Getting high temps on my new powercolor 7870 tahiti gpu?

clueless1126

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A little worried about the temps, I played a little TF2 and it was hitting like anywhere from 71*C - 78*C when I minimized to desktop. When I turned the fan up to like 45% in MSI afterburner (the only control in that program im not afraid to move) and temps dropped a bit but seemed like a bit extensive? or maybe not. Looking at my temps right now with some browser tabs open im at 37*C which also seems high compared to what they benchmarked. I set the fan back to auto after gaming. I have not overclocked
 

clueless1126

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Nope. My cable management isn't terrible either, on auto fan my gpu only seems to reach like 44% ish while playing tf2, turning my case fan all the way up helps a tiny bit