AMD Radeon HD 6950 Can be Unlocked to HD 6970

[.Yoss.]

Time to upgrade!

AMD Radeon HD 6950 to HD 6970 Mod | techPowerUp

[MentaL]

[Phant0m]

You know that at 100C water boils?
Those are dangerously high temperatures...

[.Yoss.]

I've ran an nvidia graphic card reaching 100ºC when playing games for about two years and it's still alive. I've even heard of people putting their dead gfx cards in the oven for a while and getting them back alive. It is all over youtube and overclocking forums, haven't tried it yet but I might try if it dies on me.

[Phant0m]

I don't think it's good...
Anyways, I will just keep mine at room temp ^^

[Jolin88]

my old nvidia had a broken cooling system and got as hot as 120 degrees celsius without breaking down, however the graphic card automatically stopped working at 120 degrees to prevent damage,(after cooling down it resumed work) but my point is that graphic cards are less heat sensitive as CPUs

[yjlasher22]

Graphics card can withstand high temperatures.

[Heights]

You know that at 100C water boils?
Those are dangerously high temperatures...

gpu reaching 100 degrees celsius doesnt sound so good, but in case you didnt notice, those are newer cards with improved capacitors, etc.

[Warmonger]

Graphics card can withstand high temperatures.

This is true, newer day cards LIKE to run hot. But then again there's still a certain threshold of what a unit will take. In my experience my chart goes like this.

30-50c = Cool (Perfectly normal temps)
50-70c = Hot (Above normal, usually means under load)
+80c = Burning (Card should have aftermarket cooling, beyond comfort zone)

[yjlasher22]

I would consider 90+ burning since the room temp here is hotter on the average.

I've seen many cards running 70-80+ on high loads here and they work fine. Of course, it may affect lifespan of the card.

[Ron]

I have a nvidia 7300le that came with this pc 5 years ago, it runs at 70-80C gaming and have never had a problem with it.