I bought a factory refurbished Asus R9 290 and in Unigine Heaven it goes to 93c. My case is practically housing a tornado inside so it's not airflow. I know the R9 290 is HOT as fuck but this hot? In the summer it could be hitting 100 with higher ambient temps.
Should I just return this instead?
>>56411291
Why would any sane person buy Asus?
>>56411291
What cooler does it have? AFAIK Sapphire Vapor-X are the go to for high end HD's and R9's.
>>56411291
Is it a reference card? If so you are retarded.
If not then raise the GPU fan curve if you care. Should be fine at those temps though. Modern high end cards are all that hot.
>>56411291
Come back when you replaced thermal compound and the problem persists.
>>56411370
/bread
>>56411328
Because I paid like $100 for it.
>>56411336
DirectCU II or something. The usual Asus non-STRIX one.
>>56411358
No. Not a reference card. That's why I'm worried. I had an Asus 6970 with a reference cooler and I learned my lesson.
>>56411370
If I do that the warranty will expire. I've considered doing it, but if this refurbed card shit the bed like 2 months in I'm basically fucked.
>>56411336
I got a sweet 280x tri-X and is still running like a champ.
AAA (1080p)games running at 50 fps at High settings
DOOM (Vulcan) at +60 everything ultra even AA.
>>56411568
HD 7950 and onwards were great value cards.
>>56411520
clean the fans and heatsinks out, change the thermal paste, and change the fan curve in afterburner. Usually the fans are set to be as quiet as possible and will only ramp up if the card is getting to hot. 93C is normal.
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