Hi all,
I currently have a Sapphire R9 280X in my room. Great performance, but like the 7970 it generates a good amount of heat especially when under load and overclocked. So I'm thinking of putting this in my living room's HTPC instead (where there's much more room for the heat to dissipate) and buy something "cooler" instead.
After a look of googling and reading it seems that virtually everyone is doing lists and articles on "best card of 201X/best value etc.) which is understandable as heat is not primarily most people's main concern. However all of these also focus on the effectiveness of non-ref coolers.
I am less concerned with the efficiency of a custom cooler than how much heat is generated in the first place. Which was the main problem with the 280X; the cooler kept it at a good ~70*c under load and dumped all that heat into the room very quickly.
Hence me asking here.
The budget would be between US$160 to 180, with main concerns being TDP and actual generated heat.
I'm impartial towards both red and green camps (although my past 2 cards have been AMDs), and would prefer a 3 or 4GB card as I'm running 2 FHD displays now with the possibility of adding a 3rd one in a few months. Older generations are fine (I hear from a mate his 580 never exceeds 45* in 30* ambient) I'll most probably not overclock it unless there's really lots of headroom and significant gain. Again, for heat reasons.
Please recommend away! Thank you.
I currently have a Sapphire R9 280X in my room. Great performance, but like the 7970 it generates a good amount of heat especially when under load and overclocked. So I'm thinking of putting this in my living room's HTPC instead (where there's much more room for the heat to dissipate) and buy something "cooler" instead.
After a look of googling and reading it seems that virtually everyone is doing lists and articles on "best card of 201X/best value etc.) which is understandable as heat is not primarily most people's main concern. However all of these also focus on the effectiveness of non-ref coolers.
I am less concerned with the efficiency of a custom cooler than how much heat is generated in the first place. Which was the main problem with the 280X; the cooler kept it at a good ~70*c under load and dumped all that heat into the room very quickly.
Hence me asking here.
The budget would be between US$160 to 180, with main concerns being TDP and actual generated heat.
I'm impartial towards both red and green camps (although my past 2 cards have been AMDs), and would prefer a 3 or 4GB card as I'm running 2 FHD displays now with the possibility of adding a 3rd one in a few months. Older generations are fine (I hear from a mate his 580 never exceeds 45* in 30* ambient) I'll most probably not overclock it unless there's really lots of headroom and significant gain. Again, for heat reasons.
Please recommend away! Thank you.
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