Insanely high gpu temps even on lowest of graphics

[Spaggetti]

My RTX 2060 would only take about 5 minutes of playtime for the temps to skyrocket from ~45ºC to ~85ºC even on the lowest graphics setting and with FPS capped to 60 FPS (through nvidia control panel, because it can go higher otherwise).

Which is insane considering the game doesn't even look that graphically demanding. Elden Ring in comparison is much more graphically impressive and would only make my GPU hover around 70~75ºC while rendering much more on a scene, and that's despite people having complained about Elden Ring being poorly optimized on PC.

I have already refunded the game and will wait to test on a future release to check if the optimization is still this atrocious or if improvements have been made by then before buying again. But I'm curious about how many people are experience similar issues.

[Astralen]

Oprindeligt skrevet af TheQuagmire:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Astralen:

Yes but some people don't like the fan noise produced at 80C and others don't like CPU core downclocking itself at those temps. Just because 80C doesn't hurt the GPU (which is true) doesn't mean that such a temperature is ideal.

The fact still remains that the game is poorly optimized and that one or more graphical settings puts unnecessary strain on the GPU load.

"some people" Majority of people have headsets, and can't hear their case fans to care.
Why would a CPU downclock at 80C? Are you using a laptop or something?
Oy vey there is so much misinformation with what you're implying.. I swear these threads always make my eyes roll. GPU's are designed to run at these temps for a plethora of reasons

I assume you have some facts to back that up? Just because you don't care about loud fans doesn't mean the rest of the gaming population doesn't.

GPUs are designed to adjust their frequency depending on power draw, gpu load and temperatures. If you're not familiar with that concept I suggest you read up on it.

And once again, just because something is designed to run at 80C it doesn't mean that its optimal temperature is 80C.

I've personally undervolted my 3080 to run at a near fixed core clock, a customer fan curve which equals to lower temps since I primarily game with speakers.

What I noticed when maxing out the graphic options and turning off FSR (which is a worse form of DLSS) is that something caused the GPU temp to rise quite fast. I'll check the power draw as that could be the culprit. If that's the case it would be the same problem as Orcs Must Die 3 has in the trap upgrade menu where the power draw is maxed out for no apparent reason. But that's just a theory, above may be incorrect and something else may cause this strain on the GPU.

[Paintbrush Poltergeist]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Astralen:

Oprindeligt skrevet af TheQuagmire:

"some people" Majority of people have headsets, and can't hear their case fans to care.
Why would a CPU downclock at 80C? Are you using a laptop or something?
Oy vey there is so much misinformation with what you're implying.. I swear these threads always make my eyes roll. GPU's are designed to run at these temps for a plethora of reasons

I assume you have some facts to back that up? Just because you don't care about loud fans doesn't mean the rest of the gaming population does.

GPUs are designed to adjust their frequency depending on power draw, gpu load and temperatures. If you're not familiar with that concept I suggest you read up on it.

And once again, just because something is designed to run at 80C it doesn't mean that its optimal temperature is 80C.

I've personally undervolted my 3080 to run at a near fixed core clock, a customer fan curve which equals to lower temps since I primarily game with speakers.

What I noticed when maxing out the graphic options and turning off FSR (which is a worse form of DLSS) is that something caused the GPU temp to rise quite fast. I'll check the power draw as that could be the culprit. If that's the case it would be the same problem as Orcs Must Die 3 has in the trap upgrade menu where the power draw is maxed out for no apparent reason. But that's just a theory, above may be incorrect and something else may cause this strain on the GPU.

[Doc Clarke]

I wondered what the noise was. It was the fan on my GFX card going absolutely tonto. Never heard it this loud. It's a 2070 RTX and I've lowered graphics options and playing in 2560 x 1080 which is not particularly high res. But guns the card really hard,. Temp got to 78 degrees in a matter of minutes and was edging up by a degree or so every couple of minutes.
For GPU comparison
Elden Ring on full bling doesn't get above 65 degrees at the same refresh rate and resolution.
Dying Light 2 peaked at 71 degrees (Full bling, same res, same refresh)
Far Cry 6 (which is more CPU bound I'll acknowledge) rarely gets to 60 degrees.
Of my older games only Just Cause 4 gets close to this (74.5 degrees peak - same res, same refresh, full bling)

So in comparison to other games, on the same system. This runs insanely hot.
I love the game, but man does it hammer my GPU in a way that games that look a little better and run quite a lot smoother - do not come close.

I had turned FSR off as I don't have and AMD card (I know it works on Nvidia as well) so I'll turn that back on as the post above mine suggests that might be a fix of sorts.

[Vogerl]

brand new 3080, stuff's melting even with vsync.

[sleeper]

From this discussions can i assumes that although the minimum requirement for this game is GTX 750 (and i5-6600) i should not play this game if i have a GTX 970 (and i7-6700) ?

[[☥] - CJ -]

Oprindeligt skrevet af sleeper:

From this discussions can i assumes that although the minimum requirement for this game is GTX 750 (and i5-6600) i should not play this game if i have a GTX 970 (and i7-6700) ?

CPU is perfectly fine and your 970 is a bit better than a 750 so it'd be just fine
Not sure where you get the idea you couldnt play it

[Paintbrush Poltergeist]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Vogerl:

brand new 3080, stuff's melting even with vsync.

3080's suck so maybe that's your problem, mah home dawg.

[Cuper The Grey]

Same problem. 89° with 3080 @60fps
Soon I try to limit FPS with Nvidia control panel to 45 or 30 if something changes

[Arc]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Cuper The Grey:

Same problem. 89° with 3080 @60fps
Soon I try to limit FPS with Nvidia control panel to 45 or 30 if something changes

Check your cooling.

A friend of mine keeps having random issues in various games (because it's not related to any game whatsoever and it never is in these cases) where the VBIOS will not spin FANs on his RTX3070.

[Paronk]

Oprindeligt skrevet af VideoJones:

I just started and it seemed alright at first but slowly increased in temperature until it got to 60ºC+ (when I closed the game because my GPU rarely hits that) which is curious because, like you said, the game doesn't look like it should be causing anything close to that. I know my temps aren't bad but I don't want my computer heating my room up when it's already 20ºC+ outside.

You must not play many games at all if you can't handle over 60 c lol.
Those temps are close to idle temps on a 3080.

[VideoJones]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Paronk:

You must not play many games at all if you can't handle over 60 c lol. Those temps are close to idle temps on a 3080.

Another person who can't read. I just don't enjoy playing a game that heats up my room a lot during the summer. Also, 60°C for idle sounds really high. Mine sits at about 35-40°C tops.

[Paintbrush Poltergeist]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Paronk:

Oprindeligt skrevet af VideoJones:

I just started and it seemed alright at first but slowly increased in temperature until it got to 60ºC+ (when I closed the game because my GPU rarely hits that) which is curious because, like you said, the game doesn't look like it should be causing anything close to that. I know my temps aren't bad but I don't want my computer heating my room up when it's already 20ºC+ outside.

You must not play many games at all if you can't handle over 60 c lol.
Those temps are close to idle temps on a 3080.

That's because a 3080 is junk, dawg.

[Astralen]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Paintbrush Poltergeist:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Paronk:

You must not play many games at all if you can't handle over 60 c lol.
Those temps are close to idle temps on a 3080.

That's because a 3080 is junk, dawg.

Why is the 3080 junk?

[Cuper The Grey]

The problem isn't 3080 of course. I don't reach 89° in cyberpunk 2077 4k Ray tracing enabled.

[[☥] - CJ -]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Arc:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Cuper The Grey:

Same problem. 89° with 3080 @60fps
Soon I try to limit FPS with Nvidia control panel to 45 or 30 if something changes

Check your cooling.

A friend of mine keeps having random issues in various games (because it's not related to any game whatsoever and it never is in these cases) where the VBIOS will not spin FANs on his RTX3070.

For modern GPUs, fans wont spin until temps reach around 60C
If thats an issue for your friend he can simply turn the fans on himself.

If its truly an issue with the GPU however then he should contact the manufacturer, OR try reflashing the BIOS.