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  • Cruise_missile

    #1

    7950GX2 Owners....

    What temp does your GX2 idle at?
    Mine idles between 117 (F) and 128(F), is this normal?
  • andy

    #2
    Re: 7950GX2 Owners....

    from an hour or so just messing round (played bf2 for most of the time..)

    Main GPU Temp
    • GPU °C Min - 64 Max - 82 Avg - 70
    Individual Core Temps
    • GPU1 °C Min - 58 Max - 79 Avg - 65.0
    • GPU2 °C Min - 70 Max - 85 Avg - 74.9

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    • Cruise_missile

      #3
      Re: 7950GX2 Owners....

      70 degree Celsius = 158 degree Fahrenheit
      R U kidding me?

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      • lonegunm4n

        #4
        Re: 7950GX2 Owners....

        yea, thats a little hot, but you really don't have to start worrying about it until it gets in the ~85 deg c range.

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        • imported_jsr

          #5
          Re: 7950GX2 Owners....



          I have a big *** fan blowing on both (quad SLI) 7950's though.

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          • FingolfinKing

            #6
            Re: 7950GX2 Owners....

            Quad SLi? Why wouldn't you just wait for DX10???

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            • Death Merchant
              Member
              • Feb 2006
              • 1090

              #7
              Re: 7950GX2 Owners....

              quad sli should be even faster than 8800gtx

              without dx10 tho

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              • kulamonster3

                #8
                Re: 7950GX2 Owners....

                You are definitely running on the hot side, which is not good for the card!!!!!

                1) check PSU amperage across your 12V rail (make sure its got enough)
                because you might not have enough juice from your PSU so your running hot
                would not run that card with anything less than a 600W PSU

                3) Insufficient cooling in your case, the bigger the graphics card the more juice and the more heat it cranks into your case. Make sure your case can breath (not tucked into some small space). Get rid of all the dust bunnies, and check fan speeds. You might need some fans directly over or on your graphics card, or if you have the money go with liquid cooling and GPU cooling blocks!!!!

                Good Luck, but get that temp down before you fry your card.

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                • ikillnothing

                  #9
                  Re: 7950GX2 Owners....

                  sorry for hijacking this thread but when your pc boots and it shows the graphics card memory how much does it show you as having for some reason mines only showing 512mb ram dunno if there it should post 1gb also my card at full load hits 48-50 degrees c

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                  • ikillnothing

                    #10
                    Re: 7950GX2 Owners....

                    bump tell meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :cry:

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                    • imported_HIV

                      #11
                      Re: 7950GX2 Owners....

                      Are u sure u have the 7950gx2 maybe u have the 7950gt, and did u update it to the latest drivers? Or perhaps one card is running only.

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                      • Eternal-Souljah

                        #12
                        Re: 7950GX2 Owners....

                        Originally posted by ikillnothing
                        sorry for hijacking this thread but when your pc boots and it shows the graphics card memory how much does it show you as having for some reason mines only showing 512mb ram dunno if there it should post 1gb also my card at full load hits 48-50 degrees c
                        Well the card is two 512MB cards basically put together, so it might not show as that. However maybe one of them is not functioning? not sure since it is technically a new look.

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                        • lonegunm4n

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                          Re: 7950GX2 Owners....

                          Originally posted by kulamonster3
                          You are definitely running on the hot side, which is not good for the card!!!!!
                          those temps are a little hot, but nothing to worry too much about. At those temps, he doesn't really have to worry about frying his card. GPUs can take a lot more heat than CPUs.

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                          • ikillnothing

                            #14
                            Re: 7950GX2 Owners....

                            Originally posted by HIV
                            Are u sure u have the 7950gx2 maybe u have the 7950gt, and did u update it to the latest drivers? Or perhaps one card is running only.
                            its the GX2 when it boots it counts the GDDR ram and says 512mb if one GPU was dead the whole card wouldnt work :hmm: but i really dont no it says in the control panel that both GPU's are enabled but its been a bugger :cry:

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                            • Papi4baby
                              Member
                              • Aug 2005
                              • 1189

                              #15
                              Re: 7950GX2 Owners....

                              Originally posted by kulamonster3
                              You are definitely running on the hot side, which is not good for the card!!!!!

                              1) check PSU amperage across your 12V rail (make sure its got enough)
                              because you might not have enough juice from your PSU so your running hot
                              would not run that card with anything less than a 600W PSU

                              3) Insufficient cooling in your case, the bigger the graphics card the more juice and the more heat it cranks into your case. Make sure your case can breath (not tucked into some small space). Get rid of all the dust bunnies, and check fan speeds. You might need some fans directly over or on your graphics card, or if you have the money go with liquid cooling and GPU cooling blocks!!!!

                              Good Luck, but get that temp down before you fry your card.
                              sorry for being of topic, but i love the sig.

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