Jesusfrk611
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I have an XFX HD 9650 2GB and have had it for about a year and a half. It's in my Antec 1200 case. I have been playing GTA 4 a lot lately and have had texture loss and crashes way too much. I figured the install was screwy, but I installed speedfan just to see the temps. I knew my case was a bit dusty (although I just blew it out and it really wasn't too bad). Everything at idle looks fine except for the graphics card. Before I did anything it was idling at 60C. I ran FurMark on it and it jumped up to a constant 85.
I figured some better thermal paste applied correctly might fix the issue as well as a computer dust. I just got done putting Arctic Silver on it and am now testing it again. At idle it's a constant 56C. So a full 4 degree drop... Ran FurMark and it was running at 82C constant. I made sure all the old paste was cleaned off with some rubbing alcohol.
I did run my game once with Speedfan running and it topped out at like 75ish and I was doing everything I could to try and make it go higher. Of course when you test it to make it act up, no texture loss or crashes...
Is this an acceptable GPU temp for idle? The CPU idle is at 30C and any other temps are lower than that. Nothing is overclocked, but I do have an aftermarket cooler on my CPU. The GPU has the stock cooler.
I know the game crashes may not be related to the GPU temp, but I'm just trying to figure out if it might be and why it's so high in general. Off to play the game again with speedfan running and see at what temp I get texture loss or crash.
I figured some better thermal paste applied correctly might fix the issue as well as a computer dust. I just got done putting Arctic Silver on it and am now testing it again. At idle it's a constant 56C. So a full 4 degree drop... Ran FurMark and it was running at 82C constant. I made sure all the old paste was cleaned off with some rubbing alcohol.
I did run my game once with Speedfan running and it topped out at like 75ish and I was doing everything I could to try and make it go higher. Of course when you test it to make it act up, no texture loss or crashes...
Is this an acceptable GPU temp for idle? The CPU idle is at 30C and any other temps are lower than that. Nothing is overclocked, but I do have an aftermarket cooler on my CPU. The GPU has the stock cooler.
I know the game crashes may not be related to the GPU temp, but I'm just trying to figure out if it might be and why it's so high in general. Off to play the game again with speedfan running and see at what temp I get texture loss or crash.