How To: 4870X2 Temperature Control and Overclocking Profiles

orbitkiller · Aug 29, 2008, 07:54 AM

Well i mean there is always a thing or two that is not working the way you want it to... A water cooled concept is surely a tricky thing, but i suppose the temps should become acceptable (50°C - 65°C for each card or even less) that way. ;o)

BlueMak · Sep 4, 2008, 04:20 AM

For those with the card, if you don't change anything on the card and you just set the fan at manual at say 92% or anything else very high, will the temps of the card still easily reach 90C+ ? What about noise?
I have an EVGA geforce 8800GTS and fan always at 96% and it isn't loud for me.

Zardon · Sep 4, 2008, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueMak

For those with the card, if you don't change anything on the card and you just set the fan at manual at say 92% or anything else very high, will the temps of the card still easily reach 90C+ ? What about noise?
I have an EVGA geforce 8800GTS and fan always at 96% and it isn't loud for me.

92- 100% on the X2 is really quite loud, that said, if noise doesnt bother you the temps drop massively. I saw 34c idle and high 50s load with the fan on full. (powercolor card).

BlueMak · Sep 4, 2008, 08:43 AM

Oh, very nice! So the previously mentioned temps were when the fans were left on auto? Same thing with my 8800gts, if left on auto it would reach high 80s easily.

Thank you, now I feel much better.

Zardon · Sep 4, 2008, 08:51 AM

Are you thinking of buying a 4870X2 Bluemak?

BlueMak · Sep 4, 2008, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zardon

Are you thinking of buying a 4870X2 Bluemak?

Yes, the specs are great and I used to love my x1800xt and before that the 7500m.

EDIT: I am actualy going to (95%) buy a new desktop system within this month, so it feels an even better addition to it.

sammorris · Sep 7, 2008, 04:06 PM

92% fan speed is REALLY loud. I warn you now, it's unacceptable (note, 92% in expertool is alo 97% of the maximum real fan speed, so basically max)

BlueMak · Sep 7, 2008, 06:06 PM

Hmm, any chance of a sound recording?

Zardon · Sep 7, 2008, 09:39 PM

i have found 55-60% a great setting for much better cooling with only slight noise....

sound recordings are hard to take, i mean the rest of a loud system can interfere and its difficult to ascertain the distance to take the recording from etc....

I agree though 90%+ is quite painful.

sammorris · Sep 8, 2008, 01:40 AM

I can certainly record it - where can I host it?
(the rest of my system is nice and quiet... hehe)

sammorris · Sep 8, 2008, 01:59 AM

Ok, let's try this.
4870X2.mp3 -- FileFactory.com - free file hosting --
What I did

Dynamic speed (idle)
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
50%
Idle
100%
Idle

Apologies for the hiss, my microphone isn't awesome, but you can generally hear the fact the card is making almost no noise at idle (you can also hear my raptor clicking away... haha)

clerick · Sep 27, 2008, 09:08 PM

With default fan speed my card got up to 96c in trackmania!

Ravynmagi · Oct 8, 2008, 06:36 PM

I have a question about the guide here...

The guide mentioned how to make my 2D speed match my 3D speed by modifying the CoreClockTarget_0, MemoryClockTarget_0, and CoreVoltageTarget_0 values. I only have a Want_0 and Want_1 (no Want_2). The Want_0 obviously is my 2D speed, so that is what I'll need to change.

The question though. Is I also have a CoreClockTarget_1, MemoryClockTarget_1, and CoreVoltageTraget_1. Is this for the second GPU, and if so, I assume I'll need to update the Want_0 values here as well, right?

Highguard · Oct 10, 2008, 02:13 PM

Great help thanks for these guides. I should be getitng 4870x2 next week so I will upping the fan speeds a bit for peace of mind (if not just peace

)

I ahve another question tho.. i think I read soemwhere that the card drops down to 2d settings when in windows enviroment. Is it possible to have it set to the 3d settings all the time??

BlueMak · Oct 10, 2008, 04:33 PM

Thank you for the sound recording.

How close to the card was the mic? Side?

If it was less than half a meter then it sounds barely, ok to me. If it was a meter or so away from the card, then it is very loud.

I will have my system hopefuly in the next few days so I will know first handed how bad it is.

BlueMak · Oct 16, 2008, 11:07 AM

The fan provides saficient cooling as it is, if you set the fan speed high enough. I had the card reach 49C just by setting the speed at 50%.
100% and it went down to 42C after 2 min and it is LOUD. You guys were not kidding. It's like a hoover. The amount of noise is too much unless you are wearing headphones with loud music/effects. I have never heard a fan that is this loud (PC) before today. At least there is no high pitch noise, but still...wow.
I use expert tool and I don't understand why it has two options for speed setting (2D and 3D) when it doesn't allow me to have them set at different speeds. Any idea if I set it at 50% and there is a demand for higher speed if it will automaticaly increase it although it is set at fixed speed?

Blacklash · Oct 16, 2008, 05:18 PM

Excellent post. I just joined the X2 club myself.

drperry · Oct 17, 2008, 01:54 PM

I did my fan setting with a BIOS edit, but the numbers can help other people!

I set my idle speed to 37% which is about 2330 RPM according to Everest...
100% is about 5000 RPM, if I remember right...

I set the "desired" temperature to 88 degrees C, and in 3DMark Vantage, my temp never goes above 86 degrees...
Fan speed never seems to break 3700 - 3800 RPM, which is surprisingly tolerable during gaming...

Which is about 63%... Using the CCC settings... Getting the Everest RPM numbers to match what keeps me under 88 degrees...

So set a gaming profile of 65% in the CCC (the newest 8.10 drivers have fan control built in)

BlueMak · Oct 17, 2008, 02:09 PM

I can't make the fan control of 8.10 work...pff. ok done it by also ticking the enable overdrive and not just the fan control.

drperry · Oct 17, 2008, 03:11 PM

Yep... I forgot to do the same thing back when I was using the XML trick, lol.

Temps may vary depending on room temperature, and case air flow, lol.

daflyinpig · Nov 6, 2008, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sammorris

Xpertool ATI works brilliantly to the percent - why couldn't they have just stuck that in Catalyst, with more aggressive profiles?
Given the temps older cards used to run at, I don't think there's much of an issue up until 90C, thats when it gets a bit hot, so 95/96 is a bit far. All they need do is get the load temp down to 85 though and that would be acceptable in my book as it's the same temp normal graphics cards run at.

I couldn't help but notice that 50% is 3300rpm and 100% is 4600rpm though - hardly double... Dynamic fan speed uses 1250rpm idle and 2000-2400rpm load.

CCC offers a bit more in terms of customization of the fan speed.

But this is what I've noticed.
20% = 1000 RPM
25% = 1171 RPM
28% = 1420 RPM
39% = 2500 RPM
50% = 3286 RPM
66% = 4000 RPM
75% = 4265 RPM
100% = 4840 RPM

Meh. I guess our fans aren't up to par? :/

daflyinpig · Nov 6, 2008, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ravynmagi

I have a question about the guide here...

The guide mentioned how to make my 2D speed match my 3D speed by modifying the CoreClockTarget_0, MemoryClockTarget_0, and CoreVoltageTarget_0 values. I only have a Want_0 and Want_1 (no Want_2). The Want_0 obviously is my 2D speed, so that is what I'll need to change.

The question though. Is I also have a CoreClockTarget_1, MemoryClockTarget_1, and CoreVoltageTraget_1. Is this for the second GPU, and if so, I assume I'll need to update the Want_0 values here as well, right?

Well from my experience, 1 is the 1st GPU, and 0 is the second GPU. Unless it is just based on which port your monitor is plugged into. My monitor is plugged into the bottom port, closest to the PCI-E bus.
For me, when I changed just CoreClockTarget_1 and then checked the 2nd gpu, it didn't seem to change, so I changed 0's to the same values, and then both GPU's have the same value now.

I've also noticed that fanspeed doesn't do anything in 0's setting, probably because when you select the second gpu, you can't chose any settings with the fan.

Did any of that make any sense at all? If not, I can try to clarify a bit more with pictures and whatnot.

Galactus · Nov 18, 2008, 03:21 PM

Excellent review.

bratboy · Mar 29, 2009, 03:15 AM

Actually after some advice from a poster here I gave Rivatuner a try and am pretty happy with it. Using the dynamic option discussed in the guide from HardForum I'm running the fan at 36% speed default for 2d, which gives me right between 49-51 degree GPU temp, and then it auto adjusts up as needed.

Anyway in case anyone is interested in checking it out here are some links:

Get Rivatuner HERE
Guide Part 1 HERE
Guide specifically for 4870x2 HERE

Hope it helps

traveler · Oct 9, 2009, 12:28 PM

I acquired a couple of Asus Radeon 4870X2 Tri-Fan graphics cards a few weeks ago.

At the moment I have one 4870X2 card installed. Everything is set at default stock out-of-the-box settings and I'm running CAT 9.7 drivers. Idle temps are 51° C with the fan at 50%. Load temps are 79-81° C and the fan monitor in CCC shows 100% at times. Occasionally I'll see an 84° C.

Is the triple fan cooling solution by Asus a good one? Or should I go to watercooling? I was (as were many after reading this thread) shocked to see above 79° C. I hear watercooling gets you into the low 30°'s C.

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Aug 29, 2008, 07:54 AM	#31
orbitkiller DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Well i mean there is always a thing or two that is not working the way you want it to... A water cooled concept is surely a tricky thing, but i suppose the temps should become acceptable (50°C - 65°C for each card or even less) that way. ;o) __________________ The only constant is alteration! Greets oRbit alias orbitkiller ______ CPU: Phenom 9950BE, CPUFan: CoolerMaster Sphere, RAM: 8GB OCZ DDR2 1066, MB: GIGABYTE GA-790FX-DQ6, GC: 2x GECUBE 4870X2 CF, E: TAGAN 1100W, HDD: 2x 500GB + 2x500GB RAID 0, LG-DVD Burner, Sound: Creative XFi Xtreme, TFT: Viewsonic 22" vx2255-wmb, Case: CoolerMaster RC690 KWN1 GP equipped with 4x 120mm Fans, KB: Logitech G15 (blue), Mouse: Logitech G9, HS: SteelSeries 5H, MP: SteelSeries I-2, OS: it depends Last edited by orbitkiller; Sep 2, 2008 at 12:09 AM.

Sep 4, 2008, 04:20 AM	#32
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,458 Rep Power: 348 System Specs	For those with the card, if you don't change anything on the card and you just set the fan at manual at say 92% or anything else very high, will the temps of the card still easily reach 90C+ ? What about noise? I have an EVGA geforce 8800GTS and fan always at 96% and it isn't loud for me. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Sep 4, 2008, 08:43 AM	#34
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,458 Rep Power: 348 System Specs	Oh, very nice! So the previously mentioned temps were when the fans were left on auto? Same thing with my 8800gts, if left on auto it would reach high 80s easily. Thank you, now I feel much better. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Sep 7, 2008, 04:06 PM	#37
sammorris HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brentwood or York, UK Posts: 178 Rep Power: 26 System Specs	92% fan speed is REALLY loud. I warn you now, it's unacceptable (note, 92% in expertool is alo 97% of the maximum real fan speed, so basically max) __________________ Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 & Philips MC-70 [homebrew surround via ATEN CS1782 KVAM] for HTPC. Logitech Z-5500 for gaming PC. I/O: Razer Diamondback Magma, MS Intellimouse Optical, MS Sidewinder X6, Saitek Eclipse II, Pertelian X2040 USB Display DVD: As little as Possible (LG GH20NS15) Networking: Netgear GS105, GS605, GS608, WRN2000, Linksys WRT54GL [Tomato], DrayTek Vigor 120, yards of CAT6

Sep 7, 2008, 06:06 PM	#38
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,458 Rep Power: 348 System Specs	Hmm, any chance of a sound recording? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Sep 4, 2008, 08:51 AM	#35
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Are you thinking of buying a 4870X2 Bluemak?

Sep 7, 2008, 09:39 PM	#39
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	i have found 55-60% a great setting for much better cooling with only slight noise.... sound recordings are hard to take, i mean the rest of a loud system can interfere and its difficult to ascertain the distance to take the recording from etc.... I agree though 90%+ is quite painful.

Sep 8, 2008, 01:40 AM	#40
sammorris HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brentwood or York, UK Posts: 178 Rep Power: 26 System Specs	I can certainly record it - where can I host it? (the rest of my system is nice and quiet... hehe) __________________ Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 & Philips MC-70 [homebrew surround via ATEN CS1782 KVAM] for HTPC. Logitech Z-5500 for gaming PC. I/O: Razer Diamondback Magma, MS Intellimouse Optical, MS Sidewinder X6, Saitek Eclipse II, Pertelian X2040 USB Display DVD: As little as Possible (LG GH20NS15) Networking: Netgear GS105, GS605, GS608, WRN2000, Linksys WRT54GL [Tomato], DrayTek Vigor 120, yards of CAT6 Last edited by sammorris; Sep 8, 2008 at 01:49 AM.

Sep 8, 2008, 01:59 AM	#41
sammorris HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brentwood or York, UK Posts: 178 Rep Power: 26 System Specs	Ok, let's try this. 4870X2.mp3 -- FileFactory.com - free file hosting -- What I did Dynamic speed (idle) 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 50% Idle 100% Idle Apologies for the hiss, my microphone isn't awesome, but you can generally hear the fact the card is making almost no noise at idle (you can also hear my raptor clicking away... haha) __________________ Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 & Philips MC-70 [homebrew surround via ATEN CS1782 KVAM] for HTPC. Logitech Z-5500 for gaming PC. I/O: Razer Diamondback Magma, MS Intellimouse Optical, MS Sidewinder X6, Saitek Eclipse II, Pertelian X2040 USB Display DVD: As little as Possible (LG GH20NS15) Networking: Netgear GS105, GS605, GS608, WRN2000, Linksys WRT54GL [Tomato], DrayTek Vigor 120, yards of CAT6

Sep 27, 2008, 09:08 PM	#42
clerick DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 0 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	With default fan speed my card got up to 96c in trackmania!

Oct 8, 2008, 06:36 PM	#43
Ravynmagi DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Re: How To: 4870X2 Temperature Control and Overclocking Profiles I have a question about the guide here... The guide mentioned how to make my 2D speed match my 3D speed by modifying the CoreClockTarget_0, MemoryClockTarget_0, and CoreVoltageTarget_0 values. I only have a Want_0 and Want_1 (no Want_2). The Want_0 obviously is my 2D speed, so that is what I'll need to change. The question though. Is I also have a CoreClockTarget_1, MemoryClockTarget_1, and CoreVoltageTraget_1. Is this for the second GPU, and if so, I assume I'll need to update the Want_0 values here as well, right?

Oct 10, 2008, 02:13 PM	#44
Highguard HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Re: How To: 4870X2 Temperature Control and Overclocking Profiles Great help thanks for these guides. I should be getitng 4870x2 next week so I will upping the fan speeds a bit for peace of mind (if not just peace) I ahve another question tho.. i think I read soemwhere that the card drops down to 2d settings when in windows enviroment. Is it possible to have it set to the 3d settings all the time??

Oct 10, 2008, 04:33 PM	#45
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,458 Rep Power: 348 System Specs	Re: How To: 4870X2 Temperature Control and Overclocking Profiles Thank you for the sound recording. How close to the card was the mic? Side? If it was less than half a meter then it sounds barely, ok to me. If it was a meter or so away from the card, then it is very loud. I will have my system hopefuly in the next few days so I will know first handed how bad it is. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Oct 16, 2008, 11:07 AM	#46
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,458 Rep Power: 348 System Specs	Re: How To: 4870X2 Temperature Control and Overclocking Profiles The fan provides saficient cooling as it is, if you set the fan speed high enough. I had the card reach 49C just by setting the speed at 50%. 100% and it went down to 42C after 2 min and it is LOUD. You guys were not kidding. It's like a hoover. The amount of noise is too much unless you are wearing headphones with loud music/effects. I have never heard a fan that is this loud (PC) before today. At least there is no high pitch noise, but still...wow. I use expert tool and I don't understand why it has two options for speed setting (2D and 3D) when it doesn't allow me to have them set at different speeds. Any idea if I set it at 50% and there is a demand for higher speed if it will automaticaly increase it although it is set at fixed speed? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Oct 16, 2008, 05:18 PM	#47
Blacklash Che cazzo stai dicendo? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Old Vizima Posts: 117 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: How To: 4870X2 Temperature Control and Overclocking Profiles Excellent post. I just joined the X2 club myself. __________________ AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 4.0GHz (1.45v)\|GeIL Black Dragon DDR3 1600 (4x2Gb) ASUS Crosshair IV (AMD 890FX)\|Powercolor Radeon HD 5870 1Gb (x2)\|Acer GD235HZbid WD VelociRaptor 150Gb HD (x2)\|Pioneer DVR-2920Q\|LG GH22LS30\|Klipsch Groove PM20 2.0 SilverStone OP1000-E\|SilverStone TJ10-B\|Xigmatek HDT-S1284EE\|Vista Home Premium x64 SP2

Oct 17, 2008, 01:54 PM	#48
drperry DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 29 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: How To: 4870X2 Temperature Control and Overclocking Profiles I did my fan setting with a BIOS edit, but the numbers can help other people! I set my idle speed to 37% which is about 2330 RPM according to Everest... 100% is about 5000 RPM, if I remember right... I set the "desired" temperature to 88 degrees C, and in 3DMark Vantage, my temp never goes above 86 degrees... Fan speed never seems to break 3700 - 3800 RPM, which is surprisingly tolerable during gaming... Which is about 63%... Using the CCC settings... Getting the Everest RPM numbers to match what keeps me under 88 degrees... So set a gaming profile of 65% in the CCC (the newest 8.10 drivers have fan control built in)

Oct 17, 2008, 02:09 PM	#49
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,458 Rep Power: 348 System Specs	Re: How To: 4870X2 Temperature Control and Overclocking Profiles I can't make the fan control of 8.10 work...pff. ok done it by also ticking the enable overdrive and not just the fan control. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.* Last edited by BlueMak; Oct 17, 2008 at 02:19 PM.

Oct 17, 2008, 03:11 PM	#50
drperry DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 29 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: How To: 4870X2 Temperature Control and Overclocking Profiles Yep... I forgot to do the same thing back when I was using the XML trick, lol. Temps may vary depending on room temperature, and case air flow, lol.

Nov 18, 2008, 03:21 PM	#53
Galactus DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 32 Rep Power: 0	Re: How To: 4870X2 Temperature Control and Overclocking Profiles Excellent review.

Mar 29, 2009, 03:15 AM	#54
bratboy HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Re: How To: 4870X2 Temperature Control and Overclocking Profiles Actually after some advice from a poster here I gave Rivatuner a try and am pretty happy with it. Using the dynamic option discussed in the guide from HardForum I'm running the fan at 36% speed default for 2d, which gives me right between 49-51 degree GPU temp, and then it auto adjusts up as needed. Anyway in case anyone is interested in checking it out here are some links: Get Rivatuner HERE Guide Part 1 HERE Guide specifically for 4870x2 *HERE* *Hope it helps*

Oct 9, 2009, 12:28 PM	#55
traveler HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I acquired a couple of Asus Radeon 4870X2 Tri-Fan graphics cards a few weeks ago. At the moment I have one 4870X2 card installed. Everything is set at default stock out-of-the-box settings and I'm running CAT 9.7 drivers. Idle temps are 51° C with the fan at 50%. Load temps are 79-81° C and the fan monitor in CCC shows 100% at times. Occasionally I'll see an 84° C. Is the triple fan cooling solution by Asus a good one? Or should I go to watercooling? I was (as were many after reading this thread) shocked to see above 79° C. I hear watercooling gets you into the low 30°'s C. __________________ Asus X48 Rampage Formula / Intel Q9450 2.66 @ 3.2 / 2 x 2GB OCZ Reaper HPC PC2 8500 / Asus Radeon HD4870X2 Tri-Fan 2GB graphics card / 24" DeLL Ultrasharp 2408WFP monitor / Western Digital Raptor X Hard Drive / Two Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD5001ABYS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drives / Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Elite Pro 7.1 / Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1 Speaker System / Lian Li 343B cube case / PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Crossfire Edition / IOGEAR GCS1782 GCS1782 Dual-Link DVI KVMP switch with 7.1 audio