x1950xt 256 seems to run too hot!!!

HUSKIE · Jul 25, 2010

what the problem of this card? when i was running on stock cooler my card seems too hot to run. i decided to change to air cooler from water cooler but the problem still there my card still running too hot. this card is weird to much!!!! waht can i supposed to do guys. currently running win7 64-bit.

here the idle picture with water cooler
stock won't overclock

INSTG8R · Jul 25, 2010

Well back when I was running 2 X1900s in Crossfire on water they idled in the 40s and loaded in the 70's which was pretty reasonable as far as I was concerned and that was with them bios flashed to 675/775.

Dent1 · Jul 25, 2010

Maybe the video card is just dying, its a pretty old card so its probably on its last legs anyways.

Sell it and buy a new card?

HUSKIE · Jul 25, 2010

INSTG8R said:
Well back when I was running 2 X1900s in Crossfire on water they idled in the 40s and loaded in the 70's which was pretty reasonable as far as I was concerned and that was with them bios flashed to 675/775.

hi there please tell me where can i get that file and please guide me how to flash my card please help me....

CJCerny · Jul 25, 2010

Those are normal temps for that card. You may not like them, but they are normal. The card is not dying. That particular GPU is notorious for running very hot.

HUSKIE · Jul 25, 2010

Dent1 said:
Maybe the video card is just dying, its a pretty old card so its probably on its last legs anyways.

Sell it and buy a new card?

what? my card get dying but when i was running any games like COD4 it's pretty good viewing on my monitor. my problem is running too hot full load 98 degrees. this not normal probably with my water cooling... i've got 96 degrees full load.

HUSKIE · Jul 25, 2010

here's my card i put two 80mm fans under the card for better cooling and also i sticked vga ram copper on it and above the card there are two heatsink...

a_ump · Jul 25, 2010

have you cleaned the heatsink? like take off the gaurd n wipe away the dust that's accumulated? as well as taking yoru case fans out and cleaning the dust off them? its simple but sometimes works miracles. My old 7800GTX was running same temps as your x1900 roughly, cleaned it and load temps dropped to 86. Still hot but a lot better. Also about flashing, it won't help with temps unless you could software volt mod it n flash the chip to a lower voltage but that's only with newer cards.

erocker · Jul 25, 2010

CJCerny said:
Those are normal temps for that card. You may not like them, but they are normal. The card is not dying. That particular GPU is notorious for running very hot.

Quoted for truth. Everything is normal.

INSTG8R · Jul 25, 2010

erocker said:
Quoted for truth. Everything is normal.

+1 Was pretty much my point. They are hot cards as for flashing that won't accomplish much. Raising the clocks are only going to raise the temperatures further.

I could only advise making sure your rad is nice and dust free. I know with my current case/water setup my rads get pretty dusty pretty quickly(tho it keeps the inside of my case virtually dust free

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HUSKIE · Jul 25, 2010

a_ump said:
have you cleaned the heatsink? like take off the gaurd n wipe away the dust that's accumulated? as well as taking yoru case fans out and cleaning the dust off them? its simple but sometimes works miracles. My old 7800GTX was running same temps as your x1900 roughly, cleaned it and load temps dropped to 86. Still hot but a lot better. Also about flashing, it won't help with temps unless you could software volt mod it n flash the chip to a lower voltage but that's only with newer cards.

before i put a new gpu water block i cleaned all messy and sticky thing...

HUSKIE · Jul 25, 2010

INSTG8R said:
+1 Was pretty much my point. They are hot cards as for flashing that won't accomplish much. Raising the clocks are only going to raise the temperatures further.

I could only advise making sure your rad is nice and dust free. I know with my current case/water setup my rads get pretty dusty pretty quickly(tho it keeps the inside of my case virtually dust free )

about the rads my two rads are very cleaned it's free from dusts

INSTG8R · Jul 25, 2010

HUSKIE said:
before i put a new gpu water block i cleaned all messy and sticky thing...

And reapplied a thin layer of new thermal paste I assume?

I'm not sure what your running for a block either can't tell from your pictures.

I was running a pair of these.

http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/471/__2.jpg

I still have the whole water rig in a box actually.

Mussels · Jul 25, 2010

HUSKIE said:
before i put a new gpu water block i cleaned all messy and sticky thing...

i hope you replaced those messy and sticky things...

HUSKIE · Jul 25, 2010

yup i been replaced them all totally cleaned mussels..

HUSKIE · Jul 25, 2010

i think because of the summer weather here in UK maybe? we're stayed in attic.. one thing our landlord has put a new insulation over our ceiling wall.

INSTG8R · Jul 25, 2010

Well high ambient room temperatures won't help you any on water that is for sure. I mean on my current rig I only have my CPU on water but it generally idles 3-5 degrees above the room temp at idle.

Tho you bring up a good point on summer...Now I wanna pull apart my rad and clean it...(no easy job on my case...)

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