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| Author: | Lord Metritutus [ Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I need a new graphics card |
Wynney wrote: Yeh, it happens very rarely and it's literally when I need to get rid of the dust again so should probably leave it as it is!!! xD Fair enough then. I was surprised how little dust there was on my GPU, but I got rid of it all. No change in temperatures, sadly. 
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| Author: | Wynney [ Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I need a new graphics card |
There might be a big dust ball hidden beneath the fan. Also if you use something to "scratch" [not scratch just can't think of the word] of the fan parts itself then that makes a difference as well. Like the actual fan is grey instead of red so if you clean that up I found it made a big difference. |
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| Author: | Lord Metritutus [ Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I need a new graphics card |
Wynney wrote: There might be a big dust ball hidden beneath the fan. Also if you use something to "scratch" [not scratch just can't think of the word] of the fan parts itself then that makes a difference as well. Like the actual fan is grey instead of red so if you clean that up I found it made a big difference. Trust me, no dust was left unmoved or unnoticed. I did my best to safely get rid of every piece of dust on the card. I wiped off the blaes (they're kind of a greyish beige anyway), that sort of thing. Got a few bits off the heatsink as well. EDIT: My current HD5840: 
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| Author: | Skillers [ Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I need a new graphics card |
Hmm, might have been an idea to move the card next to it, could be cutting the air supply off. |
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| Author: | Wynney [ Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I need a new graphics card |
The temperatures have increased since I moved my wireless card next to the gpu actually. But it's the only slot that seems to work for it (I'm aware you're talking to met :p but it could explain the temp increase recently as well lol) |
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| Author: | Lord Metritutus [ Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I need a new graphics card |
Skillers wrote: Hmm, might have been an idea to move the card next to it, could be cutting the air supply off. Hm....it's possible. I was thinking I'd have to move it anyway to accomodate the new card. |
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| Author: | Lord Metritutus [ Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I need a new graphics card |
It's installed, currently idling at 56 degrees celsius with a fan speed of 39%. |
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| Author: | Si [ Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I need a new graphics card |
What card did you buy? |
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| Author: | Lord Metritutus [ Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I need a new graphics card |
Blimey, I didn't post about that.  I got a Saphire HD6850. |
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| Author: | Skillers [ Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I need a new graphics card |
Lord Metritutus wrote: Actually, you did
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| Author: | Lord Metritutus [ Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I need a new graphics card |
Skillers wrote: Lord Metritutus wrote: Actually, you did You're right! I just assumed Si had read the thread and didn't check for whether I'd posted about it.
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