- Feb 10, 2012
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I bought a Power Color 7870 Myst the end of October 2013. Got it, installed and started using playing MMO's. Noticed that the temp jumped super fast (up to 92C) with the fan speed so high the noise made playing unpleasant.
In January I contacted PC requesting an RMA. After jumping through some hoops they issued one. I sent the card to them (and paid the $12 USPS) and about 5 weeks later got a replacement 7870.
Installed the replacement card (never got them to tell me whether it was new or refurb) and started playing MMO's again. Within 3-4 minutes the temp spike to 89C with the fan speed (on auto) at 68-70% making the noise loud enough that not only can I hear it through my headphones but my wife can across the room as well.
Case is mid tower with 2 120's and two 80's. I can use nVidia cards with no issue as well as other AMD cards (7790 and 260X tried). No temp issues and not noise.
I've contacted PC again and their response is to try it in another system and check airflow (like we did the first time around). They said they test every card before sending out.
I've looked at Gelid and Artic GPU cooling solutions but at $60-$100 it's just not worth the cost for the performance for the card. I would be better off spending the money on a 760.
Any suggestions or thoughts? I'm done with Power Color. This particular card has only a single fan and just isn't well designed for the gpu heat issues.
In January I contacted PC requesting an RMA. After jumping through some hoops they issued one. I sent the card to them (and paid the $12 USPS) and about 5 weeks later got a replacement 7870.
Installed the replacement card (never got them to tell me whether it was new or refurb) and started playing MMO's again. Within 3-4 minutes the temp spike to 89C with the fan speed (on auto) at 68-70% making the noise loud enough that not only can I hear it through my headphones but my wife can across the room as well.
Case is mid tower with 2 120's and two 80's. I can use nVidia cards with no issue as well as other AMD cards (7790 and 260X tried). No temp issues and not noise.
I've contacted PC again and their response is to try it in another system and check airflow (like we did the first time around). They said they test every card before sending out.
I've looked at Gelid and Artic GPU cooling solutions but at $60-$100 it's just not worth the cost for the performance for the card. I would be better off spending the money on a 760.
Any suggestions or thoughts? I'm done with Power Color. This particular card has only a single fan and just isn't well designed for the gpu heat issues.
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