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I was wondering if someone can give some insight on the PCB design of the Asus DirectCU II R9 290 / 290X.
i) location of VRM 1 & 2 temperature sensors
ii) in below image is red box VRM 1 and green box VRM 2
i) location of VRM 1 & 2 temperature sensors
ii) in below image is red box VRM 1 and green box VRM 2
I was wondering if someone can confirm this is true?
Image and above quote from KitGuru Review of Asus R9 290 DCII
We noticed a readout at 119c when running Furmark. We never include Furmark results as ‘real world’ indicators however and when gaming this temperature dropped to 110c.
We spoke to ASUS about this just before going to publication and their engineering team said that the placement of the VRM sensor is in a different location on their 290’s, but the VRM’s are being cooled well within specifications.
Image and above quote from KitGuru Review of Asus R9 290 DCII
Thank you very much for the Lab501 review it was very interesting to read 🙂 . I liked very much what the reviewer did and think more reviews should have such data 😉 .
TBH VRM 1 is not my main concern, VRM 2 without any heatsink does seem like a glaring over sight. Main point of thread was to get an official line on the VRM1 sensor location though 🙂 .
Looking at these PDF's M3052 & M3058 it shows Tj 150c . If I've understood what I've read about mosfets their efficiency / power output drops with heat but if they are rated so high then even temps of 75-90c on VRM1 shouldn't be an issue?
Below is zoomed image of the VRM1 , also mentioned as PLL VRM in some things I read.
TBH VRM 1 is not my main concern, VRM 2 without any heatsink does seem like a glaring over sight. Main point of thread was to get an official line on the VRM1 sensor location though 🙂 .
Looking at these PDF's M3052 & M3058 it shows Tj 150c . If I've understood what I've read about mosfets their efficiency / power output drops with heat but if they are rated so high then even temps of 75-90c on VRM1 shouldn't be an issue?
Below is zoomed image of the VRM1 , also mentioned as PLL VRM in some things I read.
