i think sapphire n gigabyte have lowest temp...
my gigabyte gc temp max at 63 celcius when playing game...

wow <70c is nice..
heard gigabyte also can change voltage right..

my EAH 5870 V2....got screen flickering issues when switch on the pc (when cold) on windows desktop screen...after sometime okey.....using 10.7 driver....weird after restart pc okey....never got this kind of issue using cheapo GPU before....is it normal or something wrong with the card?

This post has been edited by swenv6: Aug 5 2010, 06:11 PM

hm from your sig, i think your gigabyte card is the same as mine.
This right?


I didnt overclock this card (leaving it factory overclocked @ 765/1000) and at room temperature, idling sits at 46c mostly. Gaming, it hits 71c max.
how did you bring it down to 63c while gaming ? lol

Casing I use is Lancool K58. 2 front intakes, 1rear exhaust, 1top exhaust.

Unless...you are using aftermarket graphic card cooler, then nvm

This post has been edited by Nosferatu: Aug 5 2010, 10:01 PM

but why mine can hit 82c when full load Q_Q

8XC as maximal temperature for Radeon HD5800(Stock ATI HSF and it's on CCC AUTO FAN SPEED) is common and standard.

Now, I think ASUS Non-Reference PCB had very low quality because most users reported it to be problematic.
Sapphire Non-Reference PCB also problematic too but not as much as ASUS.
Gigabyte, PowerColor and MSI are less problematic currently.

i used to be playing with 5850, max gaming or with furmark test, the temp will go max on 73c @30% fan speed, increase the fan speed and the temp will go down up to 50c @100% fan speed

more than 80c then there is something wrong with your case maybe?

u need to experiment a bit with your card, true temp test is with furmark, while gaming itself do not proof 100% rite since there are some games dont push your card to 100%

p/s: sorry for too many '%' used

yup,my card is gigabyte hd5850 OC same with the picture taken...
i think maybe it's because of my casing lor..good airflow in my casing...
BTW that is at room temperature n no aircond...
FYI,i use 2 front intakes, 4 side panel intakes, 1 rear exhaust, 2 top exhaust...

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Added on August 5, 2010, 11:43 pmnope,my card don't have voltage tweak i think...

This post has been edited by tuonn: Aug 5 2010, 11:43 PM

Asus and MSI non-reference boards are good not only because they do have support from their good software. But its hardware also.

So i just want to share to everyone about what i read recently, non reference boards (except ASUS and MSI) are using a cheap voltage regulator, hence you cant do much with the voltage (cant do voltage tweaking).

And another thing i want to share for now about the Catalyst 10.7

Now i can reach 875 core with stock voltage, previously with Cat 10.6 i cant even reach 870 (crash when running 3dmark Vantage). So its an improvement there even tho i know it is a small amount.

I attached the screen shot.



This post has been edited by moshpit21: Aug 6 2010, 12:15 AM

@speedhunter
I didnt manual set my graphic card fan speed. Just let it auto rev up/down depending on the card's temperature. Cant have it on high spin all the time. Sounds like a mini vacuum cleaner inside lol.

@tuonn
lol ok I think I get it. You got soo many intakes haha..i mean shieet 4 side intakes lol

I forgot to upload the screen shot when its running stock clock on idle.

here it is:

wow lol thats pretty cool. Are you using aftermarket coolers ?

If the question was for me, no i dont use aftermarket coolers.

It looks exactly like this:

http://www.vgadownload.com/wp-content/uplo...eon-HD-5850.jpg

according to catalyst, my idle sits at 45c @ 46% fan speed lol (765/1000 default factory oc)
Room temperature not sure, but its summer now and night time outside now is 30c. No air con lol

lol your cards got good cooling!



This post has been edited by Nosferatu: Aug 6 2010, 12:58 AM

that mean ur idle clock is 765/1000 rite???
if that so,that why ur idle temp is high bro....

yeah that explained it, and makes me thinking IMO if this factory OC'ed card will not be automatically underclock on idle it is a disadvantage. Is every factory OC'ed card like that?

nope,this problem happen with gigabyte hd5850 OC only i think...
u need to flash the bios to able a 157/300 clock when idle...

Mine is 46C at idle cloak (157MHz/300Mhz)

max temperature is 70C when playing medal of honor beta and snier ghost worrior..

other game such as TF2 max 50C..

depend on game actually..

high demanding game range 70C

Low demanding game range 50C

that's high

ATi cards always flickers when startup, even the first time i used 4870 last year it flickers upon startup...having said, I think all the ATI cards I used within 3 years ago does flickers upon startup...
I think it's how CCC is commenced in the processing...

Probably the airflow of the casing, because mine idles around 40c~42c @157/300 either day time of night time (and early wee morning), the room got no aircond., and it's freakin' hot in the daytime..
Using ref. cooled PowerColor 5850. (replaced the thermal pasted with Tuniq TX-3)

BTW, I'm using Lancool PC-K62 with 2 14cm fans in the front (intake), 2 14cm fans for top exhaust and2 12cm fans for rear exhaust.
Only drawback with much airflow in the casing is that you have to vacuum cleaned the casing once a month, too much dust...

Anyways, idle temps below 50c (@157/300) should be standard, above that is considered a bit warm..