X800 XT safe load temps?

Quattro

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Hey there,

Just been using ATI tool to see what my max core and memory is....

Cutrious to know what the max safe load temp is. Highest I managed to get it up to was 74*c... That sounds pretty hot to me, I was just wondering if that was okay?

It has got the stock hsf on it and it running at 530/560.

 

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Come on...

I have tried searching, someone must know!

 

Sevin7

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my x800xl runs around 55c load @ 440/500, its pretty much the same card as yours just slower clocks, that sounds kind of high to me but i dont know how high these cards can go

 

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Have you got the stock cooler on?

Maybe the extra frequency really does generate an awful lot of heat. These are really good cards, my last card was a X800Pro and before that I had a 9800Pro. I really like ATI now after being an nVidia fanboy for several years!

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It's high, but the card should be able to take it. I have a very peculiar setup with a lot of watercooling gear in a small case, and if I put my radiator fan at 7v (as I have now), the radeon tends to heat up too. It doesn't help that I need to use the nearby PCI slot, either.
Anyway, I have never seen a side effect of these slightly high temperatures.

 

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I have an X800XL and it will run about 72C while playing BF2. It idles around 49-50C. This is with the stock cooler and an extra 80mm fan blowing on it. I thought that was high, but from what I have seen, they can take temps into the 90s and not miss a beat.

 

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Wow, that is pretty hot. I idle at 29 and load is around 44-47. Overclocked to PE speeds. But then again, I do have the ATi Silencer... Even with the stock cooler it didn't get that hot. Poor airflow maybe?

 

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74C is typical for the stock cooler.

 

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i have a x800xl (Saphire) , i put Silencer 3 on it. On stock frequencies the temp with silencer climbs to 64 max(full load), isnt this too much for Silencer cooling?

Also, while i took the stock cooler off i took a glimpse of the core, and on it it clearly wrote X800pro.. is this normal? shouldnt it write x800xl?

 

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can you use ati tool to set the fan speed to 100%? that should help things out.