Graphics Card Overheating

[Jlg823]

Radeon 7790 2GB Direct CUII
Whenever I play a game normally it's at about at 60C however today I played Banished for around 30 minutes and it's at 70% Fan speed and 98C...what? Some help please!

 

[pyr0_m4n]

Check the fans and make sure they're actually spinning. I can't believe it hit 98C and didn't crash

 

[Jlg823]

Can't do RMA also my fans were spinning I checked and believe me I heard them!! The card was bought December 30th

 

[pyr0_m4n]

Interesting note:
When the R9 and R7 series came out from Asus, a number of Direct CUII video cards has major heating problems to begin with. Quite a few would get unstable and crash. When I was doing my research, I noticed that Asus quickly reissued new versions of their Direct CUII video cards shortly after release with a very slight model number change (so slight most people won't notice).
These new versions would run at higher (and louder) fan speeds by default. Interestingly, many of the Direct CUII video cards in reviews were actually these older (unstable part numbers) that had quieter fans.

I wonder if maybe the 7790 suffers from this same problem the newer R9 series had from Asus.

Solution?
Can you still do an RMA?
Try tweaking your fan settings so they are much higher speed by default (at all times). I think this was what they changed on the newer series, when the released the new updated models (aka I think they made the fans run higher, but I'm not entirely sure).

Can't do RMA also my fans were spinning I checked and believe me I heard them!! The card was bought December 30th

Banished isn't even a demanding game (I own it) Open your case, find out where the exhaust is on your card and place your hand in front of it. If its as hot as it says, you'll feel it instantly. If its only warm, it may be that a sensor failed. it's rare but it happens.

 

[Jlg823]

Interesting note:
When the R9 and R7 series came out from Asus, a number of Direct CUII video cards has major heating problems to begin with. Quite a few would get unstable and crash. When I was doing my research, I noticed that Asus quickly reissued new versions of their Direct CUII video cards shortly after release with a very slight model number change (so slight most people won't notice).
These new versions would run at higher (and louder) fan speeds by default. Interestingly, many of the Direct CUII video cards in reviews were actually these older (unstable part numbers) that had quieter fans.

I wonder if maybe the 7790 suffers from this same problem the newer R9 series had from Asus.
Well maybe I found the answer. Many people say that you must play with V-Sync otherwise the game decides to push everything to the max, which isn't unbelievable because my CPU and GPU at the time were both 100% Usage.

Solution?
Can you still do an RMA?
Try tweaking your fan settings so they are much higher speed by default (at all times). I think this was what they changed on the newer series, when the released the new updated models (aka I think they made the fans run higher, but I'm not entirely sure).

Can't do RMA also my fans were spinning I checked and believe me I heard them!! The card was bought December 30th

Banished isn't even a demanding game (I own it) Open your case, find out where the exhaust is on your card and place your hand in front of it. If its as hot as it says, you'll feel it instantly. If its only warm, it may be that a sensor failed. it's rare but it happens.

 

[Jlg823]

I check the inside and everything is fine,however many people have said that if you don't use V-Sync on Banished that for some reason it pushes your computer to the max. Kinda explains why both my GPU and CPU were at 100%

 

[pyr0_m4n]

I check the inside and everything is fine,however many people have said that if you don't use V-Sync on Banished that for some reason it pushes your computer to the max. Kinda explains why both my GPU and CPU were at 100%

Doesn't matter. There's no reason for a card to ever get that hot. Unless you threw a bucketfull of dust on the card, I can't imagine that's the issue. Maybe a screw broke on your heatsink and it fell away from the board. There's a way to check and fix that, but its a pain because the card would have to come apart.

 

[pyr0_m4n]

I check the inside and everything is fine,however many people have said that if you don't use V-Sync on Banished that for some reason it pushes your computer to the max. Kinda explains why both my GPU and CPU were at 100%

Doesn't matter. There's no reason for a card to ever get that hot. Unless you threw a bucketfull of dust on the card, I can't imagine that's the issue. Maybe a screw broke on your heatsink and it fell away from the board. There's a way to check and fix that, but its a pain because the card would have to come apart.

In line with what pyr0_m4n said, just opt for the warranty claim and have them send you a working one. Maybe they can even do a cross-ship so you never have to be without a video card.

Yeah, go for warranty. Good luck trying to find anyone who will send you a card first though. I don't know of anyone who does that anymore.

 

[Jlg823]

You know what? Imma continue to use this one for now but I've decided to just buy a GTX 770 lol.