Sapphaire 98xxt Temp Question

Widkidone · Mar 21, 2004, 08:16 PM

I am curious what should my Sapphire 9800XT temperture average should be at? Right now its at 71 C with out the Overdrive enable. i am using the current Catalyst Drivers version 4.3.

My system:
3.06 Proccessor Intel 533 FSB
9800XT 256mb Sappahire
200 hard Drive
1.0 GB of RAM

micron · Mar 21, 2004, 11:15 PM

Dont be overly fascinated with the temperature reading feature of your card, pay attention to what's happening on screen, look for artifact's, trust your eye's, not your card's thermal probe.

kelticknight · Mar 21, 2004, 11:23 PM

l have sapphire 9800xt,runs about 56c,as micron says ,watch the screen ,any that temp is know to be higher than it really is

Widkidone · Mar 21, 2004, 11:37 PM

Well i have not seen anything wrong with the graphics or anything i am very happy with my card. Just that i hear the fan going and i go to my display properties click on the Overdrive tab and it read the current temp is 71-73C. But i have not enabled the Overdrive yet because i have notice this temp reading of 71-73C. But the reason i why i am asking the community here is because i trust all of you and i i totally appreicate your help. To the communty any imput would be great, thank you community of DriverHeaven. So any help would be great.

~~BMG_Cya=-~~ · Mar 22, 2004, 12:55 AM

That is a littlehigh. I also have a 9800XT (BBA) and once I took the silly little fan off, and that plastic
hoodscoop off...bolted a Vantec Tornado to the HS...the core shows at most 56C.

Right now, I'm back to using my Gigabyte 9800 Pro until I figure something out for really cooling
my 9800 XT core. (Thing doesn't o'clock worth crap. My Giga will run at higher speeds than the XT)

I would look for a better cooling solution. Either a super loud...hurricane fan, or liquid/vapor cooling.

Zebra · Mar 22, 2004, 02:52 PM

That temp is a little high, but still within range for that card. Go here Overdrive Temp Ranges to see what temperatures Overdrive looks at to determine the overclocking. As you will notice, it doesn't overdrive very much at this time, and memory overclocking should be coming in the future.

~~BMG_Cya=-~~ · Mar 23, 2004, 12:42 PM

Wow!!! 127 C?!!!!! Jeezus..man...I wouldn't have a thing that hot within yards of anything I own.
Unless it was a TV dinner or something.

Mar 21, 2004, 08:16 PM	#1
Widkidone DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Diego, Ca Posts: 711 Rep Power: 0	Sapphaire 9800XT Temp Question I am curious what should my Sapphire 9800XT temperture average should be at? Right now its at 71 C with out the Overdrive enable. i am using the current Catalyst Drivers version 4.3. My system: 3.06 Proccessor Intel 533 FSB 9800XT 256mb Sappahire 200 hard Drive 1.0 GB of RAM Last edited by Widkidone; Mar 21, 2004 at 08:29 PM.

Mar 21, 2004, 11:15 PM	#2
micron DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: OKC Ok. Posts: 186 Rep Power: 0	Dont be overly fascinated with the temperature reading feature of your card, pay attention to what's happening on screen, look for artifact's, trust your eye's, not your card's thermal probe. __________________ Athlon64 3000+ HIS X1900GT IceQ 3 3DMark05 - 10415

Mar 21, 2004, 11:23 PM	#3
kelticknight DriverHeaven Knight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: EIRE{great for black stuff ,bulmers cider and Munster rubgy Posts: 1,095 Rep Power: 0	l have sapphire 9800xt,runs about 56c,as micron says ,watch the screen ,any that temp is know to be higher than it really is __________________

Mar 22, 2004, 02:52 PM	#6
Zebra DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: California,USA Posts: 198 Rep Power: 0	That temp is a little high, but still within range for that card. Go here Overdrive Temp Ranges to see what temperatures Overdrive looks at to determine the overclocking. As you will notice, it doesn't overdrive very much at this time, and memory overclocking should be coming in the future. __________________ My current system as of 04/20/06: M/B: ABIT K8U Socket 754 RAM: 1024MB Corsair Select CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ (Clawhammer) VIDEO: ATI Radeon AIW X800 XT 256MB AGP8X AUDIO: SB Audigy 2 DISK: Maxtor 7200rpm 200GB 8MB cache SATA drive DVD/RW: Sony DRU-800A DL Dual Format DVD/CD Burner CD/RW : TEAC 48X CD Burner OS: WIN XP PRO w/SP2 VID DRIVERS: Latest Omega Radeon Drivers PSU: ANTEC 500W

Mar 21, 2004, 11:37 PM	Thread Starter #4
Widkidone DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Diego, Ca Posts: 711 Rep Power: 0	Well i have not seen anything wrong with the graphics or anything i am very happy with my card. Just that i hear the fan going and i go to my display properties click on the Overdrive tab and it read the current temp is 71-73C. But i have not enabled the Overdrive yet because i have notice this temp reading of 71-73C. But the reason i why i am asking the community here is because i trust all of you and i i totally appreicate your help. To the communty any imput would be great, thank you community of DriverHeaven. So any help would be great.

Mar 22, 2004, 12:55 AM	#5
~~BMG_Cya=-~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 718 Rep Power: 0	That is a littlehigh. I also have a 9800XT (BBA) and once I took the silly little fan off, and that plastic hoodscoop off...bolted a Vantec Tornado to the HS...the core shows at most 56C. Right now, I'm back to using my Gigabyte 9800 Pro until I figure something out for really cooling my 9800 XT core. (Thing doesn't o'clock worth crap. My Giga will run at higher speeds than the XT) I would look for a better cooling solution. Either a super loud...hurricane fan, or liquid/vapor cooling.

Mar 23, 2004, 12:42 PM	#7
~~BMG_Cya=-~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 718 Rep Power: 0	Wow!!! 127 C?!!!!! Jeezus..man...I wouldn't have a thing that hot within yards of anything I own. Unless it was a TV dinner or something.