Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB GDDR4 Video Card Review

[InspectahACE]

http://forums.legitreviews.com/about21667.html

i've had each of my GSO's above 110C before for various reasons(fan was hung up on a spare wire for HDaudio, TVtuner blocked air flow entirely(got to 112 for almost two days straight folding), fan got unplugged once) G92 cards can handle the heat no prob

Also my highest temp 66c

yea but his airflow was blocked

[spitter]

Did anybody else notice that the gso in the review is defective, the heat sink is improperly installed, idle temp at 55c, games playing choppy, loud fan.... I have two of the newegg specials and the idle temp is 44c, 46c with a 30% overclock, always quiet... as a matter of fact even with on high I can not hear it And the sudden stops in the games for 20 second only occur when I have overclocked to much.

I've never had that specific heat sink before so how is it installed wrong?

The heat sink is not making flush contact on the gpu, there are four spring load screws on the back of the card that hold the heat sink in proper alignment, if one is to tight or to loose the heat sink will not work well.
On mine I can push on the screws and the heat sink come off the gpu slightly.

[spitter]

http://forums.legitreviews.com/about21667.html

i've had each of my GSO's above 110C before for various reasons(fan was hung up on a spare wire for HDaudio, TVtuner blocked air flow entirely(got to 112 for almost two days straight folding), fan got unplugged once) G92 cards can handle the heat no prob

Also my highest temp 66c

yea but his airflow was blocked

I just unplugged the fan and the card leveled off at 90c while folding.

[skier]

Did anybody else notice that the gso in the review is defective, the heat sink is improperly installed, idle temp at 55c, games playing choppy, loud fan.... I have two of the newegg specials and the idle temp is 44c, 46c with a 30% overclock, always quiet... as a matter of fact even with on high I can not hear it And the sudden stops in the games for 20 second only occur when I have overclocked to much.

1: you probably dont leave your case door off like i do, and have other places in the case where sound leaks out like it wants, my NB fan is the loudest part of my computer. you take off your door and tell me if the ASUS GSO is the quietest part of your PC, because i harshly doubt.
2: you also probably dont have a GSO fan about 1/2" from the PCB of ANOTHER GSO which has about 1/4" between the fan and the bottom of the case so IT gets hot as well, as the temps stated are JUST in SLI
3: not all cards are made the same, there will always be varying factors such as temperatures and overclockability, and theres also thermal compound variances as well, since i *should* be using Ceramique and am not