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SebC · 01-11-2011, 06:15 PM

According to GPU-z my graphics card is running at 71 C idle... goes to about 103 and crashes under load.

I've tried remounting the heatsink (with isopropyl alcohol and Arctic Silver 5) three times and I can't get it lower. Not sure what's going on. The weird thing is that it isn't hotter. I screwed up the remount once and it didn't work at all, so I know the heatsink is at least somewhat working. But it's not completely working either. Any ideas?

Also, in case I have to buy a new one... anyone know anything about the EVGA GTX 460 SSC+ w/ backplate? Huge overclock at 850 MHz and has a lower MSRP than some of EVGA's slower cards.

01-11-2011, 06:15 PM	#1
SebC tromboner Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: where the lattes are Exp:	Graphics card running hot According to GPU-z my graphics card is running at 71 C idle... goes to about 103 and crashes under load. I've tried remounting the heatsink (with isopropyl alcohol and Arctic Silver 5) three times and I can't get it lower. Not sure what's going on. The weird thing is that it isn't hotter. I screwed up the remount once and it didn't work at all, so I know the heatsink is at least somewhat working. But it's not completely working either. Any ideas? Also, in case I have to buy a new one... anyone know anything about the EVGA GTX 460 SSC+ w/ backplate? Huge overclock at 850 MHz and has a lower MSRP than some of EVGA's slower cards. __________________ "You can't swing a cat on the internet without hitting a goaltender apologist." Last edited by SebC; 01-12-2011 at 06:54 AM.