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[SS396]

Thats 73 C right_

Thats 163.4 F.  I consider that hot.  When my GPU's get into the 50's I start kicking up the fans on my cooling profile.  On the stock cooling profile, they are still at 30% usage, but my profile is more exponential, and set to 100% by 70 C

[ArnieF4440]

73 is fine on 100% utilisation, as long as you don't go over 100 degrees c (depends on card, some have shutdown limits of 120 degrees), you're fine ... if its getting hotter than 85, than it might be a worry, but there's no problem.

[SS396]

Well, I'll gladly take fan noise over temps above 70 C.  Maybe its too conservative but I'd rather be safe than sorry.

[ArnieF4440]

SS396, on January 18 2013 - 12:39 AM, said:

Well, I'll gladly take fan noise over temps above 70 C.  Maybe its too conservative but I'd rather be safe than sorry.

I wouldn't worry about it. The usual Max temperature before forced computer shutdown is 100-120 degrees. Newer graphics cards just get as hot as 80 and are fine. My 660TI's are hitting 76 at ~100% utilisation and my 5970 got upto 78 on 100% utilisation, and that was cooling 2 GPUs.

Thank god Nvidia fixed their GPUs after Fermi, those nukes were hitting 100 degrees ... someone tried to boil an egg on a 480, lol


FYI I use Celsius

Edited by ArnieF4440, January 18 2013 - 01:06 AM.

[Elix]

Once, I accidentally forgot to turn my fan up on my 5870 (CCC lets my fan idle at 20% when it's automatic, which pushes the card up around 50C and I don't like that, so I idle it at 30% which knocks it down to around 40 depending on the temperature in my room) once while playing Hawken... noticed after 15 minutes that I didn't hear my fan roaring away. GPU was 84C, lol.

Turned the fan up to 90% and it was down to 60C in thirty seconds. Hawken typically runs the GPU at about 55C when the fan's going at 80-90%.

[machmanx]

Umbre, it's not your video card that's causing the issues with Hawken.  There are forum members who experience low FPS with high end Nvidia cards, high end Core i7 processors, high end AMD graphic cards, and high end AMD CPUs.  Also, there are those who DON'T have issues as well.  Even if you upgrade to that monster, there is no guarantee that your Hawken experience will improve.  In fact, it could get worse!!

Your system is a beast as is, I would not upgrade that awesome of a system for a buggy game like Hawken.  Since you're willing to drop $1000 on a video card, then let's try something cheaper:-

-Buy a cheap HDD/SSD or find one that is not in use (it will be formatted!)
-Get a copy of Windows 7 x64 (if you don't have one, scour the internet and find one, 30-day trial will do)(NO RESTORE DISCS!)
-Get drivers downloaded and put into a USB flash drive or burn it onto a disc.  Here are the drivers:-
-Intel Chipset: http://downloadcente...ftware&lang=eng (choose exe version)
-AMD Graphics: http://www2.ati.com/...dd_ccc_whql.exe
-Realtek Audio: http://www.majorgeek...in_8_d5513.html
-Intel Ethernet: http://dlcdnet.asus....XPVistaWin7.zip

-Shut down your PC.
-Temporarily disconnect your current Windows drive.
-Install your cheap, temporary drive.  
-Turn on the computer and format the drive you just connected (the test one)
-Install Windows onto it
-Once installation is done, then install the drivers on the USB or Disc that you previously obtained.  (DO NOT INSTALL OTHER APPLICATIONS!)
-Then install Hawken and see how it plays.

I'd rather you go through with this first BEFORE you decide to drop big bucks on some flashy Nvidia card, whose king crown will be taken away in the next 6 months.  I mean, I'm running this game fine and my specs are far below yours.  If this works then your wallet will thank me, and so will you

Edited by machmanx, January 21 2013 - 09:42 AM.

[WhiteCr0w]

Why not drop a grand on an i7-3970X and get more overall bang for your system than a single video card_

[Umbre]

WhiteCr0w, on January 23 2013 - 01:40 AM, said:

Why not drop a grand on an i7-3970X and get more overall bang for your system than a single video card_

I'm not entirely sure I understand what it is you're suggesting.