7950gt PCIe acting up

[Andrew1990]

my friends card is artifacting and temperture is reading 85 C. He was wondering i t would take to RMA and what he would recieve back


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[Miker]

He needs more case fans, if he gets the temp down most likely it will work right.

[Andrew1990]

Ya, I've been telling him to get more case fans but he keeps saying it will be fine without them and he bought his silent video card to be quiet.

[Miker]

Well the fanless version of this card needs to have good case airflow. If there is no airflow, it won't cool and the card will act up.

[alfhenrik]

I've used a similar heatsink to that of the 7950GT and it does require good overall airflow, so even just adding one more fan at 5-7v (wouldn't add much noise, if using something like Nexus or Scythe) should help bring the temps down a bit.