99C on R9 280X with Valley Benchmark

Evil Joker · Jul 13, 2014

Hi guys I am running Valley and I can see the temperature and it's around 97C!!!

Is a GPU problem?

i5 4670k
Z97XSLI
2X4 1866 Kingston Hyperx Fury
Gigabyte R9 280X
Corsair TX 750v3
CM 690 II Advance Black and White

Gman450 · Jul 13, 2014

Yes, it's a big problem!
If you still have warranty RMA that video card as you may damage it or other components of your PC.

Evil Joker · Jul 13, 2014

Gman450 :

What do I tell them? My GPU Runs too hot when I stress it?
This is my second R9 280X... the first one didn't work

I thought it was the program...

Gman450 · Jul 13, 2014

Even if the card was stressed to it's limit, near 100C seems too hot.

How much do the temps hit during regular gaming sessions?

EDIT
Forget my last post. I was only paying attention to the temperatures. Didn't know you were using a bench tool.

Evil Joker · Jul 13, 2014

Gman450 :

depends.. at the beginning when I get like 130FPS on BF3 it goes to 90C
but because my monitor only supports 60 the FPS get locked and I get around 60C

Gman450 · Jul 13, 2014

What about the idle temperatures?

90C seems a little too hot. The R9 280X seems to be able to handle a max temp of 85C as per manufacturer.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-280x-third-party-round-up,3655-4.html

^Usual temps for those cards.

Evil Joker · Jul 13, 2014

Oh look there's my card!
idle well I don't know should I download MSI After burner?

Gman450 · Jul 13, 2014

Yeah, you should.
Looks like you were probably given this video card with a defective heatsink or so.

Evil Joker · Jul 13, 2014

35c and doing nothing

Gman450 · Jul 13, 2014

Idle seems really okay.

What about any other games? Apart from the Valley bench and BF3. Do the temps go beyond 90C at full load?

Evil Joker · Jul 13, 2014

Gman450 :

I don't have demanding games... Just AomEE, SC2 and BF3 sorry about that the card was supposed to have BF4 but the ticket expired before I could redeem it

Gman450 · Jul 13, 2014

Well, if you don't have plans to return it again, then I'd really keep an eye out on the temps.

chimera201 · Jul 13, 2014

Room temperature?

Evil Joker · Jul 13, 2014

I am not very sure how to measure that but it should be around 22C

chimera201 · Jul 14, 2014

Evil Joker :

Then that card is definitely having problems. The temp shouldn't be that much at all

Evil Joker · Jul 14, 2014

chimera201 :

I know it runs too hot

Gman450 · Jul 14, 2014

So, are you going to send it back?

Evil Joker · Jul 14, 2014

Gman450 :

Yes even on BF3 it goes to 90C I am contacting Gigabytes support and then I'll go to the store maybe flashing bios or drivers are the problem

Gman450 · Jul 14, 2014

Alright. Best of luck.

Evil Joker · Jul 14, 2014

Good news! temperature is now around 60C bad news is I get 45 FPS on BF3

Gman450 · Jul 14, 2014

You mentioned it was 60C with BF3 with vysnc on. But with it off, it was near 90C, no?

Evil Joker · Jul 15, 2014

Gman450 :

Mmmm I am not sure if it was Vsync because I didn't turn it on.
What I did was download AMD Control center, MSI afterburner and see if the same temperatures were showed.
So I click on AMD one game is not optimized and suddenly 60C and 40 FPS.
Gman I want to thank you so much most of the people just answer a couple times and leave, Thanks for staying pal

Gman450 · Jul 15, 2014

Well, just keep an eye out on the temps and use the MSI Afterburner while gaming, for now.
You may as well get it replaced again if it shows higher temperatures.

And thanks.

I try to be as committed as I can with the ones I'm trying to help out.

Vynavill · Jul 15, 2014

Just some little bits of info.
- You were running a benchmarking tool at first, which is something that literally pushes your card to its physical limit. However, as gman450 stated, 99 degrees is WAY too hot for a 280x
- Running with vsync caps your framerate to your monitor's refresh rate to prevent tearing. More frames obviously mean more processing, and in turn that means a hotter card. Hence, as a rule of thumb and if tearing isn't so visible it hurts, you usually keep vsync on if your gpu can handle the game at any fps value higher than your monitor's refresh rate at all times, and otherwise keep it off. There really is no advantage in running a game uncapped otherwise, unless you want to benchmark it. It'll just put more strain on the gpu.
- As gman450 suggested, keep temps under control in any case (e.g. I'm paranoid about my 290x, so I keep gpu-z opened everytime I fire up a game). A 280x should reach AT MOST 70-75 degrees under common gaming load, unless there are airflow issues or heat sink issues.

Evil Joker · Jul 15, 2014

Gman450 :

I'd give you 100 best answers but I'll give you one and a big thank you!
I'll wait the Tech support of Gigabyte, for now 45-50FPS are good to playing

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