recommend me an AMD GPU thats more efficient ?

ShiWarrior · 23 Feb 2020 at 14:40

my current GPU runs Hotter than any other GPU ive ever had

I have an RX 580

are there any better cards that run cooler, either another RX 580 or better ?

Darujhistan · 23 Feb 2020 at 14:55

What type of 580 is it? my Red Devil ran really cool.

FredFlint · 23 Feb 2020 at 15:11

Sapphire Nitro+/ PowerColor Red Devil tend to have good coolers. The PowerColor Red Devil look to be the best price 580 but I would get the Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB as its cheaper and will probably be faster but might run hotter? That said, if you are getting a new GPU I would go for a minimum of 5700 so it would be an upgrade over the 580 or a second hand card off mm.

Darujhistan · 23 Feb 2020 at 15:18

My Powelrcolor Red Dragon Vega 56 tops out @ 70 degrees, great card but old tech now, and i'd agree with Fred Flint on a 5700/XT.

ShiWarrior · 23 Feb 2020 at 15:18

Darujhistan said:
What type of 580 is it? my Red Devil ran really cool.

Red dragon

Gray2233 · 23 Feb 2020 at 15:20

ShiWarrior said:
my current GPU runs Hotter than any other GPU ive ever had

I have an RX 580

are there any better cards that run cooler, either another RX 580 or better ?

Undervolt it and set a custom fan profile.

I have an RX580 Red Dragon that was hot and loud, we're talking 80-90C under load at times. An undervolt + fan profile has made it close to silent and it never breaks 60C, there's no performance loss either.

Darujhistan · 23 Feb 2020 at 15:25

ShiWarrior said:
Red dragon

Might be a problem with model by the look of it. I've had three Powercolor cards and they've all been cool and quiet.

Gray2233 · 23 Feb 2020 at 15:28

Darujhistan said:
Might be a problem with model by the look of it. I've had three Powercolor cards and they've all been cool and quiet.

ShiWarrior said:
Red dragon

It's common with the Red Dragon variant of the RX580, easily fixed by undervolting and setting a custom fan profile.

Here's a pretty good guide for undervolting:

I use MSI Afterburner for my fan profile.

Here's my settings:

The top is what I've got it set at, bottom is stock voltages for comparison. Don't touch the first state, I'd recommend finding your own sweet spot over just copying what I'm running at though. Some cards will do better or worse than mine when undervolted.

As mentioned earlier, this made my card near silent and it never breaks 60C under load.

ShiWarrior · 23 Feb 2020 at 15:47

somebody did help me before with wattman, so ive now gone back into it, and reduced the stage 7 Voltage down even further
running cooler now, hope its stable
tried at 1000, but game crashed (no artifacts)

going to try at 1090

ShiWarrior · 23 Feb 2020 at 15:51

thanks gray

Darujhistan · 23 Feb 2020 at 15:55

I keep toying with the idea of undervolting my 56, i'm not much of a tweaker though.

Gray2233 · 23 Feb 2020 at 15:59

ShiWarrior said:
thanks gray

No worries mate, hope it helps!

Darujhistan said:
I keep toying with the idea of undervolting my 56, i'm not much of a tweaker though.

It's not that difficult really, and I think the Vega cards responded positively to undervolting, better peformance etc.

Darujhistan · 23 Feb 2020 at 16:12

Gray2233 said:
No worries mate, hope it helps!

It's not that difficult really, and I think the Vega cards responded positively to undervolting, better peformance etc.

Yeah, I think its all done in Wattman, just need to get round to it.

LoadsaMoney · 23 Feb 2020 at 16:16

AMDs not recommended due to the driver problems.

b00merang69 · 23 Feb 2020 at 16:31

ShiWarrior · 24 Feb 2020 at 15:55

i'll have to do more tweaking, but ive put Tier 7 to 1090v and its stable

bit quieter

whats a program these days to see my temps whilst im gaming ?

i'll have to keep an eye on it and see what it does

Also i think i need to sort out the airflow in my system..

Also if i was going to spend money on a new GPU , might as well spend it on watercool instead first lol

Gray2233 · 24 Feb 2020 at 16:27

MSI Afterburner OSD will let you monitor temps in game, as well as set a custom fan profile to quiet things down a little more.

Here's a guide for setting it up: https://linustechtips.com/main/topi...msi-afterburner-on-screen-display-using-rtss/

ShiWarrior · 24 Feb 2020 at 17:10

cheers

ShiWarrior · 25 Feb 2020 at 18:29

im now using Voltages same as you Gray

im still hitting 84 C

Gray2233 · 25 Feb 2020 at 18:31

ShiWarrior said:
im now using Voltages same as you Gray

im still hitting 84 C

Seems high mate, you should be dropping under 70C at least.

What are your ambient temps? How is airflow in your case?

Have you tried setting a custom fan profile?