Gpu idle temps high?

[Ikam]

Recently my idle temps have become really high on my sapphire 7870. Right now it sits at 36 degrees idle compared to around 25 before. For comparison my 8350 is currently at 18 degrees. I've done some testing with heaven and it doesn't break 70 degrees even at 1150 mhz which is pretty good. And yes, I know it is not the winter anymore but I live in southern Canada the temperature is only at 16-17 degrees right now. So, my question is should I be worried or not?

[SymphonyX7]

Recently my idle temps have become really high on my sapphire 7870. Right now it sits at 36 degrees idle compared to around 25 before. For comparison my 8350 is currently at 18 degrees. I've done some testing with heaven and it doesn't break 70 degrees even at 1150 mhz which is pretty good. And yes, I know it is not the winter anymore but I live in southern Canada the temperature is only at 16-17 degrees right now. So, my question is should I be worried or not?

Yeah, that's worrisome. I've got an R9 280X with ambient temps TWICE yours (36-38C) as I type this and my idle temp right now is 42C. But if you're running more than one monitor, the GPU clocks might be higher than normal. When I have multiple monitors on, my GPU increases core clocks to 500 Mhz on idle. But it only increases idle temps a few degrees. Not as bad as yours.