QuadDamage

1 hour ago, nick name said:

I'd imagine a 3900XT would do mighty fine in games.  And if you game at higher resolution then CPU won't matter for many games.  

I got a 1080P 240hz monitor, so nah I'm staying at 1080p

I want to get a new rig primarily for gaming, I've looked at the AMD processors as I do a bit of video and photo editing here and there, but I am really looking for performance in games. What do you guys recommend? If AMD, should I wait for the new ones to come out? And any idea when the new AMD processors will come out?

2 minutes ago, The_russian said:

OP didn’t say the card caused the surge, just that the card was in the pc when a surge occurred.

 

@QuadDamage You should be fine to use the card in the new build, but I would try to fix the heating issue as 60C at idle is higher than normal.

I just checked the temps now, it's running at around 46 - 50c last time I checked it was running at around 60 but that was awhile ago, could have been due to the heat outside. But this GPU does run incredibily hot anyways.

11 minutes ago, igormp said:

yes, you're fine. Have you tried replacing the thermal paste on the GPU? that might help.

Yes, I have tried replacing the thermal paste. It fixed some overheating problems, but the temps are still high.

11 minutes ago, ketchupspill said:

you have gotta check out the heating. the max temp is acceptable, but 60c idle is a lil wack.

 

i mean, do you know explicitly that the GPU caused the surge? could it have been anything else?

 

running hot wont affect the other components afaik, and aside from the surge then your GPU is good i would say.

No, the GPU didn't cause the surge, I think it was the power supply in my other rig, it was given to me by a friend and it was a shitty psu. I just checked the temps for idle it's around 45 - 50 now, which is ok I guess. But when I run furmark, the GPU goes straight up to 90 within a 30 seconds and I'm assuming if I left it on any longer it would crash.

The reason as to why I am asking is because I have encountered a few problems with this card. One of my PCs suffered a power surge with this card in, so I switched it to my other PC. It still runs fine, but I'm wondering could this card be cause damage to another PC eventually as it was in a pc that surged. It also runs incredibily hot, it idles at around 60c and then in games it goes up to 85 - 90c. I've tried everything possible to make it cooler but nothing works. I don't really want to buy a new card, because apart from the heating issues, it's still a solid card and if I bought something like a 2070 super, it would be expensive and wouldn't be a significant upgrade. If this sounds stupid, I apologise, I have a very basic understanding of computer hardware as the most advanced thing I have done is build a PC haha.

*the surge didn't cause the heating problems, that has always been a problem with this card.

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