ASUS 7970 Direct CU II temp issue

[FLYTROX]

Hey guys I would like your opinion on this matter.

About 4 months ago I bought this graphics card (ASUS 7970 Direct CU II) because my old one (xfx 6870) was running too hot and was too noisy. When I first got it I was happy with it and thought the temps are fine and what they are supposed to be. But now after using it for about 4 months I noticed this card can get a little hot aswell (heat was the main issue I sold my old gpu). It has gotten to the point where it is starting to annoy me, especially when my main goal was a cooler card. The driver says it idles at 52 degrees, and on full load it goes to 87 degrees sometimes. Asus claims it's 20% cooler and 14 db less noisy because of the direct cu ii design. So I started wondering why it gets so hot when they claim it is 20% cooler than the reference design. Then after looking at some reviews I noticed that in the reviews the cards idle at 32 degrees and go up to about 69 degrees on full load. It's in a Corsair 600t with allot of airflow so I highly doubt that that was the issue.

So my question is: what could be wrong with my gpu? Is this a justifiable reason to RMA? Anything I can do to help reduce the temps?

Any help would be mighty appreciated!

 

[SieB]

Temps do seem high, my Asus DCII 7950 idles at 28 and max temps are 65. Try changing the thermal paste, if you can if that doesn't work RMA it.

 

[NRG!]

7970s don't drop to full idle clocks if you have more than one monitor plugged in, do you have 2 or more monitors? That could explain the idle temps..

Load temps look too high though. Have you cleaned out the card etc. What case is it in? It doesn't exhaust hot air from the case itself so it requires a case with good airflow. Edit: DERP 600t. Hmm..

Card needs a clean out first of all and if it's still too high then as above the cooler may be making poor contact with the gpu.

 

[FLYTROX]

I have 2 monitors running. And It's in a corsair 600t. The card has barely any dust on it or inside it. The temps have been this way ever since I got it.

 

[FLYTROX]

I just unplugged my other monitor, It idles around 40 degrees now. Still high for this card right?

 

[yassarikhan786]

40 C seems fine. What is your room temp? You might also need to dust the card.

 

[FLYTROX]

After trying some stuff I disconnected my other monitor. After booting it today with only 1 monitor plugged in the temps were at 31 degrees on idle. Now i'm running dual monitors again and the temp is back at 49 degrees on idle. So I guess I can't do anything about it. It saddens me that it works this way though.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Yeah, the graphics card has to work harder powering two monitors. That is completely normal. I have two monitors myself and disconnecting one does lower the temps (last time I checked)

 

[FLYTROX]

Still surprised it becomes 20 degrees hotter. Would have expected less.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Yeah its normal. With 3 screens mine on a ref cooler used to idle at 55c.

 

[FLYTROX]

Glad to hear that. Thanks for the help everyone!