Gpu overheating after few months of usage

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Aravind92

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I won a sapphire r7 260x 2gb version..Got it in the month of march..I also have a custom fan profile with msi ab i wihch i've set the fan to reach fullspeed once the card hits 80 c..Till july the card would top at 80 c..Now with the same games the card is reaching 85 c..I live in india,chennai..Previously when the card used to top out at 80 c the temp here was 40 c..now the temp outside is only 34 and the card is running 5 c hotter...What would be the reason for this?..will the cards run hotter as it gets older..Ran furmark at 1080 with 2xmsaa for 40 mins(topped at 93 c and stayed there)..Just wondering what it would be like in april/may..Should i complain to sapphire about this?...And there is no problem with cables in my cabinet and everything is absolutely clean...