Hd 7950 temperature

[Tim2103]

Hello everyone,

 

I recently had to send off my hd 7950 to be repaired as it had a fan issue and now i have it back it seems to be running hotter then it used to be. With default clock speeds and automatic fan control the temperature on full load goes up to 79 degrees with the room temperature at 25 degrees.

 

Is this a normal temperature for the card or is something wrong here?

 

The card is the MSI R7950 Twin Frozr 3 boost edition.

 

Thanks for any advice.

[Owen]

I'd say that's normal, my 7950 doesn't go past 70 degrees but it's a windforce (has 3 fans).

[Kayn]

thats still in the normal range. If thats the load temps then yeah its fine. I have the MSI verison of the 7950 and my temps while gaming its at most 65-70

[OneGun]

Take it off automatic fan control and setup a fan profile for it and you will notice a big difference in cooling..

[BlackOutCrisis]

my twin frozr 7950 only gets up to 70C with 1100/1350 and +20 power limit on stock voltages while stress testing with kombustor. I am using my own fan curve though so that may be why. I have heard of some people getting very poorly applied thermal compound on their MSI 7950's so if you feel up to it that is definitely something that you can do that will almost guarantee better temps.

[algoat]

Is this in game temperature or just sitting idle?

Edit: just re read your op. nvm.

[TechFan@ic]

Max safe operating temperature for the 7950 is approximately 93c, so you're fine.

[MeltyMoon]

Max safe operating temperature for the 7950 is approximately 93c, so you're fine.

Seriously? Hahaha I was worried cuz I saw someone yelling about how a 70* C is way to hot for a 7950 and that's what my max temp is. Look like i can lower my fan speed on my twin frozr and not have to lower my 1055/1525 clocks :P

 

I only hit that high in Unigen Valley anyway, so I should have nothing to be worried about :P.

[Tim2103]

Hey, sorry about not replying sooner, i just overclocked the graphic card to 1100 core clock, 1500 memory clock and ran furmark bench mark to get a quick idea on temps and it maxed out at 91 Degrees so i'm starting to think that something might be up here, and i may re seat the thermal compound if it could help, i have a infrared thermometer which says the heatsink is only 45 degrees which doesn't seem right to me either. Thanks for all the responces guys

[Wats]

Look under the cooler. Prolly really bad paste job. It is RMA after all, it could of been a used return or one that didn't make it into a retail box.

 

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[Tim2103]

I just reseated the thermal compound and it's running at 77 degrees on furmark overclocked to core clock 1100 and memory clock at 1500, Thanks for all the help guys! :P

[OneGun]

When running benchmarks it's best to have your fans at 60 percent or higher also..

[bamerx98]

Yeah I wouldn't worry about the temp I have a 7870 Tahiti witch has the same core as the 7950 and with my overclock and the power target set to 20% I get up to around 85C. I wouldnt worry about your temps to much graphics cards have a lot higher of a thermal limit compared to a CPU I would only start to worry if your temps are going above 90C 

[Frix]

Mine is currently running at 48C under load it goes up to 56C I have Sapphire Vapor-X

[Tim2103]

When running benchmarks it's best to have your fans at 60 percent or higher also..

The fan on automatic was running at 80% or so at it was still at 91 degrees before i reseated the thermal compound.

[Guest GRRigger]

Mine is currently running at 48C under load it goes up to 56C I have Sapphire Vapor-X

Huge overclocking headroom. You are running it at stock ye? Once you feel like you need horsepower and unleash the real 7950 beast, OC it

[Frix]

Huge overclocking headroom. You are running it at stock ye? Once you feel like you need horsepower and unleash the real 7950 beast, OC it

Whenever I overclock it becomes very unstable even at a very low overclock, I have used the OC button which does give me a factory stable oc and haven't run into any problems with it yet.