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AMD Radeon R9 290X with Hawaii GPU pictured, has 512-bit 4GB Memory
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not a chance
Of course they would, sitting outside in still air, hot air accumulates around them.
A well set up case moves the hot air way from the components replacing it with cool air.
really, hot air standing around in a cooler environment?. It did amuse me though. Look up the mechanics of heat moving from hot to cold.
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An open case does usually work better with these kind of things tbh Humbug.
*Unless you're awesome and do it with properly placed side exhausts that work just as well with the case open or closed using a dedicated side opening *cough*
*You can't really do this with the MK-26 though...
*Unless you're awesome and do it with properly placed side exhausts that work just as well with the case open or closed using a dedicated side opening *cough*
*You can't really do this with the MK-26 though...
I am not a genius in this department by any stretch of the imagination but feel I have a fair understanding of how to direct air through my case. When I bench hard, I take the side of my case off, as this drops the temps by a couple of degrees.
Then you haven't got good air flow in your case, probably a setup causing positive pressure in the case, what you want it negative pressure so it draws the hot air out and cold air in. its much more efficient as your constantly moving and replacing the air. think of it as sitting in a wind tunnel.
Well I have a fan at the very front of my case sucking air in, which is immediately followed by anothe fan doing the same. At the very bottom of my case, I have 2 fans sitting under a 240 Rad blowing air up through the rad. At the back of my case, I have a fan blowing air out the back and at the top of my case I have a 360 rad with 3 fans on top sucking air out. Not sure where I have gone wrong?
You have a lot of Rad's, one of them is filtering cold air through a hot rad into the case, the rad at the top, while sucking case air through it and out, is still inside the case.
ideally you shouldn't have and radiators inside the case at all, having one draw air through it before it gets inside the case is not great, but its not always possible to have the rads outside.
I would imagine there is also a lot of pipe work in there causing flow blockages, again, little you can do about that.
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Humbug, what do you think gets better temps?
A GPU on an open test bench, or a GPU in a case with good airflow?
It's a non-blower card btw.
A GPU on an open test bench, or a GPU in a case with good airflow?
It's a non-blower card btw.
I would have thought open test bench by far
its sucking in air from all around - unless you heat the whole room up I can't imagine the ambient would be hotter than inside a case - its not in still air so to speak as you're kicking air out of the back. So its not like its sucking back in the air thats been heated up
vs inside a case the ambients could be as high as 30C
its sucking in air from all around - unless you heat the whole room up I can't imagine the ambient would be hotter than inside a case - its not in still air so to speak as you're kicking air out of the back. So its not like its sucking back in the air thats been heated up
vs inside a case the ambients could be as high as 30C
Guys no offence, but your airflow discussion is boring.
it makes a difference when the GPU fan speed is adjusted to just below throttling point - as it will effect boost clocks
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You haven't done anything wrong, two of your intake fans are cooling down the 240 rad, in turn heating up the air, what then 'cools' down your motherboard and goes through your second rad.
When i had the Switch i had the rear fan as an intake, made a slight difference on longer gaming runs.
Test bench.
Hopefully better that GTA 4 with any card.
All joking aside, it should be able to run fine even on 'older' cards like the 7970 and 680, it's a console port and hopefully R* will do a good job with it.
According to the rumour there's quite advanced lighting using DX11 so I am curious.
Nothing can be as bad as GTA4 on release.
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Guys no offence, but your airflow discussion is boring.
Uh huh. Remember your accelero thread?
Precisely
Well I find it easier to remove the side of the case and have the temps a couple of degrees lower. When you are smashing more volts through than Zeus at a Lightning convention, those couple of degrees can make all the difference
For day to day gaming, I have no worries.
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Well I find it easier to remove the side of the case and have the temps a couple of degrees lower. When you are smashing more volts through than Zeus at a Lightning convention, those couple of degrees can make all the difference
For day to day gaming, I have no worries.
I used to do the same mate when i was inside a case, ramp all fans to 100% and remove the side!
Now all i have to do is make sure i have a fan on the mobo VRMs and ram! They get so bloody hot without some kind air flowing over them.
I used to do the same mate when i was inside a case, ramp all fans to 100% and remove the side!
Now all i have to do is make sure i have a fan on the mobo VRMs and ram! They get so bloody hot without some kind air flowing over them.
Yer I bet they do. I want a test bench but just not got the room for one
