Then u can get the Nvidia GTX480 to compare the temperature

That card can easily heat up water to mix a good cup of coffee

are you experiencing heat issues with ur ATi GC? What r u using now?

this guy is probably still using 2000/3000 or never have an update about latest green n red camps' card. for your information bro, ATI cards are now cooler than nvidias'

Yea. True. There should be a price-drop after the lauching of HD6000-Series. 

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Added on September 30, 2010, 7:12 pm

You're living inside the cave, I can predict it.

Either way, you must be Nvidia Fanboy which want to troll here and piss people off only.

He already stated he has problems with his HD 3870. No need to predict.

Maxieos, maybe you should consider replacing your HD 3870. Particularly when the HD 6000 arrives. The HD 5670 already outperforms it.

1) lag of knowledge of the product u're using.

2) does not utilized the CCC features nor features on 3rd party s/w.

3) lag of maintenance (cleaning & reapplying thermal paste)

4) lag of total understanding. (GPU has 120c threshold, 3870 is design to run @ ~90c on load with auto fan.)

1) not powering up

2) restart during load

3) OC even a little will result in crash

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Added on September 30, 2010, 9:11 pm
ur temperature is normal.
dat is wat u expect from OC version, wit slight voltage bump.
wit m'sia weather, dat temperature is perfectly fine.
probably long time dint clean fan or change thermal paste.
or maybe casing ventilation not good.

use ATI tray tools instead of rivatuner.
u can change clock speed & adjust voltage too.

That's why you can't speak something like "ATi was always lame and hot!" or "ATi is problematic always!".
It's problematic for you "only". But, not for everyone and I would say MAJORITY.

By the way, there's no fix for your GPU. It's designed to run that hot and it won't spoil with that heat.

What kind of problem? your card heating up is a normal thing, the HD3870 is designed to run at that temperature u can look at other forums like this -->http://www.hardwareheaven.com/amd-graphics...at-problem.html

The newer cards are much cooler and smaller cause of the smaller more advanced architecture that generates less heat. U might wanna compare the newer cards with the 3870 ur having, be it ATi or Nvidia the heat is always there...if all else fails, then you should go for watercooling

Because MAJORITY do not encounter that but you're. So, you can't say that.
It offended those who have good impression on ATi.

The Many kind of bios u can found from here: TechPowerUp

And the Guide for you:Yup, TechPowerUp again.

And... Your current 3870 bios is O.C Edition. The lowers you can go is 810Mhz only. while other can lower to 300Mhz. Try look any bios. Make sure GDDR4?

Sorry my friend, my knowledge no enough. This is the best i can help u now. currently

If you flash your bios and get bricked, i don't think there's any way to recover it back.

for my own information, a card that is overclocked are designed to withstand that heat. OC version graphic card are tends to be more hotter since they produce high performance, and here's the trade off, you trade heat for performance. There doesn't have a OC card that is grants you more performance as well as less heat.

In my opinion, get over it, flashing bios is just flashing it back to default normal graphic card, and that means you will lost the performance gain.

So please do get all the information before you flashing bios, because flashing bios might be able to fix your problem but it's also will leads you to other problems.

Edited : Spelling Error

His problem is not with the word 'why', so he cannot accept your apology with using the word 'why'.

His problem is with you complaining that "ATI WAS ALWAYS SO HOT" and similar stuff. That is a false statement for current generation of ATI cards. You should apologise for this slander.

Ati Tray Tools... Thats new for me (Due to I don't have any problem with Ati before). 

Relax, be gentlemen, there is no need to shout around while our friend making mistake/need simple help. Patience, explain, prove it. He solve his problem, you gain fame/knowledge. Both happy.

Don't make you look bad.

Btw Maxieos, you can try Ati Tray Tools suggest by Mr tech3910

let it install by default....

u can safely slide the GPU clock bck to, say 300MHz & 500MHz for memory.
for voltage, u can put lowest, i think shud b fine.

in comparison, my 4870 is running @ 100/200 @ 1.1vcore.

fan speed, adjust if u like.....

why don't buy 5series.. much cooler and low power consumption..
3870 is old edy.. IINM i'm using it 3-4years back..

leyley,
what's the graph for?
i'm asking Maxieos is he need gpu for gaming or just HT setup..

that's the best for low power/heat 4series.. which have s-video out..
but if the budget permit.. just grab 4870 and downclock as i did..
gaming also still strong.. and i can put aside 5series gpu till now..

here it is..

Maxieos, your card is like this? [attachmentid=1811320]

Naybe need open it do cleaning if you no yet do. =)

HERE WE GO: GeCube ATI Radeon 3870 X-Turbo III:

http://www.hardwarezone.com.my/articles/vi...2450&cid=3&pg=7

why not change the fan @ 40%?
otherwise just fit a better cooler..

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Added on October 1, 2010, 10:29 pmand for ur information that he's using 100% fan speed and maybe during night which the temp even cooler..

enough ler i'm getting boring with this old stories..

Why set the fan speed at 10%? =.="  The fan speed way too low liao. Like 8tvt say, 40% or higher.
Even Latest card with that 10% fan speed will having high temp too.