Synthetic Benchmark Results
For the synthetic benchmarks, I used some of the most popular benchmarking tools, namely: 3DMark Sky Diver, 3DMark Fire Strike, Unigine Valley and Heaven benchmarks.
NOTE: The other graphics cards included in the graphs below were not tested at the same time I tested the XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB. They were tested previously on a different system. I included their data in the graphs for reference and comparison only. You can learn more about these graphics cards from their respective reviews here: Asus STRIX GTX 960 DC2 and Zotac GTX 970 AMP! Extreme Core Edition.
Next page are the game benchmark results.
Im getting 80C with 80% fan speed with good airflow in case, is this normal? It gets pretty loud up at 80% fan speed.
During our test, we did reach 80C max. But we just set the fans to auto. If you bump up the fan speed above 60% it will start to get loud. 90% to 100% is unbearably loud already. Try setting it to auto.
All right thanks for the help, I’ll try that out.
You shouldn’t be able to easily hit 80’C without really limiting airflow and holding a constant 100% load… furmark could probably do it. if you think you may have a fan issue or fan failure, we can send replacements free of charge. please let us know. xfxsupport.com
Mark at XFX
That’s right, 80C was the maximum possible temp and the fans were set to auto. The 80 is not constant as well, probably it went 80 at one point. We find the cooler to be very effective and they shouldn’t hit that temp on a normal basis. The temp should be just around 50C to 70C, depending on the environment.