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Skill · 04-13-2014

So my old radeon 7870 is starting to die on me. I've been getting weird graphical bugs, however today i came back to a pretty bad problem.

I get back home, and my fan is sounding really weird-i can't really explain how. It just sounded choppy, and no, there isn't wire stuck in it or anything.

I check my gpu temperature, and its at 90 degrees celcius-much higher than it should be. I quickly shut off of the program running.

So I can't really rely on it to stay properly cooled under load anymore. I figure its only a matter of time before it dies on me.

So, whats a good replacement for it? I was thinking of either a R9 270x or an R9 280x.

Also, I hear you can only change so many components in your PC before windows starts to act up and void your licence. If I use my old video card that I used before upgrading to the 7870(a radeon 6750) as a spare should this one die, will I have less changes available for when i get my new view card?(likely a 270x or 280x)

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Skill The Unwanted Critic Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 3,639	Need Replacement GPU-Any Suggestions? So my old radeon 7870 is starting to die on me. I've been getting weird graphical bugs, however today i came back to a pretty bad problem. I get back home, and my fan is sounding really weird-i can't really explain how. It just sounded choppy, and no, there isn't wire stuck in it or anything. I check my gpu temperature, and its at 90 degrees celcius-much higher than it should be. I quickly shut off of the program running. So I can't really rely on it to stay properly cooled under load anymore. I figure its only a matter of time before it dies on me. So, whats a good replacement for it? I was thinking of either a R9 270x or an R9 280x. Also, I hear you can only change so many components in your PC before windows starts to act up and void your licence. If I use my old video card that I used before upgrading to the 7870(a radeon 6750) as a spare should this one die, will I have less changes available for when i get my new view card?(likely a 270x or 280x)