GPU Appears to be Overheating

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I have been having some PC problems over the last month. Initially I had an issue where my CPU temp would get very high when gaming and then the PC would shut off. I found that this was being caused by the CPU fan. I moved the CPU fan to a different set of pins and the fan started working again and resolved the CPU temp issue. In the last week I have noticed the PC is beginning to shut down again. At first I had the PC power supply connected to a UPS with battery back up. When 3D gaming I would almost immediately get an over current warning from the UPS and then the power would shut down from the UPS. I disconnected the UPS and went to a surge suppressor. Now I can see as I am gaming that GPU temperature is increasing to over 80 degrees. I am not sure what is causing this issue do I need a new motherboard?

My PC
CPU - AMD-FX6300
GPU - AMD Radeon HD 7870LE
MB - Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0
 
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The AMD Radeon HD 7870LE stock voltage is usually quite high, and I looked it up and many people have heat problems with this card, anything below 90 is safe for the most part, but look at your bios or something and see if the fan curve needs tuning. Something you can do is use Afterburner, and lower the voltage (and clock or else it will become unstable and crash) you should start getting better temps, voltage is the thing that makes cards hot

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In afterburner put for the fan speed "Auto" and it will give it its own curve, which usually helps.
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The AMD Radeon HD 7870LE stock voltage is usually quite high, and I looked it up and many people have heat problems with this card, anything below 90 is safe for the most part, but look at your bios or something and see if the fan curve needs tuning. Something you can do is use Afterburner, and lower the voltage (and clock or else it will become unstable and crash) you should start getting better temps, voltage is the thing that makes cards hot

ORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

In afterburner put for the fan speed "Auto" and it will give it its own curve, which usually helps.
 
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lucascage

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Thanks for the advice I will attempt to make some fan adjustments to see if I can resolve the problem. I just don't understand why these issues would start happening all of the sudden.

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