SlvrDragon50
Limp Gawd
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- Apr 28, 2013
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You said it only gets up to 60C under load mining, which says to me the cooler is working fine. Your problem then from my understanding is specifically with idle temps. Graphics cards in general and AMD cards in particular don't downclock as effectively when running multi-monitor setups*. The card will also pull more power (20W-30W) at idle.
Notice your memory speed goes from a max of 1300MHz to a minimum of...1250MHz in that afterburner screenshot. A card that's properly downclocking itself will usually drop memory clock to 300MHz.
Before you go thinking this might be a bug...it's not, it's intended to prevent another issue. If you lower the memory clock too much when running multiple (ramdac driven) monitors they will start flickering.
*This doesn't apply when running Displayport monitors (or active DP-DVI adapters), you can hook up as many of those as you like (or have ports for) without encountering the typical idle heat/power issues.
Hm.. My 30" IPS is DVI (active link I'm pretty sure, Apple Cinema Display). The HP 24" I have though is HDMI :/
So would using something like an HDMI-DP adapter accomplish anything or absolutely nothing?