7970m 60c on idle?

Seems a little too hot. Weird because the computer is raised and has all the ventilation it needs. I dont have money for a cooler right now. This is a refurb card I just got installed today.. I noticed I played Crysis for 10 minutes and the fan went full blast, and it went down in temps actually to 56-58c. Just making sure my cards not faulty.

 

I wouldn't worry too much about idle temperatures. When you said that after 10 minutes of Crysis it went full blast with the fans, wich was the temperature reached? that's what matter. Since you came from a fresh installation may be a wrong application of thermal paste/pads.

 

Probably thermal plaste/pads, like on my 7970m, the paste job was awefull

 

A bad paste job probably won't let the temps come below 60 on full load. I'd suggest you not worry about it but keep monitoring the temps to make sure they don't rise too high.

 

Do you run multiple monitors? If yes then the clocks are at max even during idle and will increase the temperature.

 

Monitor the temps while gaming as well. You don't want them to go over 90c when stressed. Here's an article with tips to monitor and keep temps under control.

 

the thermal paste was brand new, it looked like a little sticky pad. anyway, i've seen videos with people on a program in the game that shows a monitor with fps, temps and everything in the left hand corner. anyone know what that may be? otherwise... im EXTREMELY satisfied with this card. I run Crysis on max with little hesitation with 8x AA at around 45-55fps and in the smaller areas 60+. i am not using dual monitors just the laptop itself. my specs are 3610, 1600x900 res, 8gb of memory, 7970m 2gb, 750gb 7200rpm HD.

 

On my R2, if the memory is at full speed, the card temperature idles at 60. If I can get the memory to enter its "idle" state, the entire card idles at 40 degrees. I tried playing the Witcher 2, but after 5 min it does a thermal shutdown of the system, so I know I have issues with the heat pads on the memory.

I dont know if this helps you, but it is something to think about.

 

Indeed. It worries me for sure! However guys, is Crysis really supposed to be at 45-50+ framerates on this card? I'm honestly freaking out in excitement! It doesn't feel right though cause it was only 22+fps before I did the graphics switch and the card itself took over after the restart.

 

I would say that idle temperature is a bit high. Check the idle clocks and see if the system is downclocking properly. While typing this and watching a movie in VLC, my card is at idle clocks, .82v and temp is 43C. This is with the laptop flat down on a wood desk. However, my gaming temps are a fair bit higher than yours. I am seeing around 80C in Crysis 2 on Ultra.

 

As others have said before me sounds exactly like a bad paste/thermal pad job. By that we mean the way you applied the paste and not the paste itself just to clear some confusion. I have the r2 and Mine idles around 35 degrees on stock settings.

 

Don't worry about idle temp full load temp is what you should be worried about. mine also idles at 60, 50 if on cooling pad but i never seen it go above 75 under full load even in crysis 2 and witcher 2.

 

Are you using both cards, or just the 7970 itself with fn+f7?

Also to everyone else: Is Crysis really supposed to be at 45-50+ framerates on this card? I'm honestly freaking out in excitement! It doesn't feel right though cause it was only 22+fps before I did the graphics switch (FN+F7) and the card itself took over after the restart.

 

Don't worry, I fully believe it's by design to potentially increase the life of the fan and maybe eliminate noise in idle states. This behavior has been running like clockwork for me for a couple months now.

I will game between 63-69C (fan kicks high speed apx 67C), I close the game and the temp will drop real quick to low/mid 50's while the fan spins down, then the temp will creep back up to 59/60C in idle clocks 300/150 because the fan is barely spinning. When I first boot up, temps will be low 30C and will take quite a while to get to that 58-60 idle temp if I don't run a game or video.

It is quite a masterful fan control imo, I tried a custom profile with HWiNFO just to get some rpm's to counter default design on low clocks and while it did the trick for idle, it failed miserably for game clocks. So I ditched that and let AW fan control rule.

 

Welcome to the power of the 7970M. She's a fierce lady...