PC meter as in your casing sensor? Use GPU-Z sensor to check the temperature and core clock.

maybe the CPU AMD FX9550 is bottleneck the gpu? example Msi GX60/70 AMD A106800M with GPU AMD 8970M ...

Guys my Asus R9 280x direct cuii top idle at 4x degree celsius,is it normal?
when running unigine valley,max temp reach 78

yes i install casing meter , hmm i run benchmark again... with valley while gpuz running
x

should be okay... 3 yr warranty anyway

Built my first desktop recently
Awesome case, extremely quiet graphic card, and my favourite cpu cooler brand!

Mine is nearly the same as yours, idle at 40-41 degrees. (No aircond in my room) Load in battlefield 4 is about 72 degrees. Seems okay to me.

Silverstone TJ-08E? great casing

and welcome to the life of PC Gaming

Default [THW] Review Samples vs Retail R9290x boards(large differences)
We first observed differences between the Radeon R9 290X cards that AMD sent out for review and the ones being sold online just before our R9 290 coverage went live. After additional testing, we have answers, feedback from AMD, and more questions.

Leading up to the Radeon R9 290X launch, I had two cards in the lab, both supplied by AMD. They ran at slightly different core frequencies in single-card configurations. No big deal, right? That was just PowerTune doing its job. But paired up in CrossFire, even with plenty of space between them, heat build-up forced the pair to drop to even lower clock rates. Right away, I was able to establish that AMD’s Hawaii GPU operates within a range of clock rates, determined by a number of variables. For R9 290X, that range starts at 727 and ends at 1000 MHz. As an aside, I do have an issue with vendors simply advertising this as a 1000 MHz GPU.

The discussion that so badly requires clarification, however, is a derivative of Hawaii’s inherent behavior. Because the GPU is always trying to run as fast as possible, and then adjusting down to obey certain power, temperature, and fan speed settings, every card is going to be just a little bit different. This is expected, and applies also to Nvidia’s GPU Boost-capable cards. But when I got my hands on a retail card purchased from Newegg, it was way slower. Like, 20% slower in many cases.


So that left me wondering: were the press boards just lower-leakage parts able to sustain higher clocks? Without a definitive answer, and with AMD insistent that my results couldn’t be right, I approached the Radeon R9 290 review much more cautiously, presenting data from both the sampled and store-bought 290X cards.

A Break In The Story

Then, on Tuesday, I received word from AMD that it had a smoking gun.

All of my numbers were generated using Quiet mode—AMD’s name for its 40% PWM ceiling, designed to keep acoustics in check. That’s a signal representing a percentage of maximum voltage into the cooling fan. So, from one card to another, 40% should yield roughly the same fan speed. Variance in fan speed is limited to the mechanical components, and should be very small.

But as it turns out, 40% on the cards AMD sent and 40% on the retail cards do not equal the same fan speed. To confirm, I compared the press card to a retail boards from Sapphire and Asus, using our Battlefield 4 benchmark at 2560x1440 and Ultra detail settings.

hail to AMD.

about AMD fan... can easy control on overdrive.. nothing new... easy manipulate... i did it got high score

Haha yeap. Anyway bro,any idea for unknown error occured for 3D mark?

here is the error message

Unexpected error running tests.
Workload Single init returned error message: Initializing process failed.


Hi thanks for the reply same here,no aircond at room I running the unigine valley and get about 7x too

Anyway,did you oc your gc?

guys, create a custom fan profile using msi afterburner or asus gpu tweak to reduce your temp at load...dont worry, even at 60%-70% fan speed this cooler is still quite silent (acceptable noise)

if window 8/pro the fix is right click on the 3Dmark>properties>Compatibility> make sure click on Privileges(run program as admin... ) this what happen when bill gate is too busy counting money and hire accountant/financial adviser instead of investing R&D...

R9 290 with Hd7990 which one better?

Bro & sifu, need some advise...I been not following ATI radeon since my old machine Ati HD 4580 Golden Sample (OC). I'm considering R series or HD 7850 oc...my budget Rm500-Rm650...Any g.card to recommend ?

Galaxy GTX660 from feiton

Bro, which 1 should comparing with in Radeon range ?

R9 290

I thought HD7990 is using old architechture?

performance wise, HD7990 is superior

R9 290 is a single card compared to HD7990 which is dual card. so it wont encounter CFx issues when gaming

Noooo.. How could you?? This is AMD Radeon thread!!!