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Ok my Ati Radeon 9800XT runs 67-69 idle
and about 70-78 load that seems a little high for idle temps so i took the stock cooling off and added some antec silver paste and that hasnt made any difference, now i know the card will only cool but so low depending on the ambient temp, so i took the side panel off still 67-69 idle after hours, now i know what i need to do to cool it, but my question is why the hell does this card idle so hot, i never noticed it this high idle before till i checked the temps, which i rarely do with my card, any comments would be apreciated.


and about 70-78 load that seems a little high for idle temps so i took the stock cooling off and added some antec silver paste and that hasnt made any difference, now i know the card will only cool but so low depending on the ambient temp, so i took the side panel off still 67-69 idle after hours, now i know what i need to do to cool it, but my question is why the hell does this card idle so hot, i never noticed it this high idle before till i checked the temps, which i rarely do with my card, any comments would be apreciated.