Ati Radeon 9800 Pro Heating Issues

[Fil]

I just bought a 9800 pro and i put it through some tests like 3dmark03,aquamark etc. after i opened my computer case and i touched the memory chips and the heatsink and they were both really really hot im guessing around 60C and sometime's in games it would start getting stuttery like only a bit. For example in the game Mafia at the intro screen it starts to get sttutery a bit is this because of heating problems or other isuses and if its because of heating what video card cooler do u reccomend.

Inte P. 2.4C
Asus P4P800
768 MB PC 3200
Radeon 9800 Pro

BTW, the temperature on my processor is 28C and on my motherboard its 33C. I have two intake fans and one outake.

Thanx In Advance!

 

[ailevation]

:| There's definately something up with the 9800 Pro's, well the ones issued by ATi themselves. When I bought my first 9800 Pro, it would like have little skip moments every few seconds... I remedied the problem by adding a Thermaltake heatpipe heatsink. Some other people in this very forum has had the same problem. When I went on vacation, my 9800 Pro broke(I think my brother OC'ed it too much). My brother bought me a replacement 9800 Pro, and surprisingly I have the same problem as before! But, this time I am not going to change the heatsink, but I am going to buy an x800 XT. So basically my advice is to change heatsinks.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

i have a 9800Xt and temp. stays at 68 to 70*c

 

[bosox188]

The 9800 pros run hot, I don't know about the skipping. But here's the best cooler out there, it'll run very quiet and cool your 9800 pro perfectly.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-186-110&depa=0

It's the best one out there, and it's damn cheap. Get it. And I now have 600 posts and counting...

*Edit* Cool now I'm a Prowler. That sounds a lot better than what I was before.

 

[ailevation]

:cheers: Damn $15.99, I might just invest in that VGA cooler. I paid $30 or something for that Thermaltake one, and my god I didn't have the best time assembling it.

 

[oldagerocker]

Hi, i got Sapphire 9800 Pro, previously using 4.7 drivers i got 200+ fps, now after installing a new fan at the front of my case, im getting about 40 fps in cs 1.6.
Stuck everything on default and installed 4.8's, no chance.

Anyone know a fix?

 

[ailevation]

:| I don't get how installing a new case fan would effect your videocard. Unless it's taking up power from your PSU! Very odd.

 

[The Terminator]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-186-113&depa=0 that one is better, but also almost double the price. Its newer and better, so ya get what ya pay for.

 

[Texter]

Whoa that's a steep price for the VGA Silencer!

 

[bosox188]

You don't need that though, the other one is perfect.

 

[Asus]

Most video cards run very hot. If a heatsink is hot that means it's doing it's job bringing the heat away from the core. I would not worry about memory except if OCing.

If the GPU or Memory are too hot they don't slow your game down or make it skip. They would produce artifact on the screen. The Video card is responsible for rendering each frame correctly and quickly.

Your System is responsible for organizing when each device (Harddrive, CDROM, Memory etc) can talk to the CPU. If a CDROM revs up it can make your system skip waiting for a responce. If it is loading data from your harddrive to memory, the amount of memory you have may not buffer that proccess well enough and let you skip.