Hi LTT Forum members,
I bought a used Sapphire Nitro Plus RX480 4GB coupled with H61 asus and intel core i5 3570 and 8gb ram...
I tested out GTA V at 1080p SMAAx2 FXAA Shader high shadow high rest of the qualities very high... I was able to reach 60-70 fps and 100% of GPU usage but fans were running at 100% and temperature at maximum was 83°C. Using msi afterburner I readjusted fan curve and now 67% of fan speed and temperature is still 83°C. I expected it to go higher and it didn't. It was a surprise...
Now two questions :
Will running the gpu at 100% fan speed reduce its lifespan (fan?)
What should be the stress temperatures of this card. Is 83°C too hot and what could i do to decrease temperatures of the card. Higher temperature reduces lifespan??
I have a mini tower casing Antec NSK-3480 and has only a rear fan and case is closed all the times so ventilation is not that good...
temps at idle are 45°C and playing less intensive games ~ 55°C. Furmark bench test at avg 60 fps at 90-100% fan speed were 76°C