Radeon9800pro/agp runnin hot

[justbuildit]

Anyone know why the Radeon 9800pro agp,is running so hot on my computer,,i mean you can touch the mini heatsinks on it and get burned? am confused,i have a 500/w ps..any suggestions would help thank you or does anyone know if this is normal for the ATI/Radeon family ?

 

[Googer]

Clean it, dust that accumulates in the pc and on it's parts causes things to overheat

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Will you literally get burned or is it just very hot? My 9800 pro, if I remember correctly, was hot to the touch as well. But that was after a few hours of playing Doom 3.

 

[imported_whatever]

As long as it is running at stock voltages, it should be fine. In fact, I believe that it does not even have RAMsinks normally (I am guessing that is what you mean by mini heatsinks, there would be 4 on each side of the card)
If you really want the card to run cooler, I would reccomend an ATI Silencer for it - not only will it be cooler, it will also be quieter.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: whatever
As long as it is running at stock voltages, it should be fine. In fact, I believe that it does not even have RAMsinks normally (I am guessing that is what you mean by mini heatsinks, there would be 4 on each side of the card)
If you really want the card to run cooler, I would reccomend an ATI Silencer for it - not only will it be cooler, it will also be quieter.

I would also recommend the VGA silencer for it,that stock heatsink/fan is a joke.

 

[justbuildit]

hey thanks for the info