crossposted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12970663

Hi

I own rx6600 since more than a year and what seems odd it’s a bit loud, even with fan curves like this the fans spin up to the almost 2kRPM and hot spot temp is near 95°C:

and it’s not like my case isn’t well ventilated, i have 2 Arctic P12s blowing cold air from outside of the case directly at it, playing with fancontrol and hooking my case fans speed to the GPU temp lowers it quite a bit (barely above 90°C and 1800RPM) but it’s still a bit more than I like and it prevents me from raising my power limit to 120W, then the card is whining at almost 3kRPM

Is my sample defective? its XFX variant, mainly 210 SWFT with two fans? i heard a lot about botched heating installation in GPUs, insufficient paste amount etc, could this be it?

  • @Contramuffin
    6•9 months ago

    Had an RX 6600 in an SFF case (although it’s got relatively good ventilation for an SFF case). It never went above 85 C, no matter what I played. Most of the time it was pretty happy to stay at 60’s and 70’s. I didn’t do any over/underclocking, and I didn’t adjust fan curves. Actually, I was alright with the fans - they were never very loud. So yeah, I would say that there’s probably something wrong. Maybe the thermal paste isn’t applied correctly?

  • Atemu
    2•9 months ago

    What’s your ambient temperature?

    Set fan speeds to 100%. How hot does it get after a while of playing a graphically intensive game?

    • 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍OP
      2•9 months ago

      yeah, the ambient temp is about 20 °C, running 100% fans gets me 85°C in furmark, it seems to be a case independent because getting panels off seems to effect the situation insignificantly

      • Atemu
        1•9 months ago

        Huh, that is quite warm but not abnormally so; guess the cooler is just bad. Could be this particular card or just a poor design. 6600 is a “budget” card afterall.

        • 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍OP
          2•9 months ago

          Yeah, but everywhere online people with rx6600 say it’s getting 70°C max, even with smaller coolers, gonna replace the terminal pads and paste later, hope the cooling isn’t compromised, like broken heatpipes or something

          • Atemu
            3•9 months ago

            Is the card still in warranty?

            If so, I’d contact the OEM before doing that. You’d give them the same data as you gave me and let them tell you whether that’s expected or not.

            Perhaps contact them even if you are out of warranty.

  • @edgemaster72English
    1•9 months ago

    I have the same XFX card and can’t say I ever saw it running hot or loud like you’re describing. I’m with the other comment, card probably needs repasted or something.

    • 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍OP
      2•9 months ago

      one question just to make sure, are you running it in performance or silent mode? there is a switch near the power plug, asking because there are conflicting comments/reviews/opinions online most saying it’s silent and maxing at 70°C while fans are relatively silent and some say the cooling is loud

      • @edgemaster72English
        2•9 months ago

        I didn’t know about that function before but the switch is towards the PCIe power connector which from what I’m reading appears to be the performance mode? Hope that helps.