Rapid Vid card temp increase - AMD R7 260x

[AceMcCool]

I have a Visiontek R7 260x video card. I ran hwmonitor to check temps and found alt+tabing between the 'garage' in world of tanks and the desktop would show a huge increase/decrease in temps.

If I am in the game and I can hear the card cooling fans at full speed, then alt+tab out, I can see the temp go from 80+ to 50c in about 2-3 seconds. Same happens if I alt+tab back in the game, temp climbs to 80c+ in only a few seconds. As you can see, the max recorded temp is 100c.

I have a feeling the temp I get 10 seconds after being on the desktop is probably more of the correct temp and the sensor on the card is being artificially jumped up to make the fans kick in.

Can anyone confirm this?

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[st3v30]

I have r7 260x OC version and it never pass 72°C even on MSI Burn test.Try to use other software to read temps on GPU like GPU-Z or HWinfo or MSI Afterburner.

 

[coozie7]

The rapid temperature drop is normal, it's caused by the sudden dropoff in the GPU load, you'll notice than it drops rapidly by 30 or 40C then falls away slowly towards the normal idle temperature as the heatsink and circuit board shed their heat.
What is not normal is that 100C load temperature and rapid temperature rise, either the card cooler is in need of an urgent clean, the heatsink has worked loose or you have the poor little thing savagely overclocked.

 

[AceMcCool]

Ya, I tried MSI Afterburner and GPU-Z and both showed the same thing, extreme rapid jumps up and down when the card is under load. For the most part it averages 89c-90c but has crept up to 96c.
This card is not overclocked.

I have uploaded two pictures of the MSI and GPU-Z screens as well as the GPU-Z text log

You can see there is a jump between 59c to 92 in 2-3 seconds. I saw a drop from 90c to high 50's in a split second when GPU is not under load.

This is a card I have had 14 days and from day one has artifacting problems that randomly show up from time to time regardless of idle desktop or loaded 3d game. I am in contact with my suppliers tech support about the artifacting but this temp thing is something I been looking into more. I am guessing a factory defect.

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[coozie7]

Does indeed sound like a faulty card, it really shouldn't be getting that hot although, like I said rapid temperature changes are normal, the artifacting is not.
With this being a new card I think you've taken the right decision to look for a warranty/manufacturer solution.

 

[Woody1999]

In WoT my 260X never tops out at more than 70°C, so it does seem like you have a faulty card. Try getting a refund out of VisionTech and get a card from elsewhere like Sapphire or XFX.

Woody

 

[AceMcCool]

RMA'd card through NCIX.com and could not receive a replacement as they were discontinued. I replaced with a EVGA Nvidia GTX 750 sc. Unlike the Visiontek card, the EVGA one came with everything, stickers and a wall poster

Problem solved.

Thanks for your help.