Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 High Idle Temps

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Hi,

I just received my Tri-X R9 290 4GB from Newegg.ca and as soon as I got all the drivers installed and opened up CCC, I noticed that my idle temps were ~38C. When I run Furmark, they shoot up to 79C after a couple of minutes. Are these temps normal? According to the site below, the card should be idling at 30C and under Furmark, the temps should be around 74C.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7601/sapphire-radeon-r9-290-review-our-first-custom-cooled-290/4

My idle temps are the real concern after look at the site. They are close to the 41C of the reference card! Again, is this normal or should I RMA the card?

The help is appreciated!
 
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It’s pretty normal. AnandTech does their testing on an open air test bench also they don’t seem to mention it but I imagine they have a aircon running as well. The important thing is to look at load temperatures, from the days of research i did when buying my card i can safely say the Tri-X is probably the second best cooler for the current gen AMD cards (Vapor-X being the best).


38C isn’t that bad, my R9 290 Vapor Xs crossfire idles at ~48C (top card) 38C (bottom card) @20% fan speed (with IFC, basically means only 1/3 fans are running when not under load).

Edit: My Load temperatures for your reference, top card 80C @50% Fan speed after 5 mins of furmark, so your temperatures are completely fine. Remember these cards are designed...
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It’s pretty normal. AnandTech does their testing on an open air test bench also they don’t seem to mention it but I imagine they have a aircon running as well. The important thing is to look at load temperatures, from the days of research i did when buying my card i can safely say the Tri-X is probably the second best cooler for the current gen AMD cards (Vapor-X being the best).


38C isn’t that bad, my R9 290 Vapor Xs crossfire idles at ~48C (top card) 38C (bottom card) @20% fan speed (with IFC, basically means only 1/3 fans are running when not under load).

Edit: My Load temperatures for your reference, top card 80C @50% Fan speed after 5 mins of furmark, so your temperatures are completely fine. Remember these cards are designed to run at 95C.
 
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