xfx rx 480 90c

[Dan28453]

my xfx rx 480 gtr black edition hits 90c while in crossfire :/
my fan curve couldnt be any more aggressive.

 

[rhysiam]

I assume that's the top card? Have you got a slot between the cards so it can breathe? Have you got an exhaust fan on your side panel above the GPU to try and get rid of some of that hot air? If not, try running it (temporarily) with the side panel off, does it run cooler?

 

[Dan28453]

I assume that's the top card? Have you got a slot between the cards so it can breathe? Have you got an exhaust fan on your side panel above the GPU to try and get rid of some of that hot air? If not, try running it (temporarily) with the side panel off, does it run cooler?

yes its the top gpu that runs 90c, i do have an exhaust fan and i do have my side panel off since it does allow my gpu to be cooler. i also have one slot between the two gpus.
im currently running both the top and bottom gpu at 100% fan speed, its maxing out at 84c (top) and 76c (bottom) but this is rather noisy and unpleasant

 

[bishopi5]

Are these founder edition cards? (Blower style) If so these seem like normal temps for AMD, Usually an aggressive fan curve helps a tad more though, i doubt you would ever get the top card under 80 in load. I had a look and these are not FE cards, they have decent coolers, i would not expecting to hit 90c ever with the side panel off... Can you try running just 1 card? see what max temps are

 

[rhysiam]

So you're saying with the side panel off, a slot between the cards and a 100% fan speed the top card is cooking past 90C?

Have you OC'd at all?

That does seem really hot, even with somewhat limited airflow. Can you point a pedestal fan (or something) at the top card just to make sure it's getting fresh air? 100% fan with the side panel off really should have temps well under control for stock settings. Something doesn't seem right there.

 

[Dan28453]

Are these founder edition cards? (Blower style) If so these seem like normal temps for AMD, Usually an aggressive fan curve helps a tad more though, i doubt you would ever get the top card under 80 in load. I had a look and these are not FE cards, they have decent coolers, i would not expecting to hit 90c ever with the side panel off... Can you try running just 1 card? see what max temps are

oh no, theyre the xfx gtr ones, although its the black edition so it runs at 1388mhz.
well its supposed to, but it throttles.

 

[Dan28453]

So you're saying with the side panel off, a slot between the cards and a 100% fan speed the top card is cooking past 90C?

Have you OC'd at all?

That does seem really hot, even with somewhat limited airflow. Can you point a pedestal fan (or something) at the top card just to make sure it's getting fresh air? 100% fan with the side panel off really should have temps well under control for stock settings. Something doesn't seem right there.

its undervolted and underclocked as well :/
http://i.imgur.com/vePMvDK.png

 

[Dan28453]

Are these founder edition cards? (Blower style) If so these seem like normal temps for AMD, Usually an aggressive fan curve helps a tad more though, i doubt you would ever get the top card under 80 in load. I had a look and these are not FE cards, they have decent coolers, i would not expecting to hit 90c ever with the side panel off... Can you try running just 1 card? see what max temps are

running one card keeps the gpu under 60c at same load with 100% fan speed ;-;

 

[bishopi5]

God that's a HUGE difference, more then i was expecting, at least we know the cards themselves don't run hot, we just need to find a way to disperse the heat build up between them.

 

[helpstar]

which case is it?

front fans installed?

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachments/upload_2016-1-18_13-56-17-png.71169/

 

[Dan28453]

which case is it?

front fans installed?

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachments/upload_2016-1-18_13-56-17-png.71169/

my fan setup is exactly like that on my corsair spec-03
2 front intakes, 1 bottom intake, 2 top exhaust, 1 back exhaust
i have my corsair hx650 fan faced down btw

 

[Dan28453]

God that's a HUGE difference, more then i was expecting, at least we know the cards themselves don't run hot, we just need to find a way to disperse the heat build up between them.

omfg my top gpu second fan wasnt spinning because it was being blocked by my sata power cable xD
running tests again and my gpu went from 85c to 60c in the same amount of time

 

[rhysiam]

omfg my top gpu second fan wasnt spinning because it was being blocked by my sata power cable xD
running tests again and my gpu went from 85c to 60c in the same amount of time

Good catch! It happens . Embarrassingly, a few months back I spent nearly an hour comparing benchmarks and trying to figure out why a CPU in a machine I'd built for a client was throttling until I realised that the CPU fan was jammed by its own cable (that I'd plugged in!). Whoops.

I was really scratching my head at this one, it just wasn't making sense. I was actually half way through a reply asking about the fans spinning, but decided against it. There you go.

Can I commend you for posting back... because some people just disappear!

And really - considering the troubleshooting steps you were going to have to start looking at to solve this problem, moving a SATA cable out of the way is by far, far, far and away the simplest fix imaginable! Glad it's sorted mate and happy gaming.

 

[bishopi5]

God that's a HUGE difference, more then i was expecting, at least we know the cards themselves don't run hot, we just need to find a way to disperse the heat build up between them.

omfg my top gpu second fan wasnt spinning because it was being blocked by my sata power cable xD
running tests again and my gpu went from 85c to 60c in the same amount of time

Woww ! Lucky you did no damage to the fan ! Grats for getting it sorted mate

 

[helpstar]

glad it was such a simple solution

 

[Dan28453]

omfg my top gpu second fan wasnt spinning because it was being blocked by my sata power cable xD
running tests again and my gpu went from 85c to 60c in the same amount of time

Good catch! It happens . Embarrassingly, a few months back I spent nearly an hour comparing benchmarks and trying to figure out why a CPU in a machine I'd built for a client was throttling until I realised that the CPU fan was jammed by its own cable (that I'd plugged in!). Whoops.

I was really scratching my head at this one, it just wasn't making sense. I was actually half way through a reply asking about the fans spinning, but decided against it. There you go.

Can I commend you for posting back... because some people just disappear!

And really - considering the troubleshooting steps you were going to have to start looking at to solve this problem, moving a SATA cable out of the way is by far, far, far and away the simplest fix imaginable! Glad it's sorted mate and happy gaming.

we all make mistakes, eh thankyou for the commend and im glad you fixed your throttling problem.

 

[Dan28453]

God that's a HUGE difference, more then i was expecting, at least we know the cards themselves don't run hot, we just need to find a way to disperse the heat build up between them.

omfg my top gpu second fan wasnt spinning because it was being blocked by my sata power cable xD
running tests again and my gpu went from 85c to 60c in the same amount of time

Woww ! Lucky you did no damage to the fan ! Grats for getting it sorted mate

indeed! haha. thanks mate.