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[Sean W.]

dang that looks amazing! how are your temperatures?

 

[cq842000]

Hey Slay, long time no see buddy. I have to agree with you there, cold cathodes are more effective, but at the cost of a higher rate of failure and electrical issues. To Sean W.... after running LinX 3 times(default for scoring) at 4510mhz with HT enabled the highest temp recorded was 76c. Unfortunately the score drops considerably with HT enabled. The cpu generally idles at 30c-32c @4.5ghz while reaching 45c-56c while gaming. The videocard (HD5970) never exceeds 32c under full load and idles at 20c-24c. Thank you both for the compliments. Next payday, I'm going to re-route all the wires on the back by twisting and zip tying them. Also I plan to get another 5970 for quad-fire(plus an Nvidia GPU for Hybrid PhysX), and a new PSU thats modular. I have my eye on this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371032 .

 

[Sean W.]

god danm haha... thats pretty awesome, when i saw that you said your idle temp is 30c - 32c i was like, i have those same idle temps, but then i saw u are at 4.5 ghz.... haha nevverr mindddd ...

it looks amazing! keep us posted.

 

[yzmxer608]

Hey Slay, long time no see buddy. I have to agree with you there, cold cathodes are more effective, but at the cost of a higher rate of failure and electrical issues. To Sean W.... after running LinX 3 times(default for scoring) at 4510mhz with HT enabled the highest temp recorded was 76c. Unfortunately the score drops considerably with HT enabled. The cpu generally idles at 30c-32c @4.5ghz while reaching 45c-56c while gaming. The videocard (HD5970) never exceeds 32c under full load and idles at 20c-24c. Thank you both for the compliments. Next payday, I'm going to re-route all the wires on the back by twisting and zip tying them. Also I plan to get another 5970 for quad-fire(plus an Nvidia GPU for Hybrid PhysX), and a new PSU thats modular. I have my eye on this one Newegg.com - Antec TPQ-1200 1200W Continuous Power with PowerCache Technology SLI Ready CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply .

What are the vreg temps like on the 5970? I'm thinking of getting a cooler for the vregs on my 5870.

 

[cq842000]

I can only tell you what GPU-Z reports. For load I ran MSI Kombustor(Furmark derived). I fixed my 2d clocks to 400mhz core/ 600mhz memory, and upped the idle voltage a tad. Also for the core to remain at 1ghz and not randomly crash I keep the core voltage at 1.262v. I wish MSI afterburner had a native memory voltage solution.

VDDC Phase 1=24c idle-63c load
VDDC Phase 2=24c idle-65c load
VDDC Phase 3=23c idle-62c load
VDDCI Phase 1=31c idle-59c load
VDDCI Phase 2=29c idle-56c load

 

[Sean W.]

my 5870 at idle is 50*C and at load it gets up to about 85*C at load with the stock cooler/fan.

 

[yzmxer608]

Ok, is it oc'ed at all? Mt vreg temps go up to around 70-80 on load when I raise the voltage/OC. Those are really low core temps though!

 

[cq842000]

Mine is OC'd to 1ghz(1.262v) on the cores, and the memory is at 1.25ghz(1.15v) for the 3D clocks. RBE (Radeon Bios Editor) doesnt work with my setup, and GPU-z wont even read the bios on this card, so I cant make a dump. It says that "bios reading isn't allowed on this device". So I cant flash it in good conscience without backing up and/or modifying my own bios. Otherwise I would have reached for 1.2ghz on the cores. Sapphire has this card locked to 1000mhz max on the cores via the bios.

-Edit- I stand corrected, the temps reached 35c this time, but it's pretty warm in my room right now.

 

[Sean W.]

i think he was asking you?

 

[yzmxer608]

Yeah, I was asking cq, thanks for the info man .