XFX HD Radeon 4870 problems

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Well guy just a few weeks ago i bought a XFX radeon 4870 and everything for the first two weeks.

But this past week i wanted to play bioshock 2 to stress test my computer as well as have fun. But i got a white screen and my computer rebooted. It seemed odd to me because this card is rather new(barely used) not only that but the tempeture of the card is 92 degrees witch in my oppinion is on the high end.

When im playing Bioshock its get's to 98c. this really scares me because i just bought this card and i dont have the money to buy different card.

lastly im led to beleave it a driver problem. but hey what do i know about any of this im new to this stuff.

Thanks for the reading this and helping me.

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I have a Asus 4870 (bought it last year for $50) and the same kind of overheating happened to me. I bought a replacement cooler and tied a case fan to it and plugged it directly into my power supply. 

You should either open up your side panel and stick a big box fan next to it or just get a GTX 460. Right now, that card makes more sense to buy than a 4870 for budget gaming because it has DX11 and PhysX and it's slightly faster.

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:D i have a house fan tower on its side infront of the open case 68 degrees. not sure if im going to stress test it

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if you bought it new, send it back. going by what you saying it would apear that you have a faulty card

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get a fan controller and just turn up the fan speed

 

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replace the crappy paste they have on it

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Im actually planing to do that this week and im going to be buying an water cooler lets say two or three weeks from now.

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i replaced the paste today and it idles at 58c with the towwer fan infront of it and when im gaming with the tower infront it get around to 70-80c but without the tower fan. it still overheats

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just send it back already, that's if you can now that you have tampered with it, either way you need a new graphics card

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double lifetime warranty, you might get a 6770 or a 7750 out of it which is about the same performance