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Posted January 27, 2014
Ok, I know my Graphics card is more than 3 years old now (radeon hd 5750) and I am in the process of upgrading it but this game runs my GPU to about 75C.. I read a few posts online but have yet to find a quick answer. I mean this game is 7 years old now and is more demanding on my system than Skyrim/Fallout. My question is, is there some kind of option or setting I am missing to cool it down a bit? Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks.
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Posted January 27, 2014
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hellmonster67: Ok, I know my Graphics card is more than 3 years old now (radeon hd 5750) and I am in the process of upgrading it but this game runs my GPU to about 75C.. I read a few posts online but have yet to find a quick answer. I mean this game is 7 years old now and is more demanding on my system than Skyrim/Fallout. My question is, is there some kind of option or setting I am missing to cool it down a bit? Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks.
Turning on v-sync helped mine a lot.
Posted February 10, 2014
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hellmonster67: Ok, I know my Graphics card is more than 3 years old now (radeon hd 5750) and I am in the process of upgrading it but this game runs my GPU to about 75C.. I read a few posts online but have yet to find a quick answer. I mean this game is 7 years old now and is more demanding on my system than Skyrim/Fallout. My question is, is there some kind of option or setting I am missing to cool it down a bit? Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks.
Wish I had seen this sooner--my HD 5770 *always* ran @ 100C under load, in any game that stressed it. Looking into it pretty thoroughly, I discovered that ATi/AMD had deliberately designed the gpu to run flat-out @100C, more or less forever (at normal clock speeds)...;) That was four years ago and the gpu is still running strong, in another box, @100C under load with no sign of problems--so I guess AMD knows what it's talking about. I think the fan will fail before the gpu.

Your 5750 @75C under load was never a problem, actually. Different gpus run at different temps under load. What's alarmingly hot in one is just normal operating temp in another.
Posted February 10, 2014
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hellmonster67: Ok, I know my Graphics card is more than 3 years old now (radeon hd 5750) and I am in the process of upgrading it but this game runs my GPU to about 75C.. I read a few posts online but have yet to find a quick answer. I mean this game is 7 years old now and is more demanding on my system than Skyrim/Fallout. My question is, is there some kind of option or setting I am missing to cool it down a bit? Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks.
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waltc: Wish I had seen this sooner--my HD 5770 *always* ran @ 100C under load, in any game that stressed it. Looking into it pretty thoroughly, I discovered that ATi/AMD had deliberately designed the gpu to run flat-out @100C, more or less forever (at normal clock speeds)...;) That was four years ago and the gpu is still running strong, in another box, @100C under load with no sign of problems--so I guess AMD knows what it's talking about. I think the fan will fail before the gpu.

Your 5750 @75C under load was never a problem, actually. Different gpus run at different temps under load. What's alarmingly hot in one is just normal operating temp in another.
Hey, thanks for your response.. I also have looked into it a little too much and come to the conclusion it is fine also.. All I have read contradicts the safe max temp from either 72C to 84C to the 90's.. I just figure I won't run anything higher than low 80's or if the fan gets too loud for too long..

I did just recently put on some Arctic MX-4 and some 11 w/k thermal pads into the card and it did lower the overall temp about 4C. Not sure it was worth the 40$ in supplies but was a learning experience if anything.. I do need better airflow as I have no front intake and it's just not worth it anymore for a 4 year old card.. I plan on doing a complete upgrade if I can find suitable employment soon anyways..

As for NWN2.. I adjusted some of the settings and it runs at about 68C now. I suppose I can put everything back on max now and it will probably be about 72C.. I have to check it out later
Posted February 13, 2014
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waltc: Wish I had seen this sooner--my HD 5770 *always* ran @ 100C under load, in any game that stressed it. Looking into it pretty thoroughly, I discovered that ATi/AMD had deliberately designed the gpu to run flat-out @100C, more or less forever (at normal clock speeds)...;) That was four years ago and the gpu is still running strong, in another box, @100C under load with no sign of problems--so I guess AMD knows what it's talking about. I think the fan will fail before the gpu.

Your 5750 @75C under load was never a problem, actually. Different gpus run at different temps under load. What's alarmingly hot in one is just normal operating temp in another.
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hellmonster67: Hey, thanks for your response.. I also have looked into it a little too much and come to the conclusion it is fine also.. All I have read contradicts the safe max temp from either 72C to 84C to the 90's.. I just figure I won't run anything higher than low 80's or if the fan gets too loud for too long..

I did just recently put on some Arctic MX-4 and some 11 w/k thermal pads into the card and it did lower the overall temp about 4C. Not sure it was worth the 40$ in supplies but was a learning experience if anything.. I do need better airflow as I have no front intake and it's just not worth it anymore for a 4 year old card.. I plan on doing a complete upgrade if I can find suitable employment soon anyways..

As for NWN2.. I adjusted some of the settings and it runs at about 68C now. I suppose I can put everything back on max now and it will probably be about 72C.. I have to check it out later
Agreed--any further investment here is just throwing good money after bad...;) Your 5750 won't run any better as you have discovered. I replaced my HD5770 (gave it to the wife) with a 2GB HD 7850 that idles at ~28C and maxes out about 70C under load (with a chip ceiling of 80C), with stock fan &HS, and that's overclocked to 1.05GHz ROOB, stock voltage...;)

They are re-branding the HD 2GB 7850 as a newer R7 265, and it's supposed to sell for ~$150, which is a pretty sweet deal, I think. It runs everything I throw at it without a qualm and I run my games @ 1920x1200. You might want to check it out...;)
Posted February 13, 2014
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hellmonster67: Hey, thanks for your response.. I also have looked into it a little too much and come to the conclusion it is fine also.. All I have read contradicts the safe max temp from either 72C to 84C to the 90's.. I just figure I won't run anything higher than low 80's or if the fan gets too loud for too long..

I did just recently put on some Arctic MX-4 and some 11 w/k thermal pads into the card and it did lower the overall temp about 4C. Not sure it was worth the 40$ in supplies but was a learning experience if anything.. I do need better airflow as I have no front intake and it's just not worth it anymore for a 4 year old card.. I plan on doing a complete upgrade if I can find suitable employment soon anyways..

As for NWN2.. I adjusted some of the settings and it runs at about 68C now. I suppose I can put everything back on max now and it will probably be about 72C.. I have to check it out later
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waltc: Agreed--any further investment here is just throwing good money after bad...;) Your 5750 won't run any better as you have discovered. I replaced my HD5770 (gave it to the wife) with a 2GB HD 7850 that idles at ~28C and maxes out about 70C under load (with a chip ceiling of 80C), with stock fan &HS, and that's overclocked to 1.05GHz ROOB, stock voltage...;)

They are re-branding the HD 2GB 7850 as a newer R7 265, and it's supposed to sell for ~$150, which is a pretty sweet deal, I think. It runs everything I throw at it without a qualm and I run my games @ 1920x1200. You might want to check it out...;)
I definitely will check into that.. Thanks for the tip!
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