X1950XT heat issue?

[exzrael]

I think I got an issue with my X1950XT & chassi configuration. I haven't found anything about these cards being especially hot so im showing you guys some pictures to see if I got my chassi-setup wrong.

Idle the cards gets up to 55-57c and under load approximately 75-80c. I find that to much. No other card I used got this high ever. Opening the chassi-side helps some; down to 51c, still to high I think.

Got a 120mm fan directly below the PSU for better airflow also.

Here is image 1 and image 2 (800x600, aprox 100kb/each).

1) I might be to jumpy so I gotto ask; IS 75-80 to high under load? And 55-57 idle?

2) Can I do something with my chassi so the air flows better?

[EDIT] Found this in another post here;

Well first of all, It takes time for the thermal paste to react. your temps should be high for a few days then it will go down. Just make sure u have good contact with the Cooler and GPU.

Could this be something?

 

[Worf101]

I have a 1950 Pro AGP and I was wondering what the symptoms are for a card overheat? I'm getting randome freezes and lock-ups and I wonder if I should RMA the card or replace the thermal pads?

Da Worfster

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

I have a 1950 Pro AGP and I was wondering what the symptoms are for a card overheat? I'm getting randome freezes and lock-ups and I wonder if I should RMA the card or replace the thermal pads?

Da Worfster

These are symptoms of many possibilitiesSU,Drivers, system setup and yes a bad card. If you could give more info it would help To the OP :Im running a 1900xt 512mb. I viewed your pix and note that your internals are similar to mine as well. One thing I can share is that for my 1900 I get 53c idle and same load temps. This is fine for my 1900. and I believe your 1950 as well. You really wont be able to bring those temps down too much unless you go with a aftermaket cooler, which by the way will push the hot air into the case instead of out the pci slot, sort of a catch 22

 

[PSYCHoHoLiC]

Those temps are perfectly normal. Mine(o/c X1900) hits almost 90C in cod2 sometimes.

And yes, the R580 is hot, one of the hottest gpus ever.. I woudlnt worry about anything if you are stable.

 

[Worf101]

I hit the WRONG button in trying to quote you and I hit "ignore" by accident. Please forgive, I'm an eediot sometimes. You might have to PM me if you can help. The symptoms are random lock up and freezes. The screen will freeze, then go black and then I hear a pop squeaking noise till it reboots.

I'm running Cat 6.12's with the following rig.

AMD Athlon 64Fx-60
ASUS A8V Deluxe Mobo
HIS X1950 Pro AGP
Asus A8V Deluxe VIA K8T800 Pro Chipset ATX AMD MB
2 Gig of Patriot 3200 unbuffered Ram
2 Western Digital 74 Gig Raptors in Raid 0
DVD ASUS 16X DVD
DVD+/-RW PLEXTOR|PX-712A
CPU FAN Thermaltake Silentboost K8
Cooler Master Wave Master Case
BFG 650 Watt PSU
SB Audigy 2Z Platinum Sound Card
Dell Ultrasharp 2005FPW 20.1 Wide Flat PanelA

The case is cramped and my wire management "sucks" so... It might be time to get a bigger case for longer bigger cards in the future.

Da Worfster

 

[ZozZoz]

My 1950xt (made by MSI) was hot just like yours. The fuzzy cube, and some games pushed the GPU temp to about a 100 degrees. To put it plainly: stock cooling is horrible on those cards, even though it blows air out of the case.
Zalman vf900 coupled with their thermal grease, lowered my idle temps to 47-48 and about 80-85 under load (I attribute that to the not so perfect airlfow in my case, should have opened the expansion slot cover under the card too). If I didnt turn the fan RPMs all the way up, even with vf-900 it climbed to 95 degrees. whatcha gonna do if it recycles warm air, eh?

I've had more issues with this card, and from what I've read on the forums - many other people do.

My advice: sell that card to some sucker and buy a 8800gts.

 

[PSYCHoHoLiC]

i tried an 8800GTS, had it for almost a week before i returned it, it just didnt do it for me, it was a nice card indeed, but it wasnt jaw dropping compared to my 1900. But that was when they first came out too, drivers sucked even worse than they do now.


My 1900XT at 668mhz Core never goes above 80-85C Now, with stock cooling.. all i did was edit my card's bios and set the temp. points different so the fan runs at a higher rpm. ATI Had it set default to run 27% all the way up to 80C, then like 36% to 90C. I think i have mine at 50% at 80C and 64% at 85, 100% at 90(never makes it to there.. hehe)

 

[patchez]

Idle the cards gets up to 55-57c and under load approximately 75-80c. I find that to much. No other card I used got this high ever. Opening the chassi-side helps some; down to 51c, still to high I think.?

I have the same card and my temps are slightly lower than yours, i think it's normal. the high temps can be brought down by increasing the fan speed using ATI Tool, but at the cost of being louder. The stock cooler is actually very good cooling... at 100% fan speed. i get similar results to: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/08/30/vga_heat_pipe_cooler_roundup_2006/ at 45-70°C.

PS- this is the cheap and LOUD method.

 

[Blue frog]

Confirm what patchez says as i have the same card. it runs hot, but OK. I Oced mine and it would run upto 98C in games without problem. The oem fan settings mean that the fan doesn't go to 100% until around 97C. As he/she says you can set up new prfiles in ATI Tool or just set it to run at max all the time but its really noisy.