HD7870 XT Jokercard Idle Temp issue

Discussion in 'Videocards - AMD Radeon Drivers Section' started by Thezir, Jan 30, 2013.

  1. Thezir

    Thezir Guest

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    Dear Guru3d.

    Recently i've bought this pc :
    i5-3570K
    HD7870 XT jokercard
    8 gb corsair vengeance memory
    MSI Z77A-G45
    Crucial M4 128 gb ssd
    Gelid Tranquillo Rev.2
    XFX pro 550W

    Then the problem occured, when im gaming everything is fine and i have a max temp of 68-70. But when im just in windows surfing or whatever and I go afk and I come back the temp will be around 75 degrees. I thought this was really weird and i contacted the company where I build the system.
    They have send me a new HD7870 XT which I received today.
    However I just installed the card and I still have the problem!
    Whenever im afk and I come back my video card is really hot or whenever im watching a video it gets really hot.
    Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

    Thanks! Thezir.
     
  2. GREGIX

    GREGIX Master Guru

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    Weird
    I have same card and gpu's usage when watching films or playin flash games/youtube watch is 0-5% max, so no temp to rise...
    First- update ur flash player, sec, change player...im personaly usin MPHCx64 with no problems.
    When it happens- does fan increase speed? At this temps(personally i saw 75 max) i have fan at 40-44% speed and is horribly noisy. So no way u can miss it, unless it doesn't work at all....
     
  3. yasamoka

    yasamoka Ancient Guru

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    Can you monitor how the fan speed changes when you switch from a gaming load state to an idle state (Desktop)?
     
  4. Thezir

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    Hey

    This screenshot below is after being afk for a minute or so.

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    This screenshot below is whilst beeing active.

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    ill try to monitor going from a load state to an idle state.

    - Thezir

    p.s Sorry for the large images!
     

  5. yasamoka

    yasamoka Ancient Guru

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    After how much time have you set your monitor to turn off?

    Check the card physically, does the fan spin down when you're away from your PC?
     
  6. Thezir

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    10 minutes.

    & here are some logs from GPU-z

    This is when im active on the pc :
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    This is when im 'afk' (The gpu core & memory clock were higher but when I took this screenshot they immediently dropped to 300/150):
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    This is when I show activity after beeing afk
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  7. Mudde

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    I have almost the same specs and I have the same problem with the gpu when idle. Did you have found a solution?
     
  8. Starfighter2

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    Some 7850 and 7870 cards turned out to be quite bad....I was forced to RMA 3x 7850 MSI OC version with 1Gb Ram, temps were...terrific - 70C idle and around 100C on load, with sound like jet engine.
     

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