XFX HD 7970 99 Degrees Under Load

[Opencircuit74]

Hello,

I recently got an XFX HD 7970. It is the double dissipation card, with a base clock of 1050Mhz. After I got it, I took it apart and put new thermal paste on it. To see the performance of my 'new' card, I tested it in some games, only to see that it was reaching insane temps (99 Degrees C) when it was running. Once it hit those temps, it throttles to 500Mhz and drops to 72 Degrees. I was considering building a water loop to cool it more effectively, but other reviews saw that card running at 72 degrees under load, at 975Mhz. I have already cleaned out the dust, and it did not help. If anyone knows how to fix this issue, please tell me, because I hate running my games at 500Mhz when I know that they can be run at 1.05Ghz.

 

Thank you,

 

Opencircuit74

 

P.S. I have attacked a picture to show the problem.

[aisle9]

Undervolt with Afterburner. The 7970 is famously great at it.

[Opencircuit74]

Just now, aisle9 said:

Undervolt with Afterburner. The 7970 is famously great at it.

The voltage is locked for some reason. Even when I click "allow voltage control" it still does not let me change the voltage.

[TheDankKoosh]

8 minutes ago, Opencircuit74 said:

Hello,

I recently got an XFX HD 7970. It is the double dissipation card, with a base clock of 1050Mhz. After I got it, I took it apart and put new thermal paste on it. To see the performance of my 'new' card, I tested it in some games, only to see that it was reaching insane temps (99 Degrees C) when it was running. Once it hit those temps, it throttles to 500Mhz and drops to 72 Degrees. I was considering building a water loop to cool it more effectively, but other reviews saw that card running at 72 degrees under load, at 975Mhz. I have already cleaned out the dust, and it did not help. If anyone knows how to fix this issue, please tell me, because I hate running my games at 500Mhz when I know that they can be run at 1.05Ghz.

 

Thank you,

 

Opencircuit74

 

P.S. I have attacked a picture to show the problem.

Try to make sure that the heatsink is making proper contact with the gpu, if that's fine then I'd bet the fans aren't spinning up correctly (if at all) and you might try setting a custom fan curve in msi afterburner, if you don't see the fans spinning up at all then you'll need a replacement for that since the 7970 can get fairly hot.

[Opencircuit74]

1 hour ago, TheDankKoosh said:

Try to make sure that the heatsink is making proper contact with the gpu, if that's fine then I'd bet the fans aren't spinning up correctly (if at all) and you might try setting a custom fan curve in msi afterburner, if you don't see the fans spinning up at all then you'll need a replacement for that since the 7970 can get fairly hot.

I took off the heat shroud and reinstalled it, making sure to tighten the screws very tightly, with no avail. The temps are still pushing the high 90s, and my computer sounds like a jet engine. Will I have to go water, or is there another way?

[faziten]

You could buy a nice quality TIM, apply it generously and underclock it a bit if temps are still rocket high.

 

If nothing works, try limitting the FPS within your game. For low requirement games such as E-Sports you may decrease the GPU use significant enough to control temps.

[Opencircuit74]

14 hours ago, faziten said:

You could buy a nice quality TIM, apply it generously and underclock it a bit if temps are still rocket high.

 

If nothing works, try limitting the FPS within your game. For low requirement games such as E-Sports you may decrease the GPU use significant enough to control temps.

I put artic silver on the GPU, with no success. I have set the power limit to -20%, but unforgunately every time I try to change the clocks, all of my drivers crash and I have to reinstall afterburner and my video drivers. I have a 144hz panel, so I limited it to that. Actually, do you know of another overclocking tool I could use that will let me change the voltage and clocks (not cam)? Thank you.

[Opencircuit74]

 Maybe palit thunder master?