Quote Originally Posted by XS2K View Post
The VRM's are extremely fuc*ed up since 4'th series and unfortunately the trend continues,the VRM's on my 4890 @ 1030/1150 with 1.4125 volts reach 114 degrees with no problem and after that temp the card just locks up,I tried to cool them with a fan placed above them but with no succes,smth like the Thermalright Vrm cooler solutions would solve the problem but it's kinda expensive...
I haven't had a Nvidia card for some time now,is the same problem present on the GT2XX series?
VRM temps have been an issue when pushing cards of both ati and nvidia. It's often a limiting factor overclocking them. I think EK water blocks was designing a water block for the 5970 that actually put water channels over the vrms... it's about time aftermarket cooling companies addressed this problem.

If I up the volts on my 280 GTX and go for high clocks, my vrms will get close to or over 100deg, depending what I am using to stress it.