Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 7900 XTX | Linus Tech Tips | Page 1

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 8:49 AM

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So I allready tried it in the Tech-Chat and haven't had a good Answer, so I'll try it here.

Yesterday I played Hogwarts with following Settings:
General Settings:
Window Mode: Windowed Fullscreen
Rendering Resolution: 1920x1080
Anti Aliasing Mode: TAA High
Upscale Type: None
Vsync: Off
Framerate: Uncapped
Field of View: 20+
Motion Blur: Off
Depth of Field: On
Chromatic Aberration: On
Film Grain: Off

Graphic Settings:
Effects Quality: Ultra
Material Quality: Ultra
Fog Quality: Ultra
Sky Quality: Ultra
Foliage Quality: Ultra
Post Process Quality: Ultra
Texture Quality: Ultra
View Distance Quality: Ultra
Population Quality: Ultra
Ray Tracing Reflections: On
Ray Tracing Shadows: On
Ray Tracing Ambient Occlusion: On
Ray Tracing Quality: Ultra

My GPU hits 95-100% Load very often and it heats up to 96 °C should i be concerned about this?

Also I'll take some Suggestions what i should change 🙂
Thanks Guys.

solar holly Mar 2, 2023, 9:06 AM

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Yes that's a bit high for that card, it has a limit of 110 °C before it starts to throttle so you still have some room left. Hogwarts is unoptimized atm so your card is gonna be working harder then it should until they patch the game enough. There's also been issues of limted 7900 XTX having design issues.

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In the mean time. You could lowers setting to reach a lower temp if you wish. Like framerate for example so your card isn't making any unnecessary extra frames just to ease the load on the gpu. Lowering other of the settings can ease the burden on the card but it's gonna have to be what you can stand.

white epoch Mar 2, 2023, 9:14 AM

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spark moss So I allready tried it in the Tech-Chat and haven't had a good Answer, so I'll t...

Having the GPU usage on 90 to 100% while gaming is completely normal, that means that the card is doing its job and utilizing its full performance, about the temps, keep an eye on it as 96 is a bit high (around 80 to 90°) would be much better. Maybe you have to set/make an own fan profile and clean your PC overall (also check if there is proper/good airflow to your gpu)

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 9:17 AM

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white epoch Having the GPU usage on 90 to 100% while gaming is completely normal, that means...

actually i cleaned my PC when i built the GPU in (1,5 Weeks ago) :-), as i needed to change the PSU too

cloud cave Mar 2, 2023, 9:23 AM

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spark moss So I allready tried it in the Tech-Chat and haven't had a good Answer, so I'll t...

Is the 96°C on the hotspot or is this the core temperature? If it's the Hotspot, for AMD cards I think that's always quite a bit higher than the core temp. My RTX 3060Ti for example maxes out at 72°C on the core and the hotspot is at around 84-85°C. That's a 12°C delta. On AMD cards, I've seen deltas of up to 25°C and it's apparently normal for these cards. My previous RTX 2060 had a delta under load of around 17°C

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 9:41 AM

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cloud cave Is the 96°C on the hotspot or is this the core temperature? If it's the Hotspot,...

yes its the Hotspot temperature.

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 10:34 AM

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That’s not as bad as it first sounded. How‘s the GPU clearance and what case do you use?

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 10:48 AM

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chrome egret That’s not as bad as it first sounded. How‘s the GPU clearance and what case do ...

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Its a Fractal Design 7 Compact Tower

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 10:48 AM

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Looks like a Meshify II compact?

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 10:48 AM

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nah Fractal Design 7 Compact 😄

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 10:49 AM

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Ahh previous version, but similar perf

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Also, have you checked the fan curve?

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 10:50 AM

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you mean in in the AMD Adrenalin Programm?

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 10:50 AM

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I myself have a Sapphire card and the Stock fan curve is bs

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 10:50 AM

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spark moss you mean in in the AMD Adrenalin Programm?

I.e. yes. I‘d personally use MSI afterburner on Windows (look out for malware though!)

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 10:51 AM

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yeah somebody told me to use that

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I'll just install it give me a sec

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 10:51 AM

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Sure

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 10:53 AM

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do i need the Riva Tuner?

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 10:53 AM

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I personally have set my GPU Fans to hit 100% fan speed at 52C, but I‘m a person that prefers when the components run very cold

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 10:53 AM

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spark moss do i need the Riva Tuner?

No

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It‘s an overlay for perf and metrics

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 10:53 AM

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that you mean?

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 10:54 AM

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Not actually. There‘s another page for a fan curve

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Not sure where tho

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 10:54 AM

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chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 10:55 AM

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That’s more like it

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And yeah that fancurve is really BS imo

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 10:55 AM

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yeah 100% at 90 °C

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thats weird.

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 10:55 AM

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That‘s too high for comfort

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At least for me

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 10:56 AM

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more like that you would say?

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 10:57 AM

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No, that‘d sound really bad. You‘ll notice the fans winding up and down all the time

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 10:57 AM

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okay 😄

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 10:57 AM

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Make it look similar to what it did before, just more steep

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 10:59 AM

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so at 60°C he would go 100%

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 11:01 AM

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That’s good

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I‘d say try it out lol

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 11:02 AM

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now i hear him haha.

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 11:03 AM

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Haha

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 11:03 AM

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i adjusted a bit

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he go 100% at 80 °C

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 11:03 AM

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Yeah my GPU‘s also the loudest component

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Igr

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Adjust it to however you find it best

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 11:06 AM

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thanks, I'll have an Eye on it.

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may i dm you if i have further questions?

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kinda new to the AMD GPU world haha.

solar holly Mar 2, 2023, 12:05 PM

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Just would like to make a note that doing that lowers the life span of the fan quicker, if that doesn't bother you and you'll have a new card before then or know how to replace the fans.

spark moss Mar 2, 2023, 12:21 PM

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solar holly Just would like to make a note that doing that lowers the life span of the fan q...

well yeah i just changed the rules for like 10 °Cs earlier.

solar holly Mar 2, 2023, 12:23 PM

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All good just wanted to be sure you knew lol. Would be like me saying just dump the whole thing in a tub of mineral oil would definitely cool it but comes with it's own set of problems.

chrome egret Mar 2, 2023, 12:26 PM

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spark moss may i dm you if i have further questions?

Sure. I‘ve just never used an AMD GPU on Windows.

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Well neither Nvidia but anyway

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