Playing FarCry X850 card overherheats?!

[jaross]

I had the graphics on very high. is this normal? My card is a Connect 3D X850 XT PL. I got it off tigerdirect for $350. perhaps there is a reason it was so cheap???

anyway, after getting that message, i go back to playing the game, and it seems to proform just as good as it was. and by that I mean that I would see an occational twitch in some objects, and an occational "digital static line" through the screen. None of that happened after running 3D Mark 2003 though. unfortinatly, i have not had a change to run any other games on my system yet.

 

[HAVOC]

um.. do you still have the stock cooler on that card? Because it sucks.
Are you overclocking that card at all? Consider looking into an after-market cooler like the Arctic Silencer 5 http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=61

Use AS5 on the core during install and put 1 tiny dab of AS5 on all 8 rams. You must first remove the stock themal pads on the heatsink.

You will now have a chilled X850XT read to overclock like crazy..

 

[Grayfox]

Theres a few batches of x850's out there that ati used too much thermalpaste on. (not ot mention cheep stuff)

Just replace the thermalpaste with as5 and it will be fine.

 

[jaross]

yes its stock, no I have not overclocked it. also, I heard that it wasnt really worth overclocking videocards in general, and especially not the one that I have. also, I heard that it is more dangerous the CPU overclocking, because it is easier to screw up.

 

[HAVOC]

Well, if you have a good after market cooler and have RAM cooling and you use a good overclocking program like rivatuner or ATITOOL.

I'm not huge on overclocking, "knowledgible" but i've been told unless you can overclock safely over 10% it really isn't worth it.

 

[jaross]

ok. according to the ATI drivers, it was at 73C (if I remember correctly) after playing far cry for a while.

it is now at 45C...

 

[HAVOC]

73C is pretty hot, but not too bad. I think there is a setting in ATI Catalyst control panel that you can adjust that TEMP so that the CCP doesn't warn you when you reach 70C - adjust it to 80C.

 

[jaross]

The intake for the videocard is rright near my chipset. my chipset is one with a fan, but wouldnt that blow air down on the chipset? If it blew up and the air it blew was pretty hot it would be the problem....