Safe Temperatures of R9 390

[UzuShin]

Hello everyone,

This is the first time I have ever owned a discrete GPU (I know: nooby)

So I am trying to be as careful as possible. I downloaded all the latest amd drivers and downloaded MSI afterburner to monitor the GPU temps and framerates.

Currently my Afterburner setting has fan speed controls on auto and the fan speed seems to stay around 43-54%.

Everything seems fine for the most part; the temps float around the 57-65 Degrees for the most part. But in some instances I have seen the temps go as high as 80-84 degrees(Not for long though).

Is that safe? Should I forcefully increase my fan speed or can I keep things as they are?

Thanks

[Nasif]

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/...d-amd-390.html

[kaziishan]

Currently my Afterburner setting has fan speed controls on auto and the fan speed seems to stay around 43-54%.

Everything seems fine for the most part; the temps float around the 57-65 Degrees for the most part. But in some instances I have seen the temps go as high as 80-84 degrees(Not for long though).

Your temps are more than fine.

At stock speed and 25 degree Celsius ambient temperature, my card goes max 75 degree Celsius at 47% fan speed (assuming gpu usage is 100% most of the time, and after 2-3 hours straight gaming session). I use 1440p VSR with max settings for graphics (only MSAA is 2X or 4X but not more), so the gpu usage is actually 100% most of the time while gaming.

I have never seen 80-84 degree on my card other than Furmark Extreme Burn In. Even then it was barely touching 80 degree with 60% fan speed. However, it's a Nitro R9 390. It's quite a cool card considering there's an AMD gpu inside it.

[Ehsas]

the 84 degree isn't normal..especially not with the cold climate now. unless you're running furmark. for just idle or normal gaming it shouldn't be getting that high. in most tests it has gotten 67-69degrees on full load even after being slightly overclocked. however after a certain threshold the card's fans are supposed to turn on automatically. another thing could be your chassis. do you have any chassis fans? and is there any room for air intake or do you have it tucked in some corner? the 57-65 temps are normal but really it shouldn't go over 70 let alone 80+ doubt it's a problem with the card though, what fans do you have and also what case?

[UzuShin]

Haha

The fault was on my end: apparently i hadn't applied the "auto-fan control" option on afterburner snd the fan speed was locked at 54% >.<

It's on auto now and the max temp was only 69 degrees after 3hrs of fallout 4.

Sorry for wasting your time :S

@Ehsas

My case is the Thermaltake chaser a41 snow edition
http://www.thermaltake.com/products-...?id=C_00001963

I only have the 3 stockk fans that came with it. That should be enough right?

Your temps are more than fine.

At stock speed and 25 degree Celsius ambient temperature, my card goes max 75 degree Celsius at 47% fan speed (assuming gpu usage is 100% most of the time, and after 2-3 hours straight gaming session). I use 1440p VSR with max settings for graphics (only MSAA is 2X or 4X but not more), so the gpu usage is actually 100% most of the time while gaming.

I have never seen 80-84 degree on my card other than Furmark Extreme Burn In. Even then it was barely touching 80 degree with 60% fan speed. However, it's a Nitro R9 390. It's quite a cool card considering there's an AMD gpu inside it.

Wow not more then 75 degrees @ only 47% fanspeed that is one beastly cooling system.
Well done Sapphire

[Ehsas]

Yes it's enough, just make sure the chassis fans are well..running and not turned off or maybe you forgot to plug them in the fan headers lol. and the temperatures should be fine now, still slightly hotter than usual (a 390 from xfx should be around 64-67 at full load) but very much safe. so nothing to worry about.

[UzuShin]

Yes it's enough, just make sure the chassis fans are well..running and not turned off or maybe you forgot to plug them in the fan headers lol. and the temperatures should be fine now, still slightly hotter than usual (a 390 from xfx should be around 64-67 at full load) but very much safe. so nothing to worry about.

Oops my bad what I meant to say was that the max recorded temp was 69 degrees the average temp was around 62-63 degrees sometimes dipping down to the high fifties.


Nah, I had the fans plugged in and they are running fine xD...



@kaziishan

Btw what settings do you use on Fallout 4? Currently I have everything set at ultra and godrays off. It plays smooth but sometimes I get some jittering in large ares when a bunch monsters pop up.

[kaziishan]

Btw what settings do you use on Fallout 4? Currently I have everything set at ultra and godrays off. It plays smooth but sometimes I get some jittering in large ares when a bunch monsters pop up.

I also have 62 active mods. FPS averages at 55+, minimum dips to 40-45. Mind that, my cpu is 4790K, my ram is 16gb 1866 but I think the main factor is I run my game from SSD. Fallout 4 seems to have micro stutter problem while loading from HDD. If your game also runs from SSD, install the Vivid Fallout mod, it looks better than vanilla and it actually improves some performance.

[Trave160]

I also have 62 active mods. FPS averages at 55+, minimum dips to 40-45. Mind that, my cpu is 4790K, my ram is 16gb 1866 but I think the main factor is I run my game from SSD. Fallout 4 seems to have micro stutter problem while loading from HDD. If your game also runs from SSD, install the Vivid Fallout mod, it looks better than vanilla and it actually improves some performance.

Could have told me that, I couldn't play the game cause of huge micro stutters and frame dips.

[kaziishan]

Could have told me that, I couldn't play the game cause of huge micro stutters and frame dips.

Promise me...you'll upgrade your 6850 before submitting your 6850th post...promise me...Trave160...prooomise meee... ... ... (read it with Ananta Jalil's feelings)

[Trave160]

Promise me...you'll upgrade your 6850 before submitting your 6850th post...promise me...Trave160...prooomise meee... ... ... (read it with Ananta Jalil's feelings)

Haha, my cousin is giving me his EVGA 650 Ti boost 2GB, so all good no worries

[UzuShin]

I also have 62 active mods. FPS averages at 55+, minimum dips to 40-45. Mind that, my cpu is 4790K, my ram is 16gb 1866 but I think the main factor is I run my game from SSD. Fallout 4 seems to have micro stutter problem while loading from HDD. If your game also runs from SSD, install the Vivid Fallout mod, it looks better than vanilla and it actually improves some performance.

I have the same settings except godrays off and res @1080p. My processor might be a bottleneck.(The digital foundry analysts said that F4 was cpu dependant on AMD cards or something)

I'll try moving the game to my SSD thanks for the suggestion.

[Ehsas]

I have the same settings except godrays off and res @1080p. My processor might be a bottleneck.(The digital foundry analysts said that F4 was cpu dependant on AMD cards or something)

I'll try moving the game to my SSD thanks for the suggestion.

you can play it with godrays on no problem. your cpu won't bottleneck any single card. and even if it does very minor margin. keep all settings maxed out you might only dip below 60fps at diamondcity or big battles like taking the castle etc

[UzuShin]

you can play it with godrays on no problem. your cpu won't bottleneck any single card. and even if it does very minor margin. keep all settings maxed out you might only dip below 60fps at diamondcity or big battles like taking the castle etc

Well, Things aren't looking so good for me atm..I only get 60fps when I am alone. Something as simple as examining codsworth dunks my fps to the 45 t.t.

[Ehsas]

Well, Things aren't looking so good for me atm..I only get 60fps when I am alone. Something as simple as examining codsworth dunks my fps to the 45 t.t.

that's odd..do you have the latest version of crimson driver? see if the game is optimized to your gpu. i've sold several systems with a gtx 970 in it now and tested many on it most optimize to high or ultra level. but anyways if you still don't see any improvement you could increase the clock speed a bit without adding any extra voltage and see how much of an increase you get. you can revert it back to normal after you've finished playing it.

[TaherTheRetard]

that's odd..do you have the latest version of crimson driver? see if the game is optimized to your gpu. i've sold several systems with a gtx 970 in it now and tested many on it most optimize to high or ultra level. but anyways if you still don't see any improvement you could increase the clock speed a bit without adding any extra voltage and see how much of an increase you get. you can revert it back to normal after you've finished playing it.

The game runs ¤¤¤¤ on amd cards. 950 performs better than 380 here. So whatever fps he is getting is ok.

[UzuShin]

^ Yeah :/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15wOp7_dD8E

Using These settings now and am getting near 60 fps most of the time but the fps does drop to the mid 40s during large battles.. *sigh*