A GPU doesn't necessarily run hotter than a CPU but due to it's slot
orientation you can't place as large a heatsink on it. I don't like to
run my 4850 higher that 60C and it usually stays much cooler than that
with my fan set to 80% in Catalyst. Good luck, you have quit a situation
with 2 of those hot running bad boys in the same box.
Winterlight wrote:
I own two ASUS 4970 video cards that I bought a little over a year ago
to drive three large monitors. The purchase turned out to be a big
mistake. The fans are of a poor design. One of the cards fans died in
six months. Asus RMA took four weeks, got the card back, the fan died
the next day. Back to RMA for another three weeks, the card died in
one week. Then ASUS told me that they would RMA it a third time but
that is it.... not that I cared as I wasn't going to jump through
their hoop again.
I looked for a third party solution and while they were available they
were all for overclockers and huge. I ended up getting a Arctic
Cooling passive heat sink, that was large and it works. I got it in
the case ... just barely.
Now the second 4970 fan went out. I will never get another giant heat
sink installed so I am thinking of taking one of my extra 60mm CPU fan
that I bought for my overclocked XEON 3.06 CPU and putting it on the
video cards heat sink... would that work? I am not overclocking the
card and it is in a well ventilated large case. Does the GPU run a lot
hotter then a CPU?
thanks
