"Official" Radeon 6950 Temperatures?

[Meatball]

Anyone able to point to any official link or document from ATI/AMD about the maximum temp a Radeon 6950 should run at?  I bought one from a guy on eBay and it's shooting up to near 100 as soon as I start mining with it even if I force the fan to 100%, so I shut it down.  I'm pretty sure that there's something off with the card because I have another one of the exact same card that runs at 60 degrees at 65% fan speed.

He told me that he was running it past 100 fine and I want to see if I can find something official on the temp ranges the card should be running in.

Thanks...

[1.21gigawatts]

Did he take the fan and heat sink off of it?  Maybe the the thermal paste needs to be reapplied

[Meatball]

Yeah, it's possible, and I'm going to talk to him and then possibly try reapplying it myself.

[computerparts]

Sorry but I would NEVER buy a card that even reached 100 degrees. Definitely try re-seating the heatsink. Can't find anything official but everything I've turned up states that the card's max safe temp is 95.

[Meatball]

Yeah, I didn't know he had pushed it that far until after I got it.  He says he'll take it back, so it's back to UPS today...

[btcsquirrel]

I have 2 6950s in crossfire.  The "top" card runs at 75C at ~100% load and ~100% fan speed.  They are in my gaming computer so they are in an Antec 1200 case and I've added extra fans to keep it cool.  I left everything at factory settings on the cards.

I have to say, the salvage value on ex-mining computer parts is virtually nothing and we're going to see tons of this stuff being sold over the next 2 years.  Include the fact that there are tons of people who have never heard of bitcoin and you'll have a good-sized market of unsuspecting buyers for the junk.

[Meatball]

Have you tried mining in crossfire and with the cards individually?  Wondering what the mining penalty is for 2 cards in crossfire vs. by themselves.

[Jack of Diamonds]

80-90c is okay, but 50-79 is ideal.