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Alright, so I've got this 6950 (ASUS DirectCU II, dual slot, no tri-slot). And well, it's running quite hot. CCC and other software tells me that it's running at ~60C when idle, 80+ on load.

 

So what I have done myself thus far is taken off the heatsink, cleaned it off some and re-applied some thermal paste. But it didn't end up doing anything about the temps, at all.

 

 

So what are your suggestions? I'm thinking of just replacing it with something from Nvidia in the future as of right now, if I can't solve this issue.. (I like how much cooler they are currently).

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What does HWMonitor have to say about it? MSI Afterburner?

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What case do you have and what is your fan config? Can we see pictures of your rig? 

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Download GPU-Z and show the  idle temp and then play some games and report the max temp.

 

But if you're truly idleing at 60 c, you need to send it back.

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Dust buildup might be causing it, clean the card with compressed air :)

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Have you overclocked the shit out of it? If so, that explains your temps. 

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If I were you, I'd put my hand next to the card and feel if the air at idle feels hot, if it does, then the temperature sensor is fine and the card should be sent back.

If it feels cool, then the sensor is probably faulty, and if you feel it's necessary, you can send it back.

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Have you overclocked the shit out of it? If so, that explains your temps. 

 

No, it doesn't.

 

Regardless of OC, when idle the GPU throttles down to a low power state (mine is 300/150 Mhz), so it wouldn't be causing that much heat.

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It can run crysis.

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To follow up on some questions. Currently running it with the side panel off on my case. It jumps up to ~60C shortly after I have booted the PC, and while running games it jumps up to 80+.

 

It is not overclocked at the moment, but have been running a fairly mild overclock previously.

 

When I cleaned it out, I used compressed air and got rid of any build-up of dust, junk, and alike.

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Download GPU-Z and show the  idle temp and then play some games and report the max temp.

 

But if you're truly idleing at 60 c, you need to send it back.

my gtx 560 runs at 60c at idle  and 75 under load :(

 

 

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I'm guessing that this chip is just running out of its life-cycle. It IS a three-year-old card afterall :P

 

And it's starting to struggle with its 1GB buffer for my 1440p monitors.

 

But if anyone has any further suggestions, I'll take them. Will also reply with as good information as I can for any questions you might have.

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when you re-applied the cooler after replacing the TIM, how tight did you pull the screws? I recently found out that playing around with the torque on the 4 screws around the GPU can make some pretty remarkable temperature differences. 

      

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When did you acquire the 1440p monitor?
That would put more strain on the chip than a 1080p

  • CPU
    Intel Xeon E5 2695 V3 14c-28t @ 2,8GHz
  • Motherboard
    AsRock X99 mITX
  • RAM
    2x16GB DDR4 Crucial ECC @2166MHz
  • GPU
    XFX R9 Nano 4GB HBM @1000MHz
  • Case
    Silverstone Sugo SG-13
  • Storage
    Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 
  • Intel SSD DC S3600 800GB
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It could also be the thermal paste, you might wanna take the cooler of and apply some new paste.

  • CPU
    Intel Xeon E5 2695 V3 14c-28t @ 2,8GHz
  • Motherboard
    AsRock X99 mITX
  • RAM
    2x16GB DDR4 Crucial ECC @2166MHz
  • GPU
    XFX R9 Nano 4GB HBM @1000MHz
  • Case
    Silverstone Sugo SG-13
  • Storage
    Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 
  • Intel SSD DC S3600 800GB
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AIR FLOW, if the case fans are no enough get a 30" floor fan and put it blowing air directly into the case with the side panel off.  Sit back and watch your temps drop like a rock.

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