Gigabyte r9 280x problem

[Ba4oVa4o]

Hello, i recently bought gigabyte r9 280x. However i am having some trouble with its temperature. If i select auto on the amd CCC controls for the fan speed the card sits around 42-45C and 65-70 under load. Even if i tried 100% speed while idle i still couldnt get it to go under 39C. Every other card ive had has stays under 35C idle so i am just wondering if thats normal. I have decent air flow and the case is clean. My i5 2500k at 4.3 sits around 25C idle and 35-40 under load so the surrounding temps are fine. I also noticed that the only hot part of the card is the metal bit which is supposed to make it more rigid. Is this normal? Also, every once in a while when i boot the windows it will not detect the card but it does show pictures as if there are no drivers, im assuming thats because of the beta drivers at the moment. Thanks for the help in advance.

[ChicagoRAW]

n/a. I accidently posted here.

[Jumper118]

Hello, i recently bought gigabyte r9 280x. However i am having some trouble with its temperature. If i select auto on the amd CCC controls for the fan speed the card sits around 42-45C and 65-70 under load. Even if i tried 100% speed while idle i still couldnt get it to go under 39C. Every other card ive had has stays under 35C idle so i am just wondering if thats normal. I have decent air flow and the case is clean. My i5 2500k at 4.3 sits around 25C idle and 35-40 under load so the surrounding temps are fine. I also noticed that the only hot part of the card is the metal bit which is supposed to make it more rigid. Is this normal? Also, every once in a while when i boot the windows it will not detect the card but it does show pictures as if there are no drivers, im assuming thats because of the beta drivers at the moment. Thanks for the help in advance.

it doesn't really matter what the idle temp is as long as the load temp is ok with it is in your case  . beta drivers can be a bit strange sometimes. if you use the latest none beta ones is it still strange?

[Ba4oVa4o]

well, i cant find any drivers for this card that are not beta. both online and on the disc come up as beta. Just one more thing about the temp, when its idle and i touch the card the only place its hot is the meta bar on top side of the card thats meant to make it more stable.

[bamerx98]

If you want you could redue the thermal compound normally cards ship with teriable thermal compound and changing it could bring your temps down

[SkilledRebuilds]

Its Normal. Not a Problem unless you find it a problem.

That "Hot Bar" would be the heatpipe, thats what transfers the heat using liquid inside the chamber.

 

My 7950 @ 1.109 idles at 31*c

My 7950 bios 2 is a 7970's @ 1.256 idles at 38*c <-- seen both 7900 models use this voltage

 

Its your Default Voltage, its probably set closer to 1.256 being a 7970 rebadge 280x.

Whatever monitoring program you use, it should tell you the voltage, or maybe put the card in use, and have GPUZ in the background collecting stats you can check.

[2Supra4U]

you have nothing to worry about at 40c on idle

 

now, if you were hitting 90-100 with no dust buildup on load then you would have a issue

[Alex780]

These are perfectly normal temps