I just bought a PowerColor 390 PCS+.
My set up:
Z97 Gaming7
i5 4590
EVGA P2 750W
4x4GB
PowerColor 390 PCS+
First impression of the card to me was great, it had gotten great reviews. It seems the card is known for it's quiet and effective cooling. I installed the card and no real issues at first.
I started OCing the card +100mv and +50% power, but was only able to get stable core clock of 1080 (at this point 3d mark starts artifacting) and 1575 for memory (Kind of low, ASIC score was only 67%)
I started running benchmarks, the core temp reached almost 78 degrees, and fans were not that quiet + coil whine. However when I checked the temperatures on other site's reviews, they were hovering around 71, 72. Powercolor support didn't offer me much help (recommended a 1200w PSU...for real??).
So I guess my question is, are these stats really low for that card? Is this even a legit reason to RMA a card? I don't want to [speak badly of them] since technically the card does what it says it does. I am guessing it is not but it's just very disappointing.
My set up:
Z97 Gaming7
i5 4590
EVGA P2 750W
4x4GB
PowerColor 390 PCS+
First impression of the card to me was great, it had gotten great reviews. It seems the card is known for it's quiet and effective cooling. I installed the card and no real issues at first.
I started OCing the card +100mv and +50% power, but was only able to get stable core clock of 1080 (at this point 3d mark starts artifacting) and 1575 for memory (Kind of low, ASIC score was only 67%)
I started running benchmarks, the core temp reached almost 78 degrees, and fans were not that quiet + coil whine. However when I checked the temperatures on other site's reviews, they were hovering around 71, 72. Powercolor support didn't offer me much help (recommended a 1200w PSU...for real??).
So I guess my question is, are these stats really low for that card? Is this even a legit reason to RMA a card? I don't want to [speak badly of them] since technically the card does what it says it does. I am guessing it is not but it's just very disappointing.