Greetings,
For ~9 months my R9 290 (non-oc) would seem to have been working relatively similar to how benchmarks portray its performance. However, the card's temperature would seem to have jumped from ~70-73 in games to around 77-81 in the same apps at the same room temperature (19-21C). Also, in terms of benchmarking, where Furmark usually reported ~77-80, perhaps averaging at approximately 78-79 after 15 minutes, it seemingly rose to ~86-90C in under 5 minutes, at the same settings.
Although it might be a software error, that wouldn't seem to be the case; when I'd touch the card's exhaust the sensation of heat would seem to be more intense than usual. Perhaps the fans would be spinning at lower speeds than GPU-Z, Trixx and Catalyst would report, but my eyes would apparently be unable to discern the difference.
Would want to inquire, among other things, as to what I could do to fix the issue or/and if this would be a case in which Gigabyte would RMA the card.
Also, the issue is unlikely to be due airflow problems or/and dust, as the PC would be cleaned relatively often (every 1-3 months), whilst also being placed inside a relatively spacious case with efficient airflow.
Furthermore, the fans would be set to increase their speed by 1% for every 1C change in temp (0-100C => 0%-100% speeds).
PC Specs:
Processor:i7 920 @ 3.6 Ghz
Mobo: MSI x58 Pro
RAM: Corsair XM3 6GB @1600
HDD: 1x WD 2TB, 1x WD 600GB (older one)
