With your previous help, I'm confident that i'll be able to run this card.
Now I have a choice of the older version without backplate VS new version with backplate. $25 difference. Does anyone know if that backplate helps reduce heat?
I found this following post in a review. But i'm not sure what to make of it.
He claims that there's a 30 degree difference. But the guy is taking his measurements from the plate itself, I think. Well of course that plate is going to be cooler than the circuit board! But that doesn't tell us anything useful, because the plate sits a few MM above the circuit board, it's just absorbing the rising heat. Shouldn't he be grabbing internal temperatures from the cards electronics?
This article doesn't make much sense to me, but maybe i'm not reading it right.
Does the backplate help at all?
Are those hot spots anything to worry about?
"We install the graphics card into our system and measure temperatures on the back of the PCB with our Fluke Visual IR Thermometer/Infrared Thermal Camera. This is a real world running environment playing Tomb Raider for extended periods of time.
I did note that the lack of backplate did cause a few hotspots to appear after intensive gaming sessions. Sapphire have since then updated the card, pushed the core clock further, and added a custom ‘Sapphire’ branded backplate to the PCB."
http://www.kitguru.net/components/g...pphire-r9-390-nitro-8gb-rev-2-w-backplate/22/
Now I have a choice of the older version without backplate VS new version with backplate. $25 difference. Does anyone know if that backplate helps reduce heat?
I found this following post in a review. But i'm not sure what to make of it.
He claims that there's a 30 degree difference. But the guy is taking his measurements from the plate itself, I think. Well of course that plate is going to be cooler than the circuit board! But that doesn't tell us anything useful, because the plate sits a few MM above the circuit board, it's just absorbing the rising heat. Shouldn't he be grabbing internal temperatures from the cards electronics?
This article doesn't make much sense to me, but maybe i'm not reading it right.
Does the backplate help at all?
Are those hot spots anything to worry about?
"We install the graphics card into our system and measure temperatures on the back of the PCB with our Fluke Visual IR Thermometer/Infrared Thermal Camera. This is a real world running environment playing Tomb Raider for extended periods of time.
I did note that the lack of backplate did cause a few hotspots to appear after intensive gaming sessions. Sapphire have since then updated the card, pushed the core clock further, and added a custom ‘Sapphire’ branded backplate to the PCB."
http://www.kitguru.net/components/g...pphire-r9-390-nitro-8gb-rev-2-w-backplate/22/