Got my 6970s today - Mixed bag so far...

That sounds a lot. I've got an unlocked, maxed on the overdrive 6950 that idles at 35-40, goes up to 58 when it's processing the TV card and the memory speeds up, and runs games at high 60's and low 70's. The only thing that gets the temps into the 80's and 90's is Furmark.

The fan noise can be annoying, but it gets compounded by the case and where it's sited. My case is under my desk, and depending where I sit or turn my head, the noise can become much more apparent, because the desk is acting as some kind of sound reflector. I'm sure anyone who has their case up at ear level on their desk hears it differently again.

 

It because ATI have a habbit of using old display drivers with current ones and driver sweeper gets confused and deletes some things it shouldn't. Also ATI drivers need certain registry files from the previous drivers to start the install process and driver sweeper some times can delete these as well.

Every time you see someone with a problem about a failed install or a problem 80% of the time they've used driver sweeper to remove the old drivers.

There was a massive thread about it on my other forum but I can't find it

And yes I suppose my water blocks could have something to do with my temps, And you can get upto 85+c on Furmark

I only hit 41-42c



Anyway, Time to short stroke my HDD's and re-format.

 

Regarding Driver Sweeper:

Googling

driver sweeper Windows 7 SP1

gets you a lot of links.

 

You can also use sfc.exe to put back the files that are missing/scrambled. A lot of those registry/file cleaners can cause more problems than they fix.

 

When running dual displays my 6950 sits at 450/1250 and 800/1250. That would be the cause of 58-60C idle I think.

Some apps seem to make it think harder with Aero for some reason and that's when it kicks to 800. GPU load is 0-1%but it still goes to 800. A Java app I use seems to cause the clock change most frequently. Weird.

Yup. My big case has tons of openings. It's not really enclosed at all when you consider that the entire front is basically a foam filtered grill, and there are two 140mm fan mounts on one side, and the top has 3 140mm mounts. The blower motor of the 6900 is the most apparent motor sound. My other fans all spin very slowly and are essentially inaudible.

The tower sits on the floor out in the open with nothing between me and it. Nothing to block or reflect the sound.

What I really need to do is drop the cash on a better cooler than I can stick a huge fan on and run it on 5v inaudibly. Better yet, just ignore it.

 

Yes, but I thought sfc.exe missed one file for some people. I guess it depends on how they used Driver Sweeper.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=3872808

 

could the driver sweeper problem especially the bit about wiping windows built in display drives explain why i couldnt boot into xp with a ati card installed

 

Okay, so if I've used driver sweeper prior to 11.1.a and now I want to install 11.2 what do I need to do?

 

Are you wondering if driver sweeper created a problem or do you know it did and now want to fix it?

I've used the old version that guru3d hosts, it didn't mess me up, it turns out, but I did do a check.

Here's, more or less, what I posted on another forum.

 

Just wondering if it created a problem before I update my drivers. Thanks for the info.

 

http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_win7-64.aspx

3rd download down is the application profiles

 

Got everything switched out, this case is great, so much room. I need to get a new DVD drive though, or paint this one black.

 

How are those temps looking now?

 

those profiles
" - Breach – Forced on Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center has been disabled"

ive seen a lot of that aa has been diabled thing in ati profiles, isnt that bad ?
ps: how are you supposed to know what games have aa disabled there is no list in the ccc

 

Is it bad when they prevent abnormal image corruptions and additional issues?

 

You're probably supposed to use the in-game AA settings rather than just force it.

 

34 and 39 idle, 64 and 70 under load is what I have observed so far.

I should probably get a fan for the side panel.

 

The glossy plastic surface layer over the decal on my XFX 6950 cooler peeled off. What a shitty adhesive they used. Uhg. I decided to remove the screwed up decal remnants with some alcohol. Looks better in plain black with just the red fan.

While cleaning up my mess, I pulled the cooler apart and repasted it. Didn't seem to improve temps any though. I think I'm gonna be getting a Accelero S1 to slap on it....

The stock thermal paste seemed kinda hard. I wonder if it was partly phase change. The application really wasn't that bad IMO.