I know exactly what you need. Try this.

Yagami5159 I think you should add a column named 'CPU'... It would be great to see how the CPU affects this benchmark. Also it can be useful for people who has identical GPU, but with different CPUs.

On Auto, yeah about there 79 - 80+ *C

When I'm running it on overclock for benchmark purpose, I switch to custom fan profile, nothing too fancy, linear 45 degree; 50*C = 50% fan speed, 100*C = 100% fan speed.

You're right, moving from a 780 AMP! Edition with a supposedly similar style cooler, Tri-X dumps a hell lot more of thermal waste back into the case compared to the 780 AMP!. My 3770k warmest core is now idling at 49*C from 42 - 45*C.

Good, at least I know my temps are normal. I was wondering how come I'm not achieving the supposedly 72 - 73C that I'm seeing reviewing websites are getting, but then yeah I remembered that they also typically have very low ambient temperature, 20 - 23C.

And yes, I find the Tri-X's sweet spot to be not more than 55%. Once it reaches ~ 60%, it is quite noisy.

What about your AMP! Edition? Does it have a more reasonable noise level? I guess this is where the GCN based GPUs' Achilles heel is, they achieve amazing levels of performance at the expense of power and heat. Nvidia achieves it with much more finesse, and have better power/heat ratio, but unfortunately they're also significantly pricier. Lol, really both have pros and cons.

So you notice the 290 Tri-X quite noisy also at fan speed above 60% eh.

How about your 3 fans, any odd one out that vibrates and make 'extra' noise. Used to have the issue with an old 7870XT Dual-X card.

The AMP! Edition was super silent, even at high fan speeds 60 - 70+ %. You could only really hear the fans when you manually turn them up between 85 - 100%. Temperatures were always low, idle at 31/32*C, load at 65-69 when not OC'd, and on high OC, about 87/88*C max (this OC was high enough to net me a 10200++ score on firestrike).

You're right, there's a need to show the clock speed of the CPU as well, shepard already suggested me this, it's gonna be added on the v2 thread.

How about making your own custom fan curve?

I so getting that, the first fan vibrates when going from idle to load for a certain time, it'll keep rattle till the the GPU cools down for some time. Though it's not very loud, but it's very audible if your desktop was placed next to you.

Indeed it was noisy at 60%. But it hardly go to this level, the most I have observed was max 53% only, which is still relatively silent. The only time it hit 63% was when I set my Corsair H60 in intake position (fan pulling in fresh air from outside), hence increasing my casing temperature once it passes through the radiator, so the graphic card's fan had to spin faster in order to maintain the temperature profile and guaranteeing the 1000MHz clock speed.

So far I have not observed anything out of the blue. How about yours? Was it a fan rattling issue with your old 7870 XT?

Quite impressive this card. Do you happen to have a record of the card's overall length? I might be interested to try out this card if opportunity presents itself, but due to a poorly placed PCI-E x16 lane on my mobo, I am limited to cards of not more than 280mm. The Tri-X was an exception, since the fan shroud sits lower than the actual PCB, so it cleared the top portion of my HDD cage (which can be easily obstructed by long cards).

What's your guy's room temperature and the temp of the GPU?

My room is hot, casing don't have good enough ventilation (micro ATX type), I had to put the fan at 100% to keep my card from overheating...

When my room temp is 25C (on aircon) my GPU temp is around 82C like that
When my room temp is 37C (no aircon, daytime), GPU temp reaches like 90C

both 100% fan

My, that is really hot. I have no air-con in my PC room, so it should be anywhere around 30C. Getting around 79 - 81C on auto fan speed (can hit ~53% max).

What are your other specs? Seem like your casing have a very poor air flow.

I'm using Silverstone PS-08 casing, the air seem to trap at the bottom of casing. I can't use ATX casing, no place to put in my room... That's why I opt for this chibi sized casing.

I made a video once of a 7870XT fan rattling, its on Youtube.. 6000+ views so far lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oslmbntTUxo

Happens a lot to Sapphire cards. They really need to look into this and fix it once and for all.

My R9 290 is ok, thankfully. Pretty pleased that the ASIC was above 80% too.

Should be able to install a 780 AMP! into your case, I didn't notice any difference in length when switching out the 780 and putting in the 290 recently.

I see, that is a very small casing. It simply does not have enough exhaust (or large enough) to expel out all the hot air coming out from the 290 Tri-X. No surprise then why it can hit such high temperatures. At 100%, the sound must have been...intolerable? Actually I believe the reference card would have done you better, since it expels the heat out directly from your casing.

At 100% it is indeed loud, but it's not as loud as my portable aircond inside my room

I'm trying to add fans now, then maybe Mcgyver some exhaust on the side vent to see how it goes.

I tried running without putting the side panel and it does lower the temp, but scared some cockroaches or rats (if unlucky) go and screw the system.

I didn't pick the ref card because at daytime my room temp is crazy hot (I didn't run the aircon because I was at work)

This post has been edited by terradrive: Feb 12 2014, 02:03 PM

Or change to other m-ATX casings with better airflow. Obsidian 350D?

Btw the Obsidian is too high, my silverstone is 355mm tall and just had 1cm clearance under my table. The Obsidian is 440mm tall

mine is okay???


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beat my stock 780

do state your core clock and mem clock though, or else its invalid