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R9 290 high idle temp...

Monkeyspaz5000

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I have my R9 290 under water and I've noticed it does idle quite hot.

I run dual monitors which I noticed also increases the temperature of the card.

BUT...

I'm sitting on the desktop now, not doing anything apart from browsing and I noticed that using GPU-Z the current clock speed is 1225 and the memory 1400. (These are what I've currently overclocked too).

Shouldn't the core be a lot lower when I'm not actually gaming? I'm sure I noticed it in the past decreasing and increasing.

GPU load is at 0%.

The card is idling at 53C under water.

I noticed something similar before I watercooled and on occasion it would be "idle" at 89C etc.

What's going on here then??

I'm new to AMD cards, is this the norm? Is there something keeping the core clock up as I'm sure it drops down? I know when I only had one monitor plugged in, the ram clock dropped down.

I've uninstalled CCC due to a conflict issue with Trixx, but I doubt this is a reason.

Any help appreciated! :D
 
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QUICK INSTANT UPDATE! lol.

I just closed the browser (youtube video) and I noticed the core drop to 300mhz. The ram is still 1400 - but I think that's because I have the two monitors.

So youtube was bumping the core clock up for whatever reason.

IIiiiiiinteresting. These AMD cards are all new to me. lol.
 
53c under water is far to hot. I had the same problem, albeit my 6970 wasn't under water and with dual monitors, my temps were. In the 50's on idle. I uninstalled drivers/reinstalled and no difference.

I looked about and this seems to be the norm for AMD but nvidia doesn't suffer the same. No help sorry but if you find a fix, I would like to know what it was.
 
I wouldn't say it's too hot when it would probably be at 90C at least if it had the stock cooler on it in this situation.

Dropped down to 43C now that the core clock has dropped (closed the YT Browser window). It would be lower still if I was running one monitor as the memory would down clock.



I think I've basically answered my own post. lol.

Is there a way to downclock the ram too? Or does it have to be 100% as I have two monitors??
 
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Gregster said:
53c under water is far to hot. I had the same problem, albeit my 6970 wasn't under water and with dual monitors, my temps were. In the 50's on idle. I uninstalled drivers/reinstalled and no difference.

I looked about and this seems to be the norm for AMD but nvidia doesn't suffer the same. No help sorry but if you find a fix, I would like to know what it was.
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Agree with Gregster, 53c is too hot for water cooled, hell my Msi 290 Gaming is currently idling at 35c, air cooled, in a warm room.

Disagree with Gregster saying its the norm for Amd cards, you have a faulty something, this also happens with other makes of graphics cards when they have something faulty. Gregster you are really something else man! :D
 
Could be wrong Roly but I did ask here and another forum for help and no one had an answer except the usual drivers reinstall. I never did get to the bottom of it and temps were only high when I connected the 2nd monitor.

Very interested in seeing if others have high idle temps with 2 monitors connected.
 
It's a bit presumptuous to say I have a faulty something straight off the bat.

I've unplugged the second monitor and the core clock is 300mhz now and the ram 150.

Idle temp of the card is 39C now and dropping slowly.
 
Sorry guys I've missed the gist of what you meant, end of a long week, aye it is normal for raised temps when running two monitors doh, sorry Gregster and op. :o:D
 
I can't see where I said something was faulty?

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Lol, I think I am confused now. All good Roly and I hoped I was doing something wrong.
 
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