ATI HD4850 Heating Problem

A video of my cards heating up. I have been using them for about 7 months or so, and they do reach that temp on L4D every once and a while, but my cards have stayed strong ever since i plugged them into my computer. And before anyone starts commenting about "Defective video cards", i already checked for loose bolts, and burned spots in the video card, and i have found none so far. I am upgrading to the new 5850's or 5870's in the near future. but for now, i'm stuck with these. I do play in windowed mode to ensure i can minimize to lets the cards cool down, then resume playing, but i prefer my 1440x900 resolution better...




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Also, the sound heard in the background is my Air conditioner, helps to keep my room cool. (Obviously)




Recorded with: My Old Camera
Edited with: WindowsMovieMaker 2.6 (Modded)
Sounds from: Day of Defeat Source
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• 4850
• 4870
• 5850
• 5870
• GTX295
• 8800
• Ultra
• video
• card
• heating
• max
• low
• temp
• L4D
• L4d2
• Left4dead
• Left4dead2

[vangstaz]

These are the very first generation HD 4850's with the single slot cooler design. They were designed to run this hot. I own a second generation HD 4850 from XFX with a dual slot cooler and it idles at 40C, while at load it does a max of 70C. And for reference, I also own a first generation 9800GT from PNY with a single slot cooler that does 72C on Idle and over 100C during load.

[basbas63]

Maybe dust?

[soosh1234]

what the max temperature supported ?

[Lethras]

Wow. My HD-4890 idles at 40c with the fan only at 45%, and has yet to go pass 60c on full load...