MSI radeon HD 6850 overheating

Hey,

My current GPU is overheating on load.
In normal conditions the temperature is around 75°C, and the FANS RPM around 2800.

On load the temperature gets really high and the fans are getting loud.
The temperature gets around 103°C within few seconds, the fans RPM is at around 3500.

The GPU isn't overclocked, by default it's temperature is 75°C idle.

Should I worry if I'll put in on load for a long period of time?
I want to do something within Cryengine free SDK, but this game engine makes my GPU get very high within seconds.


I have recorded a video of this process, the fans get really loud within seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Jb-9vsTOY&feature=youtu.be

Should I be worried? Or it's safe to work under these conditions?
Thanks

103 is way to hot, I wouldn't run it at those temps. Sounds like your card is on the way out, if changing the thermal paste doesn't fix temps looks like you need a new card.

Maybe use something like Afterburner to put a cap on it, not sure if AMD cards can have thermal throttling?

I'd say re-do the thermal pads/paste on the GPU and see if that helps at all.

I have this card for 3 years now, had a 9800 GTX before this. The 9800 artifacted soon after it was out of warranty.

Guess this card is slowly showing it's age , I'll try to cap it using MSI Afterburner.

I'm planning on getting a new rig within 2 months when i'll have enough money saved (5820k with a 970 GTX).

I'm curios if MSI have more reliable products now, The 9800 GTX that died was MSI also.

It might just be the thermal paste has dried up and needs changing. If that doesn't fix it you will need to cap it in AB or it will die running at 103.

Can AB actually thermally cap AMD cards? i just suggested it as i was unsure. I know it can for GTX cards

remember300 said:

Can AB actually thermally cap AMD cards? i just suggested it as i was unsure. I know it can for GTX cards

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I can't see an option in AB to do it with my 290 so it looks like a no, not 100% sure though.

Ah fair enough lesson learned i guess, would Precision X work? or is that an nvidia exclusive? im just listing software i've used.

remember300 said:

Ah fair enough lesson learned i guess, would Precision X work? or is that an nvidia exclusive? im just listing software i've used.

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I think Precision X is Nvidia only, I don't know of any software that lets you set a limit with AMD there might be something that does though.

You cant use something like OCCT to cap the temps (well stop the ussage) like when it does benching, i know im brainstorming ... but would like to find a solution for the OP.

Can't see any option in OCCT either :\

Same i had a look but you need to be running the BM to get it benefits, and if you ran it, even in min settings it would only stop the BM not the other work.

Re do the thermal paste, it did wonders for my old 6850

SieB said:

103 is way to hot, I wouldn't run it at those temps. Sounds like your card is on the way out, if changing the thermal paste doesn't fix temps looks like you need a new card.

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you could keep the card to keep your house warm in the winter or use it to burn down your house for an insurance scam?

jokes aside, i would go on the MSI UK Forum and have a chat with MSIRawZ.

http://forum.overclock3d.net/forumdisplay.php?f=131

I will re do the thermal paste.

I have never done this, but I have checked now different guides/videos regarding this.

I'll try with the pea method (dot in the center).

Also my CPU, core 2 duo E8400 has not been re thermal pasted for the past 6 years, I guess it should benefit also.

I wonder what type of thermal paste should I purchase, my local retailers from Romania have different brands with prices from 33 pounds for Arctic Cooling MX-2, up to Cooler Master HTK-002 for 2 pounds. There are cheaper brands such as Spire, but I don't know if that's a good thermal paste.

I guess something middle ranged as Noctua NT-H1 or Arctic Cooling MX-4 should work good for my rig.

Thanks

Did you clean the card since you own it ? It might be full of dust.

Clean your fan/heatsink assembly if needed and reapply TIM.

I have cleaned the fan blades from dust several times.

But I have never disassembled/unscrewed the GPU.

n0ave said:

I have this card for 3 years now, had a 9800 GTX before this. The 9800 artifacted soon after it was out of warranty.

Guess this card is slowly showing it's age , I'll try to cap it using MSI Afterburner.

I'm planning on getting a new rig within 2 months when i'll have enough money saved (5820k with a 970 GTX).

I'm curios if MSI have more reliable products now, The 9800 GTX that died was MSI also.

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I know you didnt ask, but is there any reason you are going with the 5820k X99 instead of the 4790K 1150? I can understand the GTX 970, great upgrade for someone still on a 6850.

Also I generally use MX-4 thermal paste for my components and use Arcticlean to clean the surface before applying new paste, its not necessary, but I just do it anyways. But I have also heard good things about that Noctua NT-H1.

Just be wary of any of those thermal pastes that have solids etc in them, as I hear they can scratch the surface if not careful.

Newbie_NS810 said:

I know you didnt ask, but is there any reason you are going with the 5820k X99 instead of the 4790K 1150? I can understand the GTX 970, great upgrade for someone still on a 6850.

Also I generally use MX-4 thermal paste for my components and use Arcticlean to clean the surface before applying new paste, its not necessary, but I just do it anyways. But I have also heard good things about that Noctua NT-H1.

Just be wary of any of those thermal pastes that have solids etc in them, as I hear they can scratch the surface if not careful.

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I am currently a Phd student, and my research field is digital archaeology.
I am using different laser scanners from my university to create 3D models of different cultural heritage assets, thus generating very dense 3D models with millions of vertices.

My initial PC, the core 2 duo 8400 and 9800 gtx (later this 6850) was mainly used for PC games. But in the last 2-3 years I have stopped playing as much and focus on my research (CAD, 3D scanning, VR, AR)

At the University I make use of a 2x E5606 xeon processors along with a Quadro 4000, but the workstation performances are not that good from a point of view of price/performance I would say that the workstation is not worth it.

A Phd colleague recently bought a 4790K along with a 780 ghz edition and his PC outperforms the xeon workstation that we have at the university research center.

He OC the 4790k to 4.6 on air, and the processing capability is almost double to the non hyper threading E5606 dual xeon workstation.

Since I have started to use different CPU renders such as Keyshoot, Cinema 4D, 3ds max (V-ray) I think that I would benefit more from a 5820k then a 4790k, even if for single core application the 4790k would be better.

I'm new to SLI but I saw the rendering capability is great, way over any CPU renderer.
I wonder if the 5820k would bottleneck my PC if later in the next year I'll decide to purchase a 2nd and maybe even a 3rd 970 gtx, I'm not sure how the PCI lanes work, the 28 lanes vs 40 lanes (that are available for the 5930k, 5960x).

I never had the possibility to use any GPU renders that would use cuda cores to speed up rendering time. And i'm looking forward for this, first purchasing a 970 gtx and then add another one in SLI.

I know that the X99 platform is way more expensive then the 1150, mostly because of DDR4, but I would like to future proof my PC.

I will purchase the MX-4 Thermal paste to fix my old rig, and that thermal paste should be enough for my new x99 CPU also, since I saw that only a little pea size dot should be applied to the CPU, maybe the X99 would require a larger pea size since the CPU size is a lot bigger.

I hope I haven't asked to many question and cause confusion, I would like to get a personal PC that would fit my needs.

Thanks