ive heard this card gets really hot how can i prevent that without watercooling?
67512
You could always add extra fans in your case to help with airflow, but this card was designed for high heat, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Something I do to keep the temp down under heavy load is run MSI Afterburner and set a custom "Fan Speed Curve". The fan will get pretty loud but my card usually stays around 70 C and runs smooth as butter.
67513
The card does get very hot. You can increase the max fan speed to help cool it off. This will make the card louder but it's a trade off.
67514
Make sure that there is a good airflow. I installed an extra fan in the side of my PC and so far its good. Cases with PSU on the bottom seem to have more issues with overheating if psu is blowing inside
67515
Honestly I haven't had any problems with this card. As long as you have a decent sized case with good airflow you should be just fine.
67516
AMD says it's supposed to run hot. To keep cool, turn up fan on card, have well venelated case, or use external fan. Card is so worth it. Buy it.
67517
Turn the fan speed off auto, manually make the adjustment in gpu tweak. Light gaming 30-50% heavy 60 to 100
67518
My case has 4 fans and this card is running fine in it w/o water cooling. It does run hot 95C when MAXED on a bench test with Furmark.
1794424
It should work just fine. This card is not too demanding on power needs and your PC has the correct slot connection, etc. it's easy to install. This card doesn't get hot either as long as its not crowded and all of your system fans are flowing air.
864166
The way the board is laid out, you just need to have the memory in before you put the card in. If the card has a heatsink that extends upward you might have issues.
2114
Ive never had an issue with these cards, but I don't have temp analysis. We use these in business machines, not for gaming so we never have the need to monitor the temp.
1574700
Due to my setup there really is no stagnate, hot air sticking around my case...all the hot air goes directly out the back. I do know that since using this card, my computer IS a LOT quieter and IS cooler based on temp reading since I placed it in my case.
490863
You can get msi afterburner https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct;=j&q;=&esrc=s&source;=web&cd;=2&cad;=rja&ved;=0CDoQFjAB&url;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guru3d.com%2Ffiles_details%2Fmsi_afterburner_beta_download.html&ei;=mNJvUueCCOLsyQGcjoDQAQ&usg;=AFQjCNHhxhxu9LMDs-f6UQlQddyVP65umA&sig2;=0VR6mXur8rxGkDfnsA08Ig&bvm;=bv.55123115,d.aWcI use the beta because it allows for more adjustments. You can turn the fan up or down with this utility, just keep an eye on the temperature, you can fry the card if it gets too hot.
1855957
Have had no issues with heat or noise , bought this card for my son's gaming ... he plays high res games and have had no issues with no noise and runs cool ... great gard! great and reliable so far ... had it about 6 months
1876719
I have heard that people are having lockups and crashes when running these cards at full load because of the single slot design. You have to manually change the fan speed with a third party tweak utility (Rivatuner) because the fan defaults to 30% with nvidia drivers.. For reference my 6800gt is at 50%.
980755
I have two of them using SLI, I have never had a problem of overheating or any noise at all from either of them. I highly recommend this card for the money.
2162350
I have but I also put a volcano in the thing. I have an overclocked FX-8350 and 2 Radeon R9-290x cards in here, they are also watercooled. I had to rip the foam out of the front and top panels to get the extra airflow. Everything is fine now. You also may not have to do this depending on what hardware you're using, I basically packed as much heat as I could in to this case so if you're using more reasonable components you should be fine.
1094620
It blow hot air out away from the box. I saw no difference in temps however, and it was loud when new and even louder when it went bad. No matter what, dust will get stuck on it, and it will get progressively louder. I do not recommend it. I suggest some vented PCI slots if you want some additional cooling in that price point.
323644
It depends on your case. I have a full tower and I had room for 2 of these and my CPU is liquid cooled. The radiator for my CPU is mounted at the top of my case. One card cooled from the front of the case, the other through the back.
2018607
You can download a program called GPU temp or simply use the built in temperature monitor that comes with the graphics drivers
1860922
Your card should not be shutting down on you unless you have it OC'd beyond your cases ability to cool the card, or if the card is defective. I recommend testing you card at stock settings, otherwise send it back.
1078461
I currently use this on an AMD a10-5700 and have not had any problems with keeping it cool. I use it as a media PC so it runs 24/7.
1774888
try using rubber washers behind the mother board threaded through the backplate, its a little tricky to tighen it but i was able to drop a few celcius you might get better luck, try reapplying thermal paste or getting a 212 evo, you could also try organizing the cables for better case airflow
1421494
You're definitely right! I think the chip outputs too much heat. What I did is undervolted the cpu from the BIOS and also disabled the AMD Turbo Technology, and now it's so much cooler and quieter. Temp on idle around 30-35 load 50-55. Lowest degree was 25. That's insane with the stock fan!