X-COM 2 leading to GPU overheating issue
X-COM 2 leading to GPU overheating issue
This is issue of friends. Hes system is 4790K (stock) /w 212 Evo, 16gb Kingston Savage DDR3, Silverstone Strider 500W PSU and 390X in R4. I've built that thing so airflow isn't issue. He got 390X just while ago, stress tested it with Firestrike and temps were fine (don't recall exact numbers). Now after trying to play X-COM 2 with all maxed settings at 1080p hes 390X got up to 90C. I told him to test with Valley. Temp with Valley was 81C, and even after all Valley settings turned on it was only 84C. Meanwhile lower settings in X-COM brought temps down to 80-85C maxing at 87C. So question is simple. Is this common with said game? Would reinstalling drivers help or better to wait new drivers, or game update? Drivers have been reinstalled after card was switched because of fan issue. (Old card was Asus 280X which will most likely be mine soon).
Did you verify the fan operates at full speed during playback? From what I know, 90°C isn't uncommon for top-tier AMD components. A possible fix is using premium thermal paste, removing the GPU cooler, cleaning it thoroughly, and reapplying the paste. This often improves temperatures even after installing a new card. I recall using Artic thermal paste and noticed a drop of around 4°C in my GPU temps.