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Meatball (OP)
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June 29, 2011, 09:40:22 PM
Last edit: June 30, 2011, 01:12:20 AM by Meatball |
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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...
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June 29, 2011, 09:43:27 PM |
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Did he take the fan and heat sink off of it? Maybe the the thermal paste needs to be reapplied
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Meatball (OP)
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June 29, 2011, 09:58:56 PM
Last edit: June 30, 2011, 01:11:47 AM by Meatball |
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Yeah, it's possible, and I'm going to talk to him and then possibly try reapplying it myself.
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June 30, 2011, 05:30:01 AM |
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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.
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Meatball (OP)
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June 30, 2011, 11:27:29 AM |
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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...
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June 30, 2011, 04:23:59 PM |
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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.
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Meatball (OP)
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June 30, 2011, 04:58:59 PM |
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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.
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Jack of Diamonds
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June 30, 2011, 06:06:43 PM |
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80-90c is okay, but 50-79 is ideal.
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