- Joined
- Nov 11, 2003
- Location
- Bloomington, IN
I just installed athermalright HR-03 HS, along with a 92mm fan blowing directly on the heat pipes. I just ran 3dMark 06, at the stock speeds and during the last 2 tests, it artifacts like crazy.
I am monitoring my temps during this process (with rivaTuner) and during idle, the core is at ~35C while at full throttle it barely reaches ~50C. In addition to the 92mm fan, I also have an intake fan 92x40 (it's really thick) that blows on the card as well.
I used AS5 on the core, made sure not to spill any anywhere. What could be causing this? I have the HS mounted as tight as possible... maybe it's too tight? If i loosen it any more, it does not make contact with the core and the temps go waaaay up. I was really careful with it, so i doubt I really damaged it. I've installed aftermarket HS' on almost all video cards i've owned, so I feel pretty comfortable doing it by now... What do you guys think?
I am monitoring my temps during this process (with rivaTuner) and during idle, the core is at ~35C while at full throttle it barely reaches ~50C. In addition to the 92mm fan, I also have an intake fan 92x40 (it's really thick) that blows on the card as well.
I used AS5 on the core, made sure not to spill any anywhere. What could be causing this? I have the HS mounted as tight as possible... maybe it's too tight? If i loosen it any more, it does not make contact with the core and the temps go waaaay up. I was really careful with it, so i doubt I really damaged it. I've installed aftermarket HS' on almost all video cards i've owned, so I feel pretty comfortable doing it by now... What do you guys think?