XFX double D R9 270X hits 90 degrees C

[the jolly roger]

So when running furmark my gpu hits 90 degrees, the fans ramp up to 100% and well when i saw that 90 degrees i got scared and shut it down, however when playing games i rarely hit 80 or 70, is it just that furmark is a bitch or do i have a deffective unit, the cooler is the one that is like silver and brushed aluminum, not the plain black one.

 

and how did i do on my OC???

 

original 

core clock 1050

memory clock: 1400

 

My OC:

core clock 1150

memory clock 1500

 

oh and on idle it runs at 30 degrees whitch seems pretty normal to me

[Fate]

Furmark is a bitch, if it only hits 70 while gaming you're fine.

[the jolly roger]

Furmark is a bitch, if it only hits 70 while gaming you're fine.

ok, but why u do dis furmark?

[Kherm]

Don't use Furmark, it is a GPU killer

[Fate]

ok, but why u do dis furmark?

ultra super mega hardcore stress test

[the jolly roger]

Don't use Furmark, it is a GPU killer

what do you recommend?

[LemonSpice]

So when running furmark my gpu hits 90 degrees, the fans ramp up to 100% and well when i saw that 90 degrees i got scared and shut it down, however when playing games i rarely hit 80 or 70, is it just that furmark is a bitch or do i have a deffective unit, the cooler is the one that is like silver and brushed aluminum, not the plain black one.

 

and how did i do on my OC???

 

original 

core clock 1050

memory clock: 1400

 

My OC:

core clock 1150

memory clock 1500

 

oh and on idle it runs at 30 degrees whitch seems pretty normal to me

no furmark it is like prime 95 on haswell cpus

[Fate]

what do you recommend?

Unigine Heaven

[LemonSpice]

what do you recommend?

any of the unigiine ones

[AnnoyedShelf]

So when running furmark my gpu hits 90 degrees, the fans ramp up to 100% and well when i saw that 90 degrees i got scared and shut it down, however when playing games i rarely hit 80 or 70, is it just that furmark is a bitch or do i have a deffective unit, the cooler is the one that is like silver and brushed aluminum, not the plain black one.

 

and how did i do on my OC???

 

original 

core clock 1050

memory clock: 1400

 

My OC:

core clock 1150

memory clock 1500

 

oh and on idle it runs at 30 degrees whitch seems pretty normal to me

90 degrees is not dangerous for AMD cards,  AMD has previously stated that that's fairly normal at full load.  I wouldn't be worried unless it started approaching 100 degrees.

[SkilledRebuilds]

90 degrees is not dangerous for AMD cards,  AMD has previously stated that that's fairly normal at full load.  I wouldn't be worried unless it started approaching 100 degrees.

Im not 100% but the 90*C+ is for 290/290x only I'm pretty sure...just not 100% sure.

The other cards can fail at lower temps. (It's not like the 7950/7970 (280/280x) were able to constantly manage 90*c+ and not fail)

OP - Info Tidbit, my Sapphire 270x  Dual-X @ 1100Mhz/1400Mhz max's out at 68*c with the Default Auto fan profile.

[typographie]

ok, but why u do dis furmark?

 

Furmark is a torture test. It's doing exactly what it's designed to do. If you want to expose an unstable overclock, you want to use a worst-case scenario workload. Unigine is a great benchmarking application—but it behaves like a game does, just a very consistent game. It doesn't exert the same pressure that a real stress test does and it may not expose instability like Furmark does.

 

Even the most intensive games won't sit consistently at 100% forever so you won't see the same temperatures you see in Furmark. The GPU load will fluctuate when the bottleneck shifts to something else for a moment, or when you need to load a new map, or whatever.

[the jolly roger]

Unigine Heaven

ok thank you all

[AnnoyedShelf]

Im not 100% but the 90*C+ is for 290/290x only I'm pretty sure...just not 100% sure.

You might be right, but my 7770 Ghz Edition runs at 90 degrees (the manufacturer said this was okay)

[SkilledRebuilds]

7770 Ghz Edition runs at 90 degrees

HOLYCRAPTACULARSBATMAN

I'd think the GPU core wouldn't be powerful enough to put out that heat...unless the heatsink is shoddy/loose/thermal interface needing to be replaced.

While I have a 5770/6770 I've not had a 7770, but I'd think it'd be close to the same, with a usual MAX temp of around 60-70*c

 

Have you tried cleaning it out/re-thermal pasting it? <- being the one I'd do first hearing about those temps of 90*c.

[AnnoyedShelf]

HOLYCRAPTACULARSBATMAN

I'd think the GPU core wouldn't be powerful enough to put out that heat...unless the heatsink is shoddy/loose/thermal interface needing to be replaced.

While I have a 5770/6770 I've not had a 7770, but I'd think it'd be close to the same, with a usual MAX temp of around 60-70*c

 

Have you tried cleaning it out/re-thermal pasting it? <- being the one I'd do first hearing about those temps of 90*c.

That's not the problem. I installed it in a shitty OEM case because I didn't have very much money at the time.  I've basically retired that PC though, as my laptop has a better CPU and essentially the same GPU.

[SkilledRebuilds]

That's not the problem. I installed it in a shitty OEM case because I didn't have very much money at the time.  I've basically retired that PC though, as my laptop has a better CPU and essentially the same GPU.

Oh okay... well at least your past it now...

[AnnoyedShelf]

Oh okay... well at least your past it now...

But honestly, there was nothing wrong with it. It was a factory overclocked card from Diamond Multimedia, and it performed like a champ.  I don't care that it ran at 90 degrees, it was a very stable card.