OCCT 3.1.0 shows HD4870/4890 design flaw - they can't handle the new GPU test !

[BababooeyHTJ]

I think that perhaps you should have done some more reading before calling every one idiots. I have been having this random crash issue for awhile now and believed it to be power related so I bought an add in booster and the heatsinks and the issue still rears it's ugly head every now and then.

I think that my first 4870 1GB card is the culprit because it is getting to hot VRM wise. I did research and not to many people seemed to be complaining that much and the people that were usualy stopped posting after some one told them to put a sink here or there. Probably because it has kept the issue at bay a little more like in my situation to where they were just like ahh f it and left it at that.


I how ever would like no crashes at all because of this over heating issue with the damn VRMs. I have been in the scene for awhile now and do have a decent amount of knowledge when it comes to overclocking and tweaking and building PCs so don't treat me like I don't.

I posted a thread once about vrm temps on my GTX280 which as I've mentioned uses the same vrms and Unwinder replied saying that the upper limits of these vrms are around 150c. Even on this stress test which is just crazy you are pretty far away from that. So, I doubt temps are your problem. Your vrms could be cooler but theyre not dangerously hot. What temps do you see while gaming? You may just have a bad card, it happens but your crash is not related to this "issue".

Frodin- Do you have any links to those threads. They sound like a good read, thanks.