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R9 280X Load temperatures

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macristina

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Hi all boys and girls, I bought a new Asus R9 280X and im just wondering how hot should these cards run in high load gaming? Im seeing What I consider are high temps, under hard gaming like Hitman absolution, Tomb Raider or Far Cry 3 the card are in about 70-74, how good or bad are those temps taking into consideration the card its running maxed at 99% usage with vsync off, are they safe in the long term usage? my boyfriend told me its safe because the factory overclock make it run at a higher TDP so thermal operation is increased ot ofthe box, is this true? the operation its completely silent even with a aggressive custom fan curve and im completely pleased with this card.

Thanks in advance. XOXO!
 
Those temps are fine and nothing to worry about. An overclocked card with the same cooling system will typically run warmer.
 
those temps sound perfect for air cooled cards and would have to have a decent water cooled setup for anything better......you keeping it under 80 you have no worries at all
 
agreed, completely fine, Im gaming at more or less exact temperatures as you, my fan profile its 1C = 1% so 60C = 60% fan speed, amazingly the stock fan curve of my card its even more aggressive and lets say at 70C the card ramp up to 80%.. and at 74-75% you can see it at 89%-90%.. (which its still reasonably quiet not silent, but quiet, nothing disturbing) anyway my card temperature even at 99% of usage in game some games make it work warmer than other and hitman absolution its one of those games.. same as enable TressFX in tomb Raider 2013 it seems that effect its handled by compute which add additional stress and heat to the card.. but anyway.. you are fine..
 
Temps sound good.

I've noticed quite a few people running these cards with very minimal power supplies which can cause components to run hotter. In one thread in another forum a guy was running that card with a 300 watt in a system loaded with components.

Is your power supply adequate for your setup including that card?
 
Those temps are fine.. but could possibly be lower.

I have 2x reference 7970s that are overclocked and with a quite aggressive fan profile, they never even hit 70c under 100% load in games.

How is the airflow through your computer case? What case do you have?
 
Lord_Exodia said:
Temps sound good.

I've noticed quite a few people running these cards with very minimal power supplies which can cause components to run hotter. In one thread in another forum a guy was running that card with a 300 watt in a system loaded with components.

Is your power supply adequate for your setup including that card?
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I'm using a Cooler master Silent Pro M2 620W which its high quality according reviews higher than most gold rated PSUs today, I also have another of the same brand and model but 720W, should I change it?.
 
cyclone3d said:
Those temps are fine.. but could possibly be lower.

I have 2x reference 7970s that are overclocked and with a quite aggressive fan profile, they never even hit 70c under 100% load in games.

How is the airflow through your computer case? What case do you have?
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Thanks for the input, how much overclocked are your cards? my card are factory overclocked to 1070mhz and 1600 memory, i'm Using right now a Antec 1100 Case its good this case? is fairly big with lot of fans I cleaned it 2 weeks ago, also should I mention my room temperatures are generally 30C-34C.
 
macristina said:
I'm using a Cooler master Silent Pro M2 620W which its high quality according reviews higher than most gold rated PSUs today, I also have another of the same brand and model but 720W, should I change it?.
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Those are more than adequate. In this case even though I feel the temps are fine In the case this were my computer and videocard I'd check the airflow in and out of your case. Sometimes the fan filters get clogged etc...

I also have pulled out new GPU's and tightened the cooler on them. I've even gone as far as removing the cooler completely and Re-applying better TIM (Thermal Paste) and making sure there is proper contact between the cooler and the gpu.

I've received cards that the cooler isn't as tight as it should be in one corner of the gpu etc...

Just a few things I'd try personally.
 
macristina said:
Thanks for the input, how much overclocked are your cards? my card are factory overclocked to 1070mhz and 1600 memory, i'm Using right now a Antec 1100 Case its good this case? is fairly big with lot of fans I cleaned it 2 weeks ago, also should I mention my room temperatures are generally 30C-34C.
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For what I am playing now, I have them at 1000/1425. Max temps I have seen on the hottest card is 56c.

I normally run them at 1050/1575, although they will run higher no problem. At 1050/1575, I see around 60-62c in games that push both to 100% usage.

My cards are quite loud though with the fan profile I have set on them.

I also have a 140mm intake fan mounted on the side of my case that blows fresh air right on my video cards. That dropped the temps quite a bit from what they were without the fan.

Before I had my 7970s, I was running a couple of 6870s Adding that intake fan dropped the load temps 15c.

The case you have is good.
 
cyclone3d said:
For what I am playing now, I have them at 1000/1425. Max temps I have seen on the hottest card is 56c.
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its this with vsync on?...

cyclone3d said:
For what I am playing now, I have them at 1000/1425. Max temps I have seen on the hottest card is 56c.

I normally run them at 1050/1575, although they will run higher no problem. At 1050/1575, I see around 60-62c in games that push both to 100% usage.

My cards are quite loud though with the fan profile I have set on them.

I also have a 140mm intake fan mounted on the side of my case that blows fresh air right on my video cards. That dropped the temps quite a bit from what they were without the fan.

Before I had my 7970s, I was running a couple of 6870s Adding that intake fan dropped the load temps 15c.

The case you have is good.
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do you use any aftermarket cooler? or what edition of the cards you have?.. my case have 2x Front 120mm + 2x 120mm front in the drive bays directly toward the GPU + one 140mm at the top side panel slot (just above the GPU to feed my radiator) and for example I've just ran FireStrike at 1140/1625 (no touched voltage) and the card peaked at 73C with the fan profile that i've already mentioned above.. 1C=1%..
 
Araxie said:
its this with vsync on?...



do you use any aftermarket cooler? or what edition of the cards you have?.. my case have 2x Front 120mm + 2x 120mm front in the drive bays directly toward the GPU + one 140mm at the top side panel slot (just above the GPU to feed my radiator) and for example I've just ran FireStrike at 1140/1625 (no touched voltage) and the card peaked at 73C with the fan profile that i've already mentioned above.. 1C=1%..
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I will have to see if it is with vsync on or not. I can try some other games as well. I'll also try FireStrike.

The coolers are the stock reference coolers. Like I said, the fan profile is very agressive and is pretty loud.

The one card is a regular 7970, the other is an XFX Black Edition. I am basically running both at the stock speed of the XFX card I think.

The GPU voltage is set at constant 1.075v Stock 3d voltage is 1.050v

For my case fan setup, I have a 140mm intake for the video cards, and then a 120mm intake where the CPU cooler is, and then 2x 140mm exhaust on the side of the case where the drives are.

It is the Lian Li PC-100. Way too cramped for what I have and kinda funky. I will be changing to a different case soon.

Edit 1: I just ran Firestrike (free version of 3dmark). The hot card got up to 62c and the cooler card got to 60c. My score was 12,693. Vsync was definitely off as I was seeing FPS of over 90 in some parts.
 
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thats definitely amazing, great temperatures for Xfired cards even for single card... my card have a default voltage of 1.2v for default 3D Clock of 1100mhz thats probably the great difference in temperatures, probably i'll change later the TIM with Noctua NT-H1 to see if i can save some degrees =D thanks cyclone.. also sorry for the stolen thread to the OP..
 
i've changed today the TIM in the card with Noctua NT-H1 using a small drop i really do not like the heat pipes that make contact with the die, its rugged with some scratches very awful infact.. i hope to see a nice improvement with the new paste.. i'll report later..
 
So far nothing good... all remain the Same.. at the first attemp i tought the problem way the spread method i've used a small drop and allow the cooler to spread it. I tought it was fail because temp was the same, then i reseat again with a small thin and even layer of TIM. Results are the Same again... heavy load games at 1150/1650 still peaking at 75.. with 70 average.
 
At 1150/1650 those temps are perfectly normal. I mean there's always better case cooling or water cooling but I don't think those temps are of any concern at all.
 
it seems that after all the noctua NT-H1 in fact have a cure time, (very short, but it have).. after some hours of testing the card now peak at 70C while maintaining at 66C average.. isn't too much but something its better than nothing.. i think the main problem with this card its the base of the cooler.. it have certainly some scratch i'll try later a light sanding just to make it more flat and even.. in the meanwhile i'll be adding NT-H1 to my 780 and 660TI =D.
 
new2019 said:
Those temps are in range , better do a repaste with MX-4
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Hard to think the MX-4 will be better than the Noctua NT-H1. I have some Shin Etsu G751 and X23. but i do not want to spend that paste in a card like this.. i'll probably just keep using for CPUs..
 
Ops sorry didnt read it correctly , but the mx4 also does a good job , I use mx4 for all my cooling devices.
Its easy to clean off when needed , I used ic diamond and it was a pain cleaning it.
 
new2019 said:
Ops sorry didnt read it correctly , but the mx4 also does a good job , I use mx4 for all my cooling devices.
Its easy to clean off when needed , I used ic diamond and it was a pain cleaning it.
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yeap same as Indigo Extreme and Liquid Pro or Ultra.. i've used ton of Pastes, MX-2, MX-4 Ceramique 2, Silver 5, and So on.. one of the best (and very rare to found) are the Shin Etsu Paste and the cheap NT-H1 =D which i recently found it have a very short (couple of hours barely) Cure time..
 
I will say one thing for the reference coolers.. The base is very smooth and flat.

The PowerColor card I have was obviously used with non-stock cooling before I got it. I am also guessing that the cooler I got with it wasn't even the original cooler that came on it as some of the heat transfer pads were just plain missing and there was even one that was doubled up.

I ended up using a couple tubes of the stuff that comes from Dell when they send a new motherboard, heatsink, or CPU. It is very thick.

I alos ordered some new thermal pad material as I planned on only using the Dell stuff until the new pads came in.

But, after I replaced the compound with the pads, the temps were sky high even though I bought the correct thickness (0.5mm).

So I ended up ditching the pads and stuck Dell stuff back on there for the RAM.

I am using Arctic Sliver Alumina for the GPU itself. Could probably drop a couple degrees if I used IC Diamond, but with the temps I have, why even bother?
 
@Araxie : Thats good to hear , I should change from my current mx-4 because I have stayed on the same one for years , lol so didnt get a chance to check others.
Do they sell shin Etsu in big tubes ?
 
@cyclone3d : if temps are good nothing to worry about the paste, ic diamond is a waste , very good heat conduction but will scratch the gpu die/ cover .
 
look how bad its the surface in this cooler

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anyway the good thing about Noctua TIM is that it work good with rugged surfaces like this one, and its making a good job ATM..

@new2019 Sadly no bud, its a expensive product a big tube would be too expensive.. anyway small syringes are enough to at least 15 CPU uses..
 
Mein that looks bad !!
Oh didnt know about that stuff , where can I get a tube ?
 
thats the problem its very very hard to find.. and you have to be very careful even some time ago Shin Etsu microSI posted an article about fake Shin Etsu Products in the market.. thats why im extremely careful to use it and save at most as i can =D
 
I could not see that and not lap that cooler. In addition to using the Tim why not lap the cooler. Keep in mind I'm not talking about the GPU (Although I've done that too in the past)

That will give you a much smoother surface and allow the cooling to work much better.

There are guides out there, it costs less than $10 buying only a few things from your local lowes or home depot and 20 minutes of your time. (or less)
 
Yea I dont find them either , lol have to search on ebay or alibaba ( but cant turst these guys they sell cheap stuff )
 
Lord_Exodia said:
I could not see that and not lap that cooler. In addition to using the Tim why not lap the cooler. Keep in mind I'm not talking about the GPU (Although I've done that too in the past)

That will give you a much smoother surface and allow the cooling to work much better.

There are guides out there, it costs less than $10 buying only a few things from your local lowes or home depot and 20 minutes of your time. (or less)
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yeah I was thinking in the same moment to lap but then i've checked in my toolbox just to find nothing to make a good lap U_U.. thats its not the first time I have to lap a cooler due to this kind of bad surface, and im planing to do but first i want to buy a set of new thermal pads for the vRAM because i do something that i do not like to do and its reuse thermal pads.. lapping a cooler generate too much particles to blow away and i do not want any of those in touch with the thermal pads.. i'll probably do the process the next week if not im planing to buy an Accelero Xtreme IV 280X version and forget about this card when return to its original machine but its not too urgent as actually theres not issues with the card and the temp in differences I think would not make a extreme difference at this clocks. =D. anyway its actually working good are being very stressed and temps are more acceptable for me..
 
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How bad is this?.. 31.0C-31.3C Room temp while the full test.. (ran 3 times all same results).. (sorry i just don't want to make another thread for this =D )

case have actually 4x intake front fans (2x in front grill, 2x in HDD cages) at 1200RPM. 1x Rear at 1200RPM exhaust. 1x side top panel as intake (the bottom side panel fan its removed to allow the heat of the card exhaust there as its really big in that side ) and the H100i as exhaust with push/pull in top..

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AMD cards tend to run hotter than their nvidia counterpart. I have a r9 270 that's heavily overclocked and it hits the same temps as you under full load. I've even had cards than ran at 90 degrees just fine.
 
atifur.rahman said:
AMD cards tend to run hotter than their nvidia counterpart. I have a r9 270 that's heavily overclocked and it hits the same temps as you under full load. I've even had cards than ran at 90 degrees just fine.
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seriously?.. how much overclocked and under what kind of loads you put that card to reach 90C?. for any reason IDK yet my card throttle in furmark 15min 1080P test even with the fans at 100%.. power limit maybe?. that picture was with Power tune+20 (in typical stock conditions it "just" go up to 77c.. but still insane for me with an aftermarket cooler..
 
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