ASUS Radeon RX 6900 XT STRIX OC LC Review - Graphics card temperatures

Graphics card temperatures

So here we'll have a look at GPU temperatures. First up will be IDLE (desktop) temperatures as reported through the software on the thermal sensors of the GPU. Overall anything below 50 Degrees C is considered okay, anything below 40 Degrees C is admirable. We add some other cards at random that we have recently tested in the chart. But what happens when we are gaming? We fire off an intense game-like application at the graphics card and measure the highest temperature of the GPU. 

So with the card fully stressed we kept monitoring temperatures and noted down the GPU temperature as reported by the thermal sensor. These tests have been performed with a 20~21 Degrees C room temperature, this is a peak temperature based on a GPU stress loop. We note down the peak temperature in both BIOS modes.

Both BIOS modes offer exactly the same gaming performance, it's just a tweak on the fan RPM behaviour.

Long Duration Stress Temperature and GPU Throttling clock

Above: performance BIOS mode

Above: Silent BIOS mode