Quote Originally Posted by Stukov View Post
I had 2 4870's X2 die and I made a thread on Guru3D that alot of people have the same issue. Even though they can run hot it isn't desirable and lead to early death of alot of cards. I always kept my fan speed cranked up and it keep it 65-75C on the GPU. The problem is that the VRM's had insufficient (or no) cooling. This causes them to go bad. I had both my original and RMA replacement have the VRMs go bad and there are dozens of people on Guru3D that had the same issue.
How long did they run before they died?