safe temperature for R9 290X

[Ashleyyyy]

so i just installed my R9 290X, nd while playing Overwatch on 1080P ultra with antialiasing off, fps dips into the 40's... 

 

worse than that it gets to 94 degrees celsius while gaming. 

 

my 780Ti is installed next to it, with 1 slot in between them for the card to get some air. i even put a fan on the space between them, but it didn't help. this is with the side window of my case removed, so the card has full access to air.

the temperature in my room is about 25 degrees if i had to guess. 

 

so is it throttling, and how can i improve performance? i knew these cards ran hot when i bought it, but i didn't think it would run this hot... 

[Herman Mcpootis]

95 degrees is considered pretty normal if you're using a reference 290/X, my own reference 290 ran at 93-94 degrees after a couple minutes of gaming.

[Ashleyyyy]

1 minute ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

95 degrees is considered pretty normal if you're using a reference 290/X, my own reference 290 ran at 93-94 degrees after a couple minutes of gaming.

i have the msi gaming edition of it.. 

[Phentos]

IIRC the Uber BIOS option on the 290X raises its temperature limit. The max safe operating temperature stated by AMD for the 290X is considered to be 95-98C. 

 

Try setting a more aggressive fan curve if you haven't already. Your card will sound like a jet engine but it should help with temperature management. Also try undervolting through MSI Afterburner. Undervolting AMD graphics cards pays dividends in power consumption and temperature improvements, and most cards can cope with up to -30mV undervolt without having to reduce clocks.

[Ashleyyyy]

11 minutes ago, Phentos said:

IIRC the Uber BIOS option on the 290X raises its temperature limit. The max safe operating temperature stated by AMD for the 290X is considered to be 95-98C. 

 

Try setting a more aggressive fan curve if you haven't already. Your card will sound like a jet engine but it should help with temperature management. Also try undervolting through MSI Afterburner. Undervolting AMD graphics cards pays dividends in power consumption and temperature improvements, and most cards can cope with up to -30mV undervolt without having to reduce clocks.

ok, i'll do that. 

 

i've found out that it is throttling. i have a fan on it blowing hot air away from the card, like sucking hot air from the space in between the gpu's, and if i take that fan away fps goes up by about 5... just staring into the distance in the training map in overwatch with the fan it's in the 120's and if i take the fan away it's in the 110's... 

[Ashleyyyy]

34 minutes ago, Phentos said:

IIRC the Uber BIOS option on the 290X raises its temperature limit. The max safe operating temperature stated by AMD for the 290X is considered to be 95-98C. 

 

Try setting a more aggressive fan curve if you haven't already. Your card will sound like a jet engine but it should help with temperature management. Also try undervolting through MSI Afterburner. Undervolting AMD graphics cards pays dividends in power consumption and temperature improvements, and most cards can cope with up to -30mV undervolt without having to reduce clocks.

it didn't help much..

 

i turned the fan around, so now it blows cold air into the fans of the card, and that boosts the speed by about 100mhz. still at 94 though... 

[Phentos]

1 minute ago, firelighter487 said:

it didn't help much..

 

i turned the fan around, so now it blows cold air into the fans of the card, and that boosts the speed by about 100mhz. still at 94 though... 

Try undervolting then.

[Ashleyyyy]

1 minute ago, Phentos said:

Try undervolting then.

i did. -30mV... 

 

i found a solution though, since i only need 60fps anyway i turned on vsync, and that combined with my kinda crazy 3500rpm fan made it run at 85 degrees... it's kinda annoying that i can't use the full performance of the card but oh well...