Temperature: Gigabyte Radeon R9-280X WindForce OC

[PureAbstract]

Hello,

I bought recently new PC, with Gigabyte Radeon R9-280X WindForce OC graphics card. One thing bothers me - I did "full-stress" test, in FarCry, and max temp achievement by GPU was 76*C! Please note that card is brand new, coolers are clear. Is it pretty big number? In other threads, people mention that safe temp is around ~80-85*C.

Could you please tell me, if this temp (76*C) is okay? Or should I contact vendor? looks like temp will increase after some time, because coolers are clear right now...

Also, it is possible to use the AMD utility OverDrive to underclock it? After underclock ,will GPU work stable?

Cheers.

 

[Hyre]

Hi PureAbstract,

76*c is a completely acceptable temp underload, nothing to worry about there.

You could use Catalyst Control Centre to underclock it if you want, but unless your seeing artifacts or anything like that you shouldn't need to.

 

[PureAbstract]

Thanks for the answer Hyre.

Could I ask you another question? I've got also a i5 4670 (without K) with custom cooler, because I wanted to avoid high temperatures. My previous CPU was AMD one, and the stock cooler were not enough.
Sadly, custom cooler is "Spartan Pro HE924" - the cooler master rr-tx3e-22pk-r1 hyper, came broken, so I had to use spartan.
Could you please answer me, if this cooler is good? Because temperatures on cores are pretty high now. During full-stress test, max temp was 72-74*C on cores, which is more than recommended by Intel. Should I buy other cooler? I don't want to overclock CPU.

Cheers

 

[Hyre]

72*-74*C is the rated max temp that CPU should reach but as long as it's not at that temp constantly it should be ok.

No real need for a new one but if it's bothering you go for it, cooler is always better, and it will also future proof it if you do decide to overclock in the future.

Hope that helped.

 

[PureAbstract]

Thanks for answer.
Maybe I will just add another fan (thid) - this one will be side fan with intake.