Radeon HD 7990 reaching high Temperatures! Help@

[etran0208]

The Radeon HD 7990 is amazing in performance, but the heat is scary. When playing BF4, I reach up to 85-90 degrees Celsius. The CPU is fine, around 30-50 Celsius at the same game. Is it a problem with my Case/fans? My cable managment is a bit bad, and technically blocking most of the intake. What should I do D:?

 

[etran0208]

Also, my Case is an Azza Atlas gaming case.

 

[Roxas_Boy]

What did you expect? It's a dual GPU card of course it's going to run hot. Some things to consider, manage your cables, add a few fans (one for intake and one for exhaust) make sure your PSU fan is facing downwards (with dust filter) because if not then the PSU and GPU could be competing for air thus creating a wind vacuum in your case

 

[babachicken]

its of nature of a radeon 7990, and yes it is two gpus creating heat in a very confined space. did you ever notice the fan to get really loud? and to go with that there was only a reference model made.

 

[nukemaster]

Try with the case side panel off.

Speeding up the gpu fans may help as well.

If the back fan vent on the case is to restrictive, cutting it out is always worth a shot to get more air moving. With that much card pumping heat into a case, you need good exhaust to get rid of it.

Does the case have top fans?

 

[etran0208]

What did you expect? It's a dual GPU card of course it's going to run hot. Some things to consider, manage your cables, add a few fans (one for intake and one for exhaust) make sure your PSU fan is facing downwards (with dust filter) because if not then the PSU and GPU could be competing for air thus creating a wind vacuum in your case

I have water cooling for my PSU

 

[etran0208]

Try with the case side panel off.

Speeding up the gpu fans may help as well.

If the back fan vent on the case is to restrictive, cutting it out is always worth a shot to get more air moving. With that much card pumping heat into a case, you need good exhaust to get rid of it.

Does the case have top fans?

I dont have any top fans :c

I have an intake/exhaust (Back and front), and the back isnt that restrictive, pretty open.

 

[nukemaster]

Does it run cooler with the side panel off?

To be honest I would expect at LEAST 80c under high load from such a card anyway.

What did you expect? It's a dual GPU card of course it's going to run hot. Some things to consider, manage your cables, add a few fans (one for intake and one for exhaust) make sure your PSU fan is facing downwards (with dust filter) because if not then the PSU and GPU could be competing for air thus creating a wind vacuum in your case

I have water cooling for my PSU

This I WANT to see

 

[babachicken]

Does it run cooler with the side panel off?

To be honest I would expect at LEAST 80c under high load from such a card anyway.

What did you expect? It's a dual GPU card of course it's going to run hot. Some things to consider, manage your cables, add a few fans (one for intake and one for exhaust) make sure your PSU fan is facing downwards (with dust filter) because if not then the PSU and GPU could be competing for air thus creating a wind vacuum in your case

I have water cooling for my PSU

This I WANT to see

hah PSU water cooling

 

[etran0208]

Does it run cooler with the side panel off?

To be honest I would expect at LEAST 80c under high load from such a card anyway.

What did you expect? It's a dual GPU card of course it's going to run hot. Some things to consider, manage your cables, add a few fans (one for intake and one for exhaust) make sure your PSU fan is facing downwards (with dust filter) because if not then the PSU and GPU could be competing for air thus creating a wind vacuum in your case

I have water cooling for my PSU

This I WANT to see

hah PSU water cooling

Woops *CPU

 

[nukemaster]

aww nuts. wanted to see a power supply with water(it has been done before[mod]).

 

[slab squathrust]

I agree with nuke. All of those 7990 cards are setup to exhaust to the sides of the card, not out the rear of your case. Removing the side panel will often help with temperatures on cards with this exhaust setup, unless you have sufficient case fans on the side. Back when I was mining bitcoins on 5870s, I would just keep the side panel off and put a box fan about 6" from the case. Not that I'm suggesting this, but it made about a 5-10 degree difference based on ambient temperatures. You could also use a tool like MSI afterburner to create a more aggressive fan profile. Sometimes the default settings won't push the fan beyond a certain limit and will throttle the card to control temperatures for the sake of less fan noise.

 

[etran0208]

I agree with nuke. All of those 7990 cards are setup to exhaust to the sides of the card, not out the rear of your case. Removing the side panel will often help with temperatures on cards with this exhaust setup, unless you have sufficient case fans on the side. Back when I was mining bitcoins on 5870s, I would just keep the side panel off and put a box fan about 6" from the case. Not that I'm suggesting this, but it made about a 5-10 degree difference based on ambient temperatures. You could also use a tool like MSI afterburner to create a more aggressive fan profile. Sometimes the default settings won't push the fan beyond a certain limit and will throttle the card to control temperatures for the sake of less fan noise.

Just done that, and im sitting at about 80-85 Celsius at fan speed of 60, I have other questions but i'll just put that on a new forum. Thanks!

 

[nukemaster]

instead of a fixed speed, I recommend you use a custom profile so if the card happens to get hotter, the fan will speed up.