better idea.
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I tried 830/4200 with 40% but furmark crashes after 20seconds or less :clap: i show 150º on VRM :ROTF: and a red led appeared on the card, i rebooted but it didnt turn off :confused:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...D/Dsc09443.jpg
Ill try again with stock speed & 40%... :yepp:
idle temps @ 250/1000 @ 20%:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2.../Dibujo-70.jpg
EDIT: with stock speeds @ 40% i show 140º easily :p: furmark crashes after 1 minute and the red led appeared again (it only turn off when i power off the PC )
I dont take a screenshot but i recorded a video:
http://files.filefront.com/MOV09449M.../fileinfo.html
thanks for the help. no need to test further if you don't want. your VRM's get as hot as ours do.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...an85/temps.jpg
GPU was idle here, and clocks were 795/1100. I will do a run with furmark 100% load and upload my screenshot here. I was monitoring remotely via RDP from work, so I couldn't run any 3D tests at the time, as a limitation to RDP.
GPU is under an EK 4870 full cover block.
830/4200, 35% playing Crysis:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...bum2/th_cr.jpg
Damn VRM's wish I had some milling equipment i would just design a cooler for the back half of the card. It wouldnt be that hard. suprised some manufacturer hasnt jumped on the band wagon yet lots of people( I know I would) would buy a cooler for the back side of the card if it worked and was available.
So, 4870 is having problems with overheating?
Well IMO something is definetly wrong with a card that can only run furmark for 20s or less.
I've only just installed 4870, installed windows and noticed how loud the fan is... annoying, really, esp. when compared to my venerable 8800gts, and also considering that I have an overall quiet case... Hmm, well, I'll give it a whirl and if I don't like it, Fry's will take it back :D
This problem is pretty random. Its not "every card" that is having a VRM overheating issue. my visionteks can run furmark all day long sure they break 100c but they are not crashing, and all other 3d stress test programs that use 100% GPU usage arent causing the vrm's to cap out either. so we dont have a valid reason why furmark is causing this.
So I gather the backside of the card gets hot but what can you whack a heatsink on? I guess we could just run a fan over it.
I didnt know an OC thread existed. Here is mine, game stable, Furmark stable..
Here is 900 core, no vmods, just flashed with Asus TOP bios.
http://3dxtreme.net/other/ASUS%20HD4870/900core.jpg
wow, very nice :Dc dnottis
the best ive seen so far. which card vendor was that :slobber:
furmark stable too......
Asus.