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8/13/12 at 7:51pm
LOL...I just wanted input from the AMD rep about normal temp ranges for the 7950. Anyway I did change the tim with some noctua NT-H1. Idle was around 38C, and load dropped to 71-72C...so about 5-6C drop. Not bad for 10 minutes. Need to check an overclock run and see the difference there still.

Edit: Ok just ran a load test at 1000/1400 with stock voltage. Temps maxed at 74-75C with fans around 60%. Much better than the low 80s I was getting before.
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8/13/12 at 8:27pm
7950 and 7970 have the same thermal threshold. I have five reference 7970s sitting here, and all of them go to 80-85C at load in a well-ventilated 650D.
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8/13/12 at 8:52pm
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@ MSIalex and Thracks - Thank you for your response & information smile.gif
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like what I said days ago when I first read about the thread. save yourself the trouble and reapply the tim. it would only take a few minutes
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What you can buy at a local store is about same (or often better) quality as what is available on the factory side.
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Pretty much any will work well, the problem with stock paste is manufacturers generally use a lot of it. Enough to cover the gpu, then enough for 2 or 3 more gpus squeezed out the sides.
I've been using mx4 for air & water cool TIM lately, it's pretty good.

As stated before, I usually reapply TIM to my CPU & GPU on an annual basis. The TIM I use is MX-4 as well. I didn't know that the manufacturer's TIM was about the same as what's readily available. I always thought they used some high quality TIM like the Shin Etsu. I guess going forward, I will reapply TIM from the initial run of the GPU and then update on an annual basis.

In any case, thank you to all for your input and information and I hope that others have benefited from this thread as well.

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7950 and 7970 have the same thermal threshold. I have five reference 7970s sitting here, and all of them go to 80-85C at load in a well-ventilated 650D.


With what fan speed? For 30% I would say that is good. For 100%, not good.

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8/13/12 at 8:59pm
Automatic/BIOS-controlled fan speed. I never bother with custom profiles.
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So from what I have seen, that would be about 30%.

 

Which is good.

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@ Emissary of Pain: we're located in North America and only service US/Canada customers. If you contact Mike we can't help you because we do not sell to South Africa. Please contact our local distributor (whomever you bought it from) for more information.

I have contacted them and all they say is that the rest of my system is making the card heat up due to poor ventilation ... .. I use a Raven 02-e ... Poor ventilation my *** ... lol ...


I am looking at water cooling seems that local vendors won't help and MSI doesn't reach out of the US ... which I don't understand ... but thanks for the reply anyway ...

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8/14/12 at 4:52am
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For the record, and to Alex's point, we validate the functionality of Radeon HD 7970 ASICs up to 95C as safe. We are perfectly okay with the ASICs running up to that temperature every day for the lifetime of the product, but temperatures above that may introduce artifacting.
There is nothing abnormal about an 80-95C board, particularly if the case is not well-ventilated.
Very sorry to hijack thread, but i am interested do you have info for HD 7870 ASIC max temp.
I am getting two of them, so i need some info.
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8/14/12 at 5:51am
lol if you only know my two 6990 run @ 105 degrees
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8/14/12 at 5:58am
MSI binned the Lightning GPUs for low ASIC quality, to perform better under extreme cold. The trade-off is that these leaky chips run much hotter under air/water cooling.

Check ASIC quality yourself with GPU-Z.
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