XFX R9 290x GPU running at 80-90c idle

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I've recently acquired an XFX R9 290x for my new PC (specs can be found at bottom of thread) and have noticed that the card is running at 80-90c idle. After heavy research and posting on other forums, I've found that the issue is due to the GPU/Memory clocking being very high when using multiple monitors. Driver version is 14.10.1006-140417a-171099C and Catalyst Version is 14.4.

I can't seem to find a fix for this though, nor can I figure out how to make 'profiles' for the fans. Any help appreciated!

Specs:
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center x64
Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Motherboard
Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 8-Core Processor @ 4.00GHz
Corsair Vengeance Pro Gold 16GB DDR3 PC3-19200 2400MHz RAM
XFX Radeon R9 290X 4GB GDDR5 GPU
HP LP3065 30" 2560x1600 & iiYama ProLite T2250MTS 22" Touchscreen 1920x1080 Monitors

 

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Hi, thanks a ton for your response, humbug. I used both AMD OverDrive and MSI's Afterburner to verify such. You can see the two drastic changes with the screenshots below:

With one monitor plugged in: http://terrum.co.uk/uploads/1404767542.png
With two monitors plugged in: http://terrum.co.uk/uploads/1404754579.png

 

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Can't be helped with multi monitors dude, when i had reference the same thing was happening and that's to do with AMD's lax stock fan profile. Doubt it's under full load as Humbug states, it's not just you're running full memory clocks combined with hotter weather and terrible fan profile, terrible cooler

Mine for comparison in 23c ambient was running 86c on idle Was taken off my bench pretty quickly as the noise from the fans was doing me in.

So I guess it's fine just leaving it as it is?

 

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i see 59c

It gets to about 80c+ after about 15 minutes. I took the screenshot about 2 minutes after plugging the secondary monitor back in.

As Tone says, the problem is because the memory is running in 3d mode but the fan speed remains at 20%. I recommend creating a custom fan profile in Afterburner like this and you will see much lower temps.

Tweak it to suit your noise/temp tolerance.

It's normal, nothing to worry about. You can setup a custom fan curve if temps are really getting on your nerves, only other option is custom cooled.

If it's nothing to worry about I won't tweak. I like to keep things as mod-free as possible. So thanks a lot for the help all!