Anyone's GPU running hot?

[Limouzine]

I have an AMD Radeon 6600 RX, and I haven't even began just a minute of play before the fans in my rig start revving up to cool down my GPU.

I stopped overclocking my GPU and I set everything except render distance to low, and it only helped slightly. If anyone can tell me what I should do to fix this problem, please do. Otherwise, I'm better off just waiting for an optimization update, or an update to my GPU's drivers.

[Flappers]

What temperatures are you getting?

A GPU can run safely up to 80-90 degrees. There's no impact to the GPU. It can run hotter than 90, but it's not advisable.

Depending on your GPU, it may start throttling once it hits a certain temperature... but if you're going higher than 90 degrees, then your problem is with your cooling solutions in your PC.

Some tips:
- Ambient temperatures in your PC case can affect GPU temperatures. Use more case fans to keep ambient temps down.
- Aim for negative pressure in your PC case, so that all the air going in is fresh and cool.
- Clean your GPU fans and heatsink
- Check the max TDP of your GPU and compare it with what temps you are getting. You'll be surprised just how hot GPU's can run safely.

[Power]

YOu can turn the graphics back up. But did you lock the frame rate? Some games, no matter the detail you put them on, will run you card as hard as possible to max the frames. Turn the graphics back up and cap the frame rate and your desired number. Should fix it.

[rogueclon946]

I have an RTX 3080 with bad fan layout so it tends to run hot, but I honestly haven't even heard my fans kick in playing this. Maybe it's an AMD issue?

[Staraven]

@Flappers such a nice and helpful person offering so much advice in so many threads~

[Limouzine]

Originally posted by Flappers:

What temperatures are you getting?

A GPU can run safely up to 80-90 degrees. There's no impact to the GPU. It can run hotter than 90, but it's not advisable.

Depending on your GPU, it may start throttling once it hits a certain temperature... but if you're going higher than 90 degrees, then your problem is with your cooling solutions in your PC.

Some tips:
- Ambient temperatures in your PC case can affect GPU temperatures. Use more case fans to keep ambient temps down.
- Aim for negative pressure in your PC case, so that all the air going in is fresh and cool.
- Clean your GPU fans and heatsink
- Check the max TDP of your GPU and compare it with what temps you are getting. You'll be surprised just how hot GPU's can run safely.

Mostly around the 60-70 mark, but it still worries me a lot since the fans get real loud, but that's mostly because I have the fans go faster the more heated it gets. I'm also hearing some people say that some games don't run well when you overclock a GPU, since they weren't designed with such a mechanic in mind.

Which I did lower the min and max frequencies and I experienced less GPU crashes when I wasn't pushing it as much. I'm just real paranoid when I hear my fans get loud, but from what I'm also hearing, Unreal Engine 5 has an annoying mechanic in it where it just makes the GPU run at its best by default.

I sadly can't turn DLSS on in the game options, because it's greyed out. I don't know why it is, it just is, and it simply won't let me turn it on.

Originally posted by Power:

YOu can turn the graphics back up. But did you lock the frame rate? Some games, no matter the detail you put them on, will run you card as hard as possible to max the frames. Turn the graphics back up and cap the frame rate and your desired number. Should fix it.

Yeah, I locked it to 60. I always lock the Vsync to 60 FPS, because that's what my monitor supports. It still runs hot though, sadly.

[Khergit Horse Archer]

Originally posted by rogueclon946:

I have an RTX 3080 with bad fan layout so it tends to run hot, but I honestly haven't even heard my fans kick in playing this. Maybe it's an AMD issue?

you really need to undervolt that 3080, did so with mine and it runs so completely cold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_h71wMQXSY&list=PLTYflzU8OsMS-ePTdx1MDK4p1vI0rYy7b&index=1

as for OP, it's completely fine for the fans to be loud, while it is loud, it's the problem of the fan design, you can undervolt as well but you can also set a custom fan curve and or enforce a framerate limit.

[Flappers]

> Mostly around the 60-70 mark, but it still worries me a lot since the fans get real loud

This is perfectly normal, and well within the operating temps for a GPU. You literally have nothing to worry about.

Fans being loud... not much you can do there other than replacing the fans with aftermarket ones. Some GPU's a quieter than others. Just depends on the type of fans being used.

But 60-70 degrees is absolutely fine. Do not concern yourself with it.

If I turn off DLSS (running a 4070ti), my temps go up to 70, with the fans spinning at 40-50%. Sounds like my PC is trying to take off into space. But it's normal.

[~Lazy_Eggs~]

yeah mine was until i turn the dlss to balance. Also i updated my drivers before changing it to balance and my temps dropped 50 degrees.

[Luvz2Sp00g3]

i have 4070 ti. i7 12th. palworld is the only game that runs hot on my system. safety shutdown on me twice after 3hrs of play.. monitoring says gpu and proccessor runs nothing past 50%.. i hope they update it soon to help fix this..

[aWildSkitty]

Originally posted by Ranger:

Mostly around the 60-70 mark, but it still worries me a lot since the fans get real loud, but that's mostly because I have the fans go faster the more heated it gets. I'm also hearing some people say that some games don't run well when you overclock a GPU, since they weren't designed with such a mechanic in mind.

Those temperature ranges are perfectly acceptable for running a game, by a solid margin too. Your fans running faster will just be because your GPU Utilisation in Palworld is higher than other games you most likely play. But having the fans be louder isn't an issue other than the noise being a bit annoying possibly. GPU's can become unstable and crash more often when overclocked, if you want to be as safe as possible you should leave it at default settings with no overclock.

Originally posted by Ranger:

Which I did lower the min and max frequencies and I experienced less GPU crashes when I wasn't pushing it as much. I'm just real paranoid when I hear my fans get loud, but from what I'm also hearing, Unreal Engine 5 has an annoying mechanic in it where it just makes the GPU run at its best by default.

That definitely sounds like you might've had your frequencies a little bit too high which was causing some issues. I haven't heard of anything like that with UE5, however it is worthwhile to remember UE5 is very new at this point and it is well documented to be a quite heavy engine, so this will push your system a bit harder than some other games.

Originally posted by Ranger:

I sadly can't turn DLSS on in the game options, because it's greyed out. I don't know why it is, it just is, and it simply won't let me turn it on.

DLSS is a Nvidia only feature, as you're running an AMD card you won't be able to use this feature. Your best option is to lower in game graphics settings for now if the game is pushing your GPU Utilisation too high, and hopefully in the future they'll add in FSR support which is the AMD equivalent of DLSS.

[[BRTD]Luewen]

Originally posted by Khergit Horse Archer:

Originally posted by rogueclon946:

I have an RTX 3080 with bad fan layout so it tends to run hot, but I honestly haven't even heard my fans kick in playing this. Maybe it's an AMD issue?

you really need to undervolt that 3080, did so with mine and it runs so completely cold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_h71wMQXSY&list=PLTYflzU8OsMS-ePTdx1MDK4p1vI0rYy7b&index=1

as for OP, it's completely fine for the fans to be loud, while it is loud, it's the problem of the fan design, you can undervolt as well but you can also set a custom fan curve and or enforce a framerate limit.

There is no point on undervolting your GPU unless you want to handicap your performance.
They are meant to be working hard so you get your fps.

[Khergit Horse Archer]

Originally posted by BRTDLuewen:

Originally posted by Khergit Horse Archer:

you really need to undervolt that 3080, did so with mine and it runs so completely cold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_h71wMQXSY&list=PLTYflzU8OsMS-ePTdx1MDK4p1vI0rYy7b&index=1

as for OP, it's completely fine for the fans to be loud, while it is loud, it's the problem of the fan design, you can undervolt as well but you can also set a custom fan curve and or enforce a framerate limit.

There is no point on undervolting your GPU unless you want to handicap your performance.
They are meant to be working hard so you get your fps.

im too lazy to explain why but for nvidia's 3080/3090, it's good to do. absolutely not required for 40 series.

https://youtu.be/FqpfYTi43TE

[IronHack]

Mine sits around 40-45c at 90fps lock and epic settings on a 2070 seems fine to me. Might need to adjust your fan speed settings or the games not good with AMD cards if you have the games FPS locked and not on unlimited.

[Silverlight]

If I unlock the framerate and let my GPU run @ 99% I get this result with the 4070ti / 5800x3D:
DLSS: Quality
Ultra Settings
Fps 161-191
GPU: 99% -252Watts being used -Temp 64~ average
CPU: 30%

I think your temps are normal

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3146748252

~~Silverlight

[Alkalien]

My 7900xt was pushing 110 C on hot spot with uncapped frame rate and epic settings, dropped the setting to high and capped fps to 60. That brought the temps down to 70c on the hot spot. Not even cyberpunk with RT hammers the card that hard it's crazy. Looking in to a water block but the only one for my card is a month out.