I bought an XFX 7950 Black edition because of the good deals (free games; Under 200 AR). This is my first time trying a crossfire setup and I'm really enjoying it . Minor gripes but nothing too big
I paired it with a 1 yr old Sapphire 7950 that's running in my main PCIe slot. The XFX was placed 1 expansion slot away from it. My temperatures in Unigine Heaven and Tomb Raider was 71-77c, which I felt was reasonable for this setup.
Since the XFX is a newer card, I thought I'd switch it to the Main slot. Funny thing is, once I swapped it with the Sapphire card, I was getting temps 85-91C. Strange.
Anyone else had similar experiences? I swapped it back and the temperatures dropped back to 71-77c. Both setups idle very similarly. I do notice one less heatpipe on the XFX card, but I can't see that making such a huge difference. Perhaps the metal shroud on the XFX card causes surrounding temps to be higher?
PS, Zero Core technology is kind of a neat feature, although when I use GPU-Z it automatically re-enables the fans.
I paired it with a 1 yr old Sapphire 7950 that's running in my main PCIe slot. The XFX was placed 1 expansion slot away from it. My temperatures in Unigine Heaven and Tomb Raider was 71-77c, which I felt was reasonable for this setup.
Since the XFX is a newer card, I thought I'd switch it to the Main slot. Funny thing is, once I swapped it with the Sapphire card, I was getting temps 85-91C. Strange.
Anyone else had similar experiences? I swapped it back and the temperatures dropped back to 71-77c. Both setups idle very similarly. I do notice one less heatpipe on the XFX card, but I can't see that making such a huge difference. Perhaps the metal shroud on the XFX card causes surrounding temps to be higher?
PS, Zero Core technology is kind of a neat feature, although when I use GPU-Z it automatically re-enables the fans.
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