MSI Radeon R9 390X Gaming 8G OC review - Graphics Card Temperatures

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 06/18/2015 01:56 PM [

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Graphics Card Temperatures

So here we'll have a look at GPU temperatures. First up, IDLE (desktop) temperatures.

Overall anything below 50 Degrees C is considered okay, anything below 40 Degrees C is very nice and below 30 Degrees C - CEWL. 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 cards fully stressed we kept monitoring temperatures and noted down the peak (not average) GPU temperature.

MSI R9 390X Gaming OC - The temperature under heavy game stress for the card stabilized at roughly 76 Degrees C. We measure the hottest reached temperature.

Please make sure your PC is well ventilated at all times, this will seriously help you on the overall GPU temperatures.

Note: we test on an open test-bench. A proper ventilated chassis will get you similar results. However if you merely have one fan or say blocked airflow or your fans all pointed inwards opposed to a proper push-pull configuration, the numbers can be higher. Remember that proper airflow inside a chassis is very important relative to our measurements. It also works the other way, if you have kick-ass airflow, the numbers can be lower.

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