As long as I had my XFX 6800xt, I had some temperature problems. The GPU temperature went up to 80°C and the hot spot temperature usually stood at 105°C, but occasionally went up to 110°C. So the fans were screaming as if they were being slaughtered.

So I removed the shroud, replaced the 90mm fans with 120mm fans, which I had lying around in my “tech box” and which are now hanging on the heatsink through zip-ties. And a 100x100 3mm thick thermal pad between the backplate and the back of the board.

Result: Furmark (as an extreme example) just manages to bring the respective temperatures to 57°C GPU temperature or 75°C hot spot temperature.

I would never have thought that an investment of €8 could make such a difference

  • Death_Pokman@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    There must have been a poblem from the start. Honestly if it reaches over 100 degree with high fan speed you should have just ask for a replacement. My 6800XT is mostly at 75 hot spot without changing anything on it.

    • uk_uk@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      My 6800XT is mostly at 75 hot spot without changing anything on it.

      Even in GPU intensive games like Cyberpunk 2077 or even War Thunder?

      I forgot to mention: I play with a 3400x1440 resolution. Thats’ twice the pixels of 1920x1080.