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Replacing fan for Radeon HD 7970

Post Date: 2013-09-03
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    Posted: 03 Sep 2013 at 8:05pm
I have a single AMD Radeon HD 7970 graphics card in my PC. For the past few months the GPU temp began spiking as high as 95-97C, and the fan sounds like a lawn mower (I did narrow the noise down to the fan on the graphics card).

A couple of times this week my computer crashed mid-game because I didn't tab out of the game to wait for the GPU temperature to come down before resuming playing. So before the darn thing just melts, I'm looking to put on a new fan. My problem is, apparently there isn't that much choice in replacement fans for such a high-end card.

I think my best option (out of very few available) is the Arctic Accelero Xtreme, but before I spend the whole weekend trying to get that massive thing installed, I wanted to check and see if someone might have any better suggestions. Thanks.
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Doing a quick search online, that looks like the best option to keep your GPU cool... Here's a comparison on Tom's Hardware...
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Guys ignore tom's its full of bs and one of the least creditable places on the net.

good sites are like guru3d, anandtech, techpowerup, hardware heaven, and maybe a couple of more.

Problem as you figured out is your fan or heatsink or both.

Have you tried just re-applying some thermal paste and re-seating the heatsink first?

If your gpu is under warranty I would just replace the gpu.

Nvidia Drivers----AMD Drivers
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