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Idle temps too high?

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Hey guys,

I recently bought a used XFX Radeon HD 6870 to throw in my system so I could render videos faster with OpenCL. (my gtx 970 doesn't have any kind of support in Sony Vegas) But since I don't use the 6870 for anything except rendering, it's idle 99% of the time.

My idle temps are hitting in the mid to high 40s, is this normal for this graphics card? I have a blower style gtx 970 and that idles in the mid 30s to put in comparison. I've replaced the thermal paste but that didn't solve anything. Any ideas?

CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Pro // CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K @4.2GHz // GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Reference // RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport @1333MHz // MOBO: ASUS P8Z77-V LK // SPACE: 240GB Crucial M500 SSD ~ WD Black 1TB // PSU: Corsair CX750M //

CASE: Cooler Master Elite 130 // CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 @4.0GHz // GPU: N/A // RAM: 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport @1600MHz // MOBO: EVGA Z87 Stinger Mini-ITX // SPACE: OCZ ARC 100 120GB SSD ~ [2X WD Black 2TB in RAID 1] // PSU: EVGA 430W //

 

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Hey guys,

I recently bought a used XFX Radeon HD 6870 to throw in my system so I could render videos faster with OpenCL. (my gtx 970 doesn't have any kind of support in Sony Vegas) But since I don't use the 6870 for anything except rendering, it's idle 99% of the time.

My idle temps are hitting in the mid to high 40s, is this normal for this graphics card? I have a blower style gtx 970 and that idles in the mid 30s to put in comparison. I've replaced the thermal paste but that didn't solve anything. Any ideas?

my gtx 970 hits mid 40s durring regular internet browsing, and high 50s when playing LOL and other light games, mid 60s durring skyrim.

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Load temperature is the important number to look at; personally, I like to stay below 85 celsius closer to 80.

Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow; Motherboard: MSI ZZ490 Gaming Edge; CPU: i7 10700K @ 5.1GHz; Cooler: Noctua NHD15S Chromax; RAM: Corsair LPX DDR4 32GB 3200MHz; Graphics Card: Asus RTX 3080 TUF; Power: EVGA SuperNova 750G2; Storage: 2 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB; Crucial M500 240GB & MX100 512GB; Keyboard: Logitech G710+; Mouse: Logitech G502; Headphones / Amp: HiFiMan Sundara / Mayflower Objective 2; Monitor: Asus VG27AQ

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I recently bought a used XFX Radeon HD 6870 to throw in my system so I could render videos faster with OpenCL. (my gtx 970 doesn't have any kind of support in Sony Vegas) But since I don't use the 6870 for anything except rendering, it's idle 99% of the time.

My idle temps are hitting in the mid to high 40s, is this normal for this graphics card? I have a blower style gtx 970 and that idles in the mid 30s to put in comparison. I've replaced the thermal paste but that didn't solve anything. Any ideas?

That's quite good for the XFX 6870 actually. Buddy of mine has the same card and it's at 50 degrees just staring at the desktop.

"Rawr XD"

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Thanks for the replies guys. It's just that when I reapplied the thermal paste I saw how small of a cooler it had :P

CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Pro // CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K @4.2GHz // GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Reference // RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport @1333MHz // MOBO: ASUS P8Z77-V LK // SPACE: 240GB Crucial M500 SSD ~ WD Black 1TB // PSU: Corsair CX750M //

CASE: Cooler Master Elite 130 // CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 @4.0GHz // GPU: N/A // RAM: 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport @1600MHz // MOBO: EVGA Z87 Stinger Mini-ITX // SPACE: OCZ ARC 100 120GB SSD ~ [2X WD Black 2TB in RAID 1] // PSU: EVGA 430W //

 

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