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So, I ditched Furmark altogether since that was the only program giving me those ridiculously high temp readings. I did manage to hit 84°C after about an hour or two of Batman: Arkham City. In Battlefield 3 (Conquest Large MP, Ultra Preset, 1920 x 1080), the most I hit was 78° after about three...

It's funny you should mention that. The other strong contender that I was considering next to this card was a Twin Frozr GTX 660 :/ EDIT: Thought about getting this for it: ARCTIC Accelero Hybrid Extreme VGA Cooler ARCTIC Accelero Hybrid VGA Cooler - Newegg.com ... but then I really...

Thanks :) Good advice. Years ago I had a Sparkle 7600GS and that thing pretty much fried itself to death (it was passive cooled). Looks like they've gotten their stuff together after all these years. It seriously put me off buying anything Sparkle-made after that card. Good to know some things...

Thanks for the head's up :) Gonna try to see if I find it using the search function. Here's a quote copied & pasted from the XFX Support site. This is the answer you get from the FAQ's if you select to create a ticket and select the category related to temps: Thanks :) Will DEFINITELY...

Very disappointed with the performance of this card's cooler. It almost makes you wonder why they bothered to put two fans on there. It's almost like they're happily twirling around and just peachy with letting the card reach up to 97°C only 6 or 7 minutes into the Furmark 1080p Burn In test. I...

Hmm,,, just going through the customer reviews on Newegg reveals that this is actually quite common with this 7870. I'm actually getting "good" temps compared to what some people are reporting up there (ranging from the upper 70's to upper 80's for most people). Wish I would have combed through...

Yeah, this bad boy is hitting what my HD 4890 used to in Furmark. Guess I was spoiled by the 6850, since it wasn't that powerful. Are GCN cards known to run this hot generally? EDIT: Ambient room temp is 22°C (72°F)

Thanks :) Yeah, the Battlefield 3 test didn't look that bad, I suppose... was just expecting more out of the "Double D" cooler. That Furmark business has me worried though. Gonna roll back to like Catalyst 13.2 real quick just for the sake of ruling out a possible driver issue (have heard things...

Yeah, could be. I'm looking into seeing if anyone else has reported these kind of results, particularly under Furmark. I'm wondering if my case fan config is contributing to the problem. Like the card is trying to dump hot air into the case, but the side and bottom fan are pushing it right back...

Thank you both for your willingness to lend a hand. Very much appreciated :) Here's a screenshot showing what the voltages and temps hit during a ten minute Battlefield 3 run (settings at 1920 x 1080, Ultra Preset)

Greetings folks :) I picked up this XFX HD 7870: XFX Double D FX-787A-CDFC Radeon HD 7870 GHz Editi... Just finished installing it (I'm using the latest Catalyst 13.4 WHQL drivers), everything seemed to go smoothly... until I go to test it. At idle, I checked the temps using HWMonitor and...

Bump for a great seller :) Thanks for the excellent item, price, shipping time, packaging, and service. Very happy with my purchase. GLWS!

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Bump for looking. Nice items. Wish I had the spare cash and I'd be all over that 6970 for that price :) GLWS!

What i'm getting out it, is that I won't see any immediate difference, especially if I can potentially get the same performance (1600MHz) out of my current kit. And even once I get the FX-8350, the bump up to 1866MHz RAM will probably be where I see the increases least (in real-world, normal...