There's a lot of talk about power consumption and high temperatures on the R290x w/ reference cooler. For someone that doesn't plan on overclocking, but will be playing plenty of bf4 @ 2560x1600 res, do I need to be concerned about the stock cooler doing an adequate job over 2-3 yrs?
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r290x reference cooler
- Thread starter See-Fu
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It will do a fine job, the card is designed to be run at such high temps. It will be loud, though, if you want to be running at the highest clock speeds. It will still be very fast despite any throttling you might experience at quieter fan speeds.
personally, i would wait another 4 weeks or so for the custom cooled setups. The will be quieter and will be capable fo sustaining higher clock speeds without throttling, I suspect.
personally, i would wait another 4 weeks or so for the custom cooled setups. The will be quieter and will be capable fo sustaining higher clock speeds without throttling, I suspect.
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it's worth it to wait for a quieter solution alone, the lower temps is just a bonus.
There's a lot of talk about power consumption and high temperatures on the R290x w/ reference cooler. For someone that doesn't plan on overclocking, but will be playing plenty of bf4 @ 2560x1600 res, do I need to be concerned about the stock cooler doing an adequate job over 2-3 yrs?
Put the fan manually on 65% an d you will be perfectly fine ~ 80-85c max.
Also clean your card from dust, at least once in a month or 2.
There's a lot of talk about power consumption and high temperatures on the R290x w/ reference cooler. For someone that doesn't plan on overclocking, but will be playing plenty of bf4 @ 2560x1600 res, do I need to be concerned about the stock cooler doing an adequate job over 2-3 yrs?
They're engineered to last at least that long (and have the warranty to back it). While cooler can be better for longevity and overclocking, for stock clocks, the card should work as designed.
I ran a pair of 5870's pegged (between gaming, folding and bitcoin mining) for 3 years straight around 90c and they're still alive.
I wonder why they didn't allow non-reference models to be released at launch.
That typically only happens when there is an oversupply of inventory, mid-low cards.