Is something in my command line making the cards run hot?

[bran987]

I am on Windows 7 with Radeon 6950's

I had 6950x4 and then you guys taught me stacking them on top of each other makes them too hot.

So for now I removed the 2 that were in the middle so the remaining 2 do not have anything touching them on either side.

You guys said that they should be running 50-60 degrees Celsius but these 2 cards are still running at 80 and I'm wondering if it's something on my command line?

I am using this one I found somewhere that is getting me 260 Mhash (mind you I have no idea what any of it means)

phoenix.exe -u http://WORKERNAME:PASSWORD@pool.bitclockers.com:8332/ -k poclbm VECTORS BFI_INT FASTLOOP=false AGGRESSION=10 DEVICE=0

I adjusted AGGRESSION down to 7 and that didn't make any difference, and if I go lower than 7 I lose significant hash speed (meanwhile I thought I was expecting to get 310 Mhash out of each card but the line above only gives 260)

Is something in the command line making the cards run hot?

[powerhead]

Hi,
80 celcius is not too hot for a GPU -- 100 celcius is too hot.
You might have an option to insert delays (like -s 0.01) which
will help cool the temerature (but also will lower your speed).
ME

[lowlevel]

Mine run in the mid 70's currently... ambient room temperature, and case air flow/etc all play a role. If I put the side of the case on, they shoot up to 80+ ... even though theres all kinds of fans in there and great airflow... so i just leave the side off now.

[compro01]

what are the fan speeds like?  reference or non-reference cooler?

what kind of case?  what fans in the case?

[bran987]

Here are my fan readings from CPUID Hardware Monitor

Fans
FANIN0 1597 RPM
FANIN1 1427 RPM

Fans PWM
CPU 100%
System Fan 1 100%
System Fan 2 100%
System Fan 3 100%

What kind of cast I do not know how to answer?

[compro01]

Here are my fan readings from CPUID Hardware Monitor

Fans
FANIN0 1597 RPM
FANIN1 1427 RPM

Fans PWM
CPU 100%
System Fan 1 100%
System Fan 2 100%
System Fan 3 100%

What kind of cast I do not know how to answer?

i meant to type case, rather than cast.

do you happen to have a link to the exact card you are using?

[getsum]

I'm a poker player, thought you were talking about running good in poker 

[bran987]

Here are my fan readings from CPUID Hardware Monitor

Fans
FANIN0 1597 RPM
FANIN1 1427 RPM

Fans PWM
CPU 100%
System Fan 1 100%
System Fan 2 100%
System Fan 3 100%

What kind of cast I do not know how to answer?

i meant to type case, rather than cast.

do you happen to have a link to the exact card you are using?

The case is called a Cooler Master - I am sure I got ripped off on the pricing on the thing.

3 of the cards are this:

http://www.amazon.com/XFX-HD-695A-CNFC-Radeon-6950-Graphics/dp/B004GCIZ5K

1 of the cards is this:

http://tinyurl.com/6k6s9t7

Like I said I took the 2 middle cards out though, so right now there is 1 of each type in the case - with the side of the case taken off and my desk fan blowing on them haha.

[bran987]

I'm a poker player, thought you were talking about running good in poker 

LOL I love watching poker after dark & high stakes poker fun show - sorry about the big sites getting taken down! 

[Exo]

Keep a fan blowing on them constantly. Externally, and internally.