Okay, I just bought x2 BRAND NEW R9 390s and put them in crossfire and both my backplates on the cards are SUPER hot to the touch, while I play games but on idle is cool. Is that normal?
I don’t know… what temps I should be looking for. Also, would you recommend any good programs for monitoring the GPU. All I know is it HOT very, very HOT to the touch while I play games. But surfing the web, emails, or just on plain idle it’s cool like super cold.
I don’t know if AMD/ATI has changed over the years, but those brands used to get really hot, hence why I stayed away from the cheaper price, even tho tempting when looking at performance per buck.
Yeah, I know. Sucks ass! But… it’s only while I game. My old 6950’s that I put in crossfire didn’t ever have a backplate and that was good, ran cool, quiet and perfect. But ever since I bought these two 390’s with a backplate, it has made the plate itself hot.
Did some googling on your card… its very normal that your card gets really hot… People suggest doing a fan profile. most also say as long as it doesn’t hit 90C all is good.
Oh, that’s awesome news!
Yeah, I highly doubt it’ll get to 90c I mean, it’s starting to become winter in Australia, Melbourne,Victoria. So we should be good. Might open up the windows when I game, and let that cold down under air get to it :).
Ah the land down under… the heat also has an impact on such, where im in the cold north (Denmark) my machines get cooled by cool air, not quite the same in Australia hehe
I wouldn’t worry, this means it’s doing its job by spreading the heat away from the electronics.
As a sidenote, one thing that shouldn’t be too hot to touch is HDDs, since they shouldn’t stay over 50°C for too long and as it happens that’s around the temperature that humans can withstand on touch.