Gigabyte R9 290 4GB Windforce

[BlackSmokeInTheSky]

I recently purchased the R9 290 Windforce. Great upgrade from my 7970 since im gaming at 1440p!

However Im a bit concerned with the temps. This image shows 10 mins of light websurfing. no youtube or vids. 54 degrees!




And this image shows 30mins of Crysis 3. temps max out at 84 degress but the core speed fluctuates at about 862mhz while it shld be able to get 1040mhz


The temps were taken with my case side cover off. Could there be something wrong with my card or is it normal? I read online reviews the stock default R9 290 idles at only 41 degrees while my windforce is nearer to 47-50 degrees. can the experts advise if I shld rma?

 

[hengheng220]

hi hi i know this is not related to your problem but is it loud when running it at full load?

 

[kawaii_boy]

MAX 84 degress at FULL LOAD. Luckily, I'm haven't buy. I'm wait for Powercolor Version.

I recently purchased the R9 290 Windforce. Great upgrade from my 7970 since im gaming at 1440p!

However Im a bit concerned with the temps. This image shows 10 mins of light websurfing. no youtube or vids. 54 degrees!




And this image shows 30mins of Crysis 3. temps max out at 84 degress but the core speed fluctuates at about 862mhz while it shld be able to get 1040mhz


The temps were taken with my case side cover off. Could there be something wrong with my card or is it normal? I read online reviews the stock default R9 290 idles at only 41 degrees while my windforce is nearer to 47-50 degrees. can the experts advise if I shld rma?

 

[AnTiLooP]

The Asus RSeries cards are known to run pretty hot and have a max temp of 95C if i'm not wrong.

i do not use one however I'm almost certain, after reading loads of articles on the product that it's pretty much expected and nothing to worry about.

why not read some reviews from other sources and then make your ciomparison.

also take into account case air flow , ambient temps those kinda of thing.

 

[Jian19]

Ur fan speed how much..

 

[BlackSmokeInTheSky]

Fan speeds all stock. Its not noisy at all when at full load. My case has good airflow but I had my case side panels removed just to get be sure.The max load temps Im not so concerned about.. Its the fact that (1) my card is not able to sustain stable core speeds of 1040mhz while gaming and it fluctuates from 800-900+ mhz and (2) idle temps are almost 10 degrees higher than even stock r9 290 which should not be the case with a windforce cooler

 

[Jian19]

Adjust ur fan speed see how...

 

[BlackSmokeInTheSky]

hmm fan speeds I set at max from catalyst.. however I only observed it go up to 50+ percent during full load but it still throttles. thru gigabyte ocII software im able to manually adjust the fans more accurately but the fans will go to about 70+ percent which is pretty noisy. but doing so will result in stable core speeds of 1040mhz however i dont think thats how gigabyte intended the card to be.. it shld be stable at stock right? anyway i'll just send my card for a check at the distro n i'll update this tread the outcome. I think i may have got a slightly defective cooler on my card..

 

[Swiftbladez]

how loud is loud? as loud as ref 290?

If not maybe its just you expecting too much.

Then again have yet to see any reviews or benchmarks of the gigabyte r9 290 windforce.

 

[BlackSmokeInTheSky]

hmm yeah im waiting for the reviews too

 

[Jian19]

I see review their room temp 20 degress

 

[nuckingfut]

I got the same card and same concern as u.. my temp is like 60c surfing web, is this normal ?

also checked my bios version it shows xxx-xxx-xxx
after 10mins web surfing my temp stuck at 83c..

 

[naked123]

this card has issues

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/hardware-clinic-2/almost-pulled-trigger-windforce-r9-290-when-happened-4524256.html

 

[AnTiLooP]

this card has issues

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/hardware-clinic-2/almost-pulled-trigger-windforce-r9-290-when-happened-4524256.html

Better write to GA / distro as it appears you may have gotten yourself a dud based on that other link.

 

[petshopboys]

non ref card is available already locally?

 

[AnTiLooP]

non ref card is available already locally?

a small percentage was released for sale during the December period in limited quantities... major bulk scheduled for release this month.

it's the December's batch that from GA that likely has the issues as documented in T's HW.

 

[koroshiya8]

i think heading into this card u probably know the heat issues.. but tbh 84deg at full load is much better than 90deg (e.g. GTX590)


i will take this anytime !

 

[petshopboys]

a small percentage was released for sale during the December period in limited quantities... major bulk scheduled for release this month.

it's the December's batch that from GA that likely has the issues as documented in T's HW.

any idea when the major bulk coming...I waited till neck long long lolz

 

[BlackSmokeInTheSky]

i think heading into this card u probably know the heat issues.. but tbh 84deg at full load is much better than 90deg (e.g. GTX590)


i will take this anytime !

yeah I know it has heat issues, but this seems worse than stock r9 290. at 84 degrees, the card throttles. i dont get full advertised core speed of 1040mhz. it will fluctuate between 700-900+ mhz instead.

I have to put my fans almost max and set the temps to max 95degrees to get full 1040mhz core speed but the noise will be unbearable for me.

 

[royfrosty]

Just have a peace of mind and just go to the service centre and do a diagnostic test. If it is deemed faulty let the distro do an exchange for you.