What is a good temperature for an HD5850?

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I was just wondering what a good temperature for an HD5850 is.
Overclocked from stock to 850/1150, I wanted to know what a good temperature for that would be, I don't want to have it at anything higher than 50% fan speed, I believe im getting around 57*c under full load at 50% or around there ingame.

[Jean-Luc]

I wouldn't go any higher than 85 Celsius on that card.

[Advancebo]

Sorry but this is ridiculous, if you're going to do something you don't know much about, don't do it.

[jcap]

I'd say 70 degrees C is about the highest OK average you should deal with. I say "OK" because it's not ideal and you don't want to run it at that all the time, but you won't burn your card out in a week if you are just a casual gamer. If you're getting 57 C, then you're fine.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Okay, thanks!

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Its currently at 855/1200, running well, didnt go above 55*c with a little bit higher fan speed.
But why does it say my card is running at 8x instead of 16x?

[StankBacon]

you running in crossfire?

[InnerGoat]

What are you using to test the load temps? Run furmark and see if it burns up :)

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I was playing bad company 2's beta.
I'll try out furmark and see how it runs.
and im not in crossfire mode.
e: its current max after about six minutes is 68*c I'm thinking thats a bit high, should I lower the clock, or up the fan speed?

[InnerGoat]

You can increase the fan speed ~15% if you want but those temps are fine.

So hows that 120Hz display been for ya?

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I'm loving it, its very clear, and I swear the visuals are smoother at 120fps than they are at 60fps!

[InnerGoat]

Good to hear :)

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

:)

[Ganon]

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