Okay I recently bought a Sapphire HD5850 Card from ITWares, and I think that my card might be defective(i.e it runs too hot)
The card at the moment is idling at 55C (with the case sidepanel open, ceiling fan on full, and cool air blowing through the windows), and when I run FurMark (old version) the temps reach upto 88C in a few minutes. I tried touching the base of the card and its just too hot to touch for over a few seconds. So I was wondering if this is actually a defective card or if this is normal for this card and what would be the best course of action to take.
Thanks.
The card at the moment is idling at 55C (with the case sidepanel open, ceiling fan on full, and cool air blowing through the windows), and when I run FurMark (old version) the temps reach upto 88C in a few minutes. I tried touching the base of the card and its just too hot to touch for over a few seconds. So I was wondering if this is actually a defective card or if this is normal for this card and what would be the best course of action to take.
Thanks.