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Re: Setup Guide 6990 with latest phoenix - hope it helps
by
yxejamir
on 21/05/2011, 14:10:35 UTC
My 6990 is overheating while mining, even though I haven't overclocked it yet, any ideas why is it ?

What are your temperatures ?

I am getting very similar results with poclbm here (Ubuntu 11.04 x86_64, Catalyst 11.5, APP SDK 2.4, with stock settings – no O/C):

Code:
$ nice -n 19 python poclbm.py -u u --pass=p -o example.com -p 8332 -r 2 -d 1 -f 1
...
340516 khash/s
Code:
$ aticonfig --odgt --adapter=all

Adapter 0 - AMD Radeon HD 6990
            Sensor 0: Temperature - 100.50 C

Adapter 1 - AMD Radeon HD 6990
            Sensor 0: Temperature - 89.50 C
Code:
$ aticonfig --odgc --adapter=all

Adapter 0 - AMD Radeon HD 6990
                            Core (MHz)    Memory (MHz)
           Current Clocks :    830           1250
             Current Peak :    830           1250
  Configurable Peak Range : [500-1200]     [1250-1500]
                 GPU load :    97%

Adapter 1 - AMD Radeon HD 6990
                            Core (MHz)    Memory (MHz)
           Current Clocks :    830           1250
             Current Peak :    830           1250
  Configurable Peak Range : [500-1200]     [1250-1500]
                 GPU load :    99%

I keep the first core on `-f 60` (335211 khash/s) to get more responsiveness from the desktop, and it gets hotter nonetheless, I guess because it's the one farther from the rear of the case.