Msi r9 290 heating issues

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Manojmadman

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Hi experts, I recently assembled a pc with the msi r9 290 twin frozr gpu. I tried benchmarking it with msi kombuster and formats and I see the temp raising to 95c within 5 mind. It slowly creeps even higher but I was afraid and shut down the tests. However while gaming I don't face such issues. Temp remains in 80 s. Shud I be worried?

My config
Intel i7 4790
Asrock z97 motherboard
Corsair spec 03 cabinet with one inlet and 3exhausgs
Corsair rm 850 psu
Msi r9 290 twin frozr
Transcend 16gb ram

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If it actually ramped the card's fans to 100%, you would have definitely heard them. And again, take a look at all the Tom's reviews of the Hawaii gpu's.
They run pretty warm. 80's in heavy gaming is not out of line. Furmark is designed to run your card up to max use and thermals. Where the card will then throttle back.
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Does that card come with software to set custom fan profiles for it? I dl'd Sapphire TriXX software for my card, and then set a custom profile for mine.
Not very much louder, if at all. 70 ish C , maybe 75 tops, benchmarking. 65 tops running 100% gpu load games for hours on end.
My ambient temp is in the low 20's C right now, so I would expect slightly higher in the middle of summer.

80s or so is well within the limits for Hawaii gpu's as I understand it. So as long as your other temps (cpu, vrms, etc) are all good, I wouldn't worry. I am betting the benchmarking temps you see are because the default fan profile does not let it ramp the fans up to 70 or 80% or higher until it gets VERY hot. The reference cards have something like 95C as a "normal" temp. Aiiiieeeee!!!!

So if you are concerned, finding a way to set a fan profile would be the first thing I would do.
 
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exroofer

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If it actually ramped the card's fans to 100%, you would have definitely heard them. And again, take a look at all the Tom's reviews of the Hawaii gpu's.
They run pretty warm. 80's in heavy gaming is not out of line. Furmark is designed to run your card up to max use and thermals. Where the card will then throttle back.
 
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