Blazing Fury From Hell

GCN,
please reduce the size of your screenshot, it's a pain to have to scroll all over the place here...

I have just spent some time Google searching videocard temps.
In the several OCing forums I visited, even temps in the mid 50's were cause for alarm.
No one, even those who had radically overclocked and were running at insane resolutions/refreshrates, came anywhere near the temps you are getting.
At far lower temps, folks were suffering from checkerboarding(?) and artifacting(?), two problems you haven't even mentioned.

I just ran three, back to back tests of 3D Mark and my Radeon card maxxed out at 31.5C. It rose 1.5 degree from ambient. I realize that this may not be a completely accurate comparison to an all out gaming session, but still...

I think that either your monitoring software is malfunctioning or you have a major heatsink/fan problem.
In either event I would strive to resolve this ASAP as your current situation can only be immenently fatal.

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Originally posted by clocker@30 November 2003 - 23:31
So it&#39;s going to rise 40-50degC under load?

That is a pathetic delta value.
Is the stock heatsink/ fan properly attached/functional?

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Could you answer this question, GCNaddict.

Is the videocard cooling fan even spinning? [/b]

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yes, it is

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I think that either your monitoring software is malfunctioning or you have a major heatsink/fan problem.
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i had a friend mod the window with an intake fan. all is well now. temps are under the 50°c mark

thanx for your input guys&#33;

altho i really liked the idea bout the pc/easy bake

meh. as long as my issue is fixed.

holy shit&#33; happy you got your issue resolved, as i would hate to see any good ati or nvidia gfx card go to waste.

but isnt 98°c somewhat impossible?

of rite ur using nvidia. they can handle up to 130°c in some cases

btw i like how u did ur temps in kelvin as well as centigrade and fahrenheit

@ clocker, his temps are in response for him usoing a VGA card that should never be used without heavy cooling... (if you are using formfacter size go ABIT or ATI) his temps arw what i would expect him to be cranking out at these high FSB...he needs to put a Fan blowing at the card to disperse the heat...

Dude get a ATi card that has heatpipoe cooling with it, like the 9800 pro... serios peformer...

:lol: :lol: im sorry, but ur story dude is funny

lmao&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

bake me a cake pls?its my mums b-day 2morrow :D :lol:

Dang..thats amazing that 1 case fan lowers the temperatures 50 Celcius...

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Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@1 December 2003 - 19:52
Dang..thats amazing that 1 case fan lowers the temperatures 50 Celcius...

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Well, it&#39;s probably not your normal fan...
http://www.geversaircraft.com/wt/images/mattfan.jpg

Haha ur funny man. I have no clue where you got that awesome pic lol ;)

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Originally posted by mooseman2070@30 November 2003 - 22:22
do they have freezer cases? im serious that would be so awesome to have a freezer for your case. you could OC a P4e to 4 maybe 5 ghz

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5Ghz, umm, dont know if the ceiling is that high for the P4 cores.

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do they have freezer cases? im serious that would be so awesome to have a freezer for your case. you could OC a P4e to 4&nbsp; maybe 5 ghz

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5Ghz, umm, dont know if the ceiling is that high for the P4 cores. [/b][/quote]
depends

--if its a malaysia core: up by 0.2ghz
--if it is frozen stiff, up till voltage dies (i.e. 0.7 ghz)
--if the voltage is kicked higher by .2, another 0.2ghz
--if its a 2.4c, add another 0.7ghz

total score: 2.4 gets a 1.8ghz boost

total, a 2.4 can have a theoretical 4.2 ghz in a frozen solid case