New R9 380 NITRO High temps (70c idle)

MikeHall1991

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Hi, I've just purchased a Sapphire R9 380 Nitro and it's temperature seems awfully high at a 70c idle. If i manually set the GPU fans to 100% i can bring the card down to 35c. Under 100% GPU load card reaches 99c before the fan switches from 24% to 45% speed and the card becomes stable at 78c.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks
 

MikeHall1991

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That's what I've gone for thanks, seems that the GPU doesn't activate the fans till they are on 35% so ive set that as the minimum speed. Sits at 45c idle now.
 

LEAGUEOFCAPS

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I have the same card and the idle temperature is 76 (fans off). Dont know if i should get worried or not. I tried to make my own fan speed curve in Afterburner and now its on 54 with 35% fan speed. Dont know if this is normal for the card or should i trie to return it.