Yes, the need to set a nice fan speed with a great tool like Riva is essential. My 50% fan speed on my 3870's=40 idle and load 60-70c, I hope to have similer results with 4xxx seies.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=2751569#post2751569 temp fix for it is to use the overdrive thing and manually set the profile fan speed. Mine is set to 50% and the temp drop from 79/80C to around 54C on idle.
Somebody pls hook the man up with a card!!! I just got my 4870 so would be keen to do some beta testing :nerd:
If you need any info I'd more than happy to supply it I have two Sapphire cards. Here are a few debug reports from Everest (SMSBus, registers, etc.) Code: ------[ EVEREST v4.50.1419 Beta ]------ ------[ Video Adapters ]------ ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 [1002-9442 / 1002-0502] ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 [1002-9442 / 1002-0502] ------[ Video Driver ]------ atidxx32||7.15.10.0127|||atidxx64||7.15.10.0127|||atiumdag||7.14.10.0597 - ATI Catalyst 8.7|||atiumdva||7.14.10.0193|||atiumd64||7.14.10.0597|||atiumd6a||7.14.10.0193|||atitmm64||6.14.11.17 atidxx32||7.15.10.0127|||atidxx64||7.15.10.0127|||atiumdag||7.14.10.0597 - ATI Catalyst 8.7|||atiumdva||7.14.10.0193|||atiumd64||7.14.10.0597|||atiumd6a||7.14.10.0193|||atitmm64||6.14.11.17 Code: ------[ EVEREST v4.50.1419 Beta ]------ ------[ Video Adapters ]------ ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 [1002-9442 / 1002-0502] ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 [1002-9442 / 1002-0502] ------[ Video Driver ]------ atidxx32||7.15.10.0127|||atidxx64||7.15.10.0127|||atiumdag||7.14.10.0597 - ATI Catalyst 8.7|||atiumdva||7.14.10.0193|||atiumd64||7.14.10.0597|||atiumd6a||7.14.10.0193|||atitmm64||6.14.11.17 atidxx32||7.15.10.0127|||atidxx64||7.15.10.0127|||atiumdag||7.14.10.0597 - ATI Catalyst 8.7|||atiumdva||7.14.10.0193|||atiumd64||7.14.10.0597|||atiumd6a||7.14.10.0193|||atitmm64||6.14.11.17 ------[ ATI GPU #1 @ mem F7CE0000 ]------ Video Adapter = ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 GPU Code Name = RV770 PCI Device = 1002-9442 / 1002-0502 ati-0134 = 3AC23405 ati-0138 = 000000F4 ati-0600 = 00000034 ati-0610 = 0001003A ati-0618 = F6948517 ati-06FC = 00000000 ati-0700 = 00000000 ati-0704 = 00000000 ati-0708 = 00000000 ati-070C = 00000000 ati-078C = 00000000 ati-07D4 = FFFF0000 ati-07D8 = 00000000 ati-07F4 = 0C0C0000 ati-0808 = 00000000 ati-2004 = 00003210 ati-2408 = 000F007F ati-5428 = 20000000 ati-8950 = FC00F001 ati-8954 = 00000000 BIOS PowerPlay State #0: - Level #0: GPUClock = 625 MHz, MemClock = 993 MHz (Boot) - Level #1: GPUClock = 625 MHz, MemClock = 993 MHz (Boot) - Level #2: GPUClock = 625 MHz, MemClock = 993 MHz (Boot) BIOS PowerPlay State #1: - Level #0: GPUClock = 160 MHz, MemClock = 500 MHz - Level #1: GPUClock = 500 MHz, MemClock = 700 MHz - Level #2: GPUClock = 750 MHz, MemClock = 1125 MHz BIOS PowerPlay State #2: - Level #0: GPUClock = 750 MHz, MemClock = 1125 MHz (UVD) - Level #1: GPUClock = 625 MHz, MemClock = 993 MHz (UVD) - Level #2: GPUClock = 750 MHz, MemClock = 1125 MHz (UVD) BIOS PowerPlay State #3: - Level #0: GPUClock = 750 MHz, MemClock = 1125 MHz - Level #1: GPUClock = 750 MHz, MemClock = 1125 MHz - Level #2: GPUClock = 750 MHz, MemClock = 1125 MHz ------[ ATI GPU #2 @ mem F7DE0000 ]------ Video Adapter = ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 GPU Code Name = RV770 PCI Device = 1002-9442 / 1002-0502 ati-0134 = 3AC23395 ati-0138 = 000000C1 ati-0600 = 00033034 ati-0610 = 0001003A ati-0618 = F6948517 ati-06FC = 00000000 ati-0700 = 00000000 ati-0704 = 00000000 ati-0708 = 00000000 ati-070C = 00000000 ati-078C = 00000000 ati-07D4 = FFFF0000 ati-07D8 = 00000000 ati-07F4 = 0C0C0000 ati-0808 = 00000000 ati-2004 = 00003210 ati-2408 = 000F007F ati-5428 = 20000000 ati-8950 = FC00F001 ati-8954 = 00000000 BIOS PowerPlay State #0: - Level #0: GPUClock = 625 MHz, MemClock = 993 MHz (Boot) - Level #1: GPUClock = 625 MHz, MemClock = 993 MHz (Boot) - Level #2: GPUClock = 625 MHz, MemClock = 993 MHz (Boot) BIOS PowerPlay State #1: - Level #0: GPUClock = 160 MHz, MemClock = 500 MHz - Level #1: GPUClock = 500 MHz, MemClock = 700 MHz - Level #2: GPUClock = 750 MHz, MemClock = 1125 MHz BIOS PowerPlay State #2: - Level #0: GPUClock = 750 MHz, MemClock = 1125 MHz (UVD) - Level #1: GPUClock = 625 MHz, MemClock = 993 MHz (UVD) - Level #2: GPUClock = 750 MHz, MemClock = 1125 MHz (UVD) BIOS PowerPlay State #3: - Level #0: GPUClock = 750 MHz, MemClock = 1125 MHz - Level #1: GPUClock = 750 MHz, MemClock = 1125 MHz - Level #2: GPUClock = 750 MHz, MemClock = 1125 MHz ------[ ATIDriver Calls ]------ ATIDriver Performance Switching: Not Supported ------[ ATIDriver MultiVPU ]------ 0000 40 01 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 0010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0020 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0060 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0070 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0080 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0090 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0100 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0110 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 04 01 0120 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0130 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0140 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ------[ ATIDriver VideoBIOS Info ]------ 0000 C0 00 00 00 1F 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 30 31 31 2E À...........011. 0010 30 30 33 2E 30 30 30 2E 30 30 30 00 00 00 00 00 003.000.000..... 0020 00 00 00 00 31 31 33 2D 42 35 30 31 30 32 2D 31 ....113-B50102-1 0030 30 33 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03.............. 0040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 0050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 0060 00 00 00 00 32 30 30 38 2F 30 35 2F 32 33 20 31 ....2008/05/23 1 0070 31 3A 33 36 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 47 44 44 52 1:36........GDDR 0080 33 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3............... 0090 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00A0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................