Hey all, hoping I might get some advice and not really sure the best place to post this but figured I’d try here and apologies for the war and peace
I’ve got a powercolor 6800xt red dragon that regularly hits junction temps of between 100-110deg C when playing RDR2 and the game freezes requiring a hard reset
appreciate there’s a lot written about RDR and freezes and assumed its the game but now wondering if the temperature might be the cause
I’d always thought a GPU would cause artefacts when it overheats and that the card would throttle before that and I’m not getting any of this
I’ve tried the only other game I’ve bothered to install since rebuilding which was stellaris but obviously it doesn’t push the card or the cpu anywhere near as hard and temps are a lot lower with no stability problems
Air flow in the case isn’t great (phantek evolv x) and previously I was using an r9 290 and 5820k oc’d @ 4.5ghz in a custom loop with cooling via 240 slim and 360 deep rad and never had any issues with temps
unfortunately there’s no water block specifically for the card so I’m having to rely on the air cooler and I also have a pci WiFi card installed directly below which is less than ideal but I can’t really do anything about
in order to fit the GPU I’ve had to strip the pc apart and lose the 360 rad so
Cpu is on its own and using the 240 slim with temps into the 70’s vs 60’s previously
for context specs as follows
5820K @ 4.5ghz
X99 krait
16gb hyper x
Corsair rm850
6800xt
PCI WiFi card
The case currently has the 240rad installed in the top with 2x Corsair spl 120’s intaking into case
3x Corsair spl 120’s installed in the front as intakes however I have an ek d5xres 140 fitted against the middle fan which isn’t helping air flow
and finally a Corsair af 140 in the rear as an exhaust
I’ve tried cracking the case open and having a tower fan blowing into it and not sure how much this has helped as I’m still getting freezes (again not sure if this down to temps or just the game)
Could some one give me some advice on how I can diagnose this via a suitable bench mark software or something
or tell me it’s all fine and it’s just the game lol
if it is overheating I’m at a loss on how to fix this short of buying a new case with better air flow, going with a usb WiFi card or going out on a limb with the Red Devil water cooler and hope it fits the red dragon (I checked images of the PCB’s and they did look different but not sure if it’s enough to make it not fit)
none of these are particularly great as it means me having to explain why yet more boxes from Overclockers are arriving to the wife after the UW screen, card psu etc etc
advise greatly appreciated...
I’ve got a powercolor 6800xt red dragon that regularly hits junction temps of between 100-110deg C when playing RDR2 and the game freezes requiring a hard reset
appreciate there’s a lot written about RDR and freezes and assumed its the game but now wondering if the temperature might be the cause
I’d always thought a GPU would cause artefacts when it overheats and that the card would throttle before that and I’m not getting any of this
I’ve tried the only other game I’ve bothered to install since rebuilding which was stellaris but obviously it doesn’t push the card or the cpu anywhere near as hard and temps are a lot lower with no stability problems
Air flow in the case isn’t great (phantek evolv x) and previously I was using an r9 290 and 5820k oc’d @ 4.5ghz in a custom loop with cooling via 240 slim and 360 deep rad and never had any issues with temps
unfortunately there’s no water block specifically for the card so I’m having to rely on the air cooler and I also have a pci WiFi card installed directly below which is less than ideal but I can’t really do anything about
in order to fit the GPU I’ve had to strip the pc apart and lose the 360 rad so
Cpu is on its own and using the 240 slim with temps into the 70’s vs 60’s previously
for context specs as follows
5820K @ 4.5ghz
X99 krait
16gb hyper x
Corsair rm850
6800xt
PCI WiFi card
The case currently has the 240rad installed in the top with 2x Corsair spl 120’s intaking into case
3x Corsair spl 120’s installed in the front as intakes however I have an ek d5xres 140 fitted against the middle fan which isn’t helping air flow
and finally a Corsair af 140 in the rear as an exhaust
I’ve tried cracking the case open and having a tower fan blowing into it and not sure how much this has helped as I’m still getting freezes (again not sure if this down to temps or just the game)
Could some one give me some advice on how I can diagnose this via a suitable bench mark software or something
or tell me it’s all fine and it’s just the game lol
if it is overheating I’m at a loss on how to fix this short of buying a new case with better air flow, going with a usb WiFi card or going out on a limb with the Red Devil water cooler and hope it fits the red dragon (I checked images of the PCB’s and they did look different but not sure if it’s enough to make it not fit)
none of these are particularly great as it means me having to explain why yet more boxes from Overclockers are arriving to the wife after the UW screen, card psu etc etc
advise greatly appreciated...