(SOLVED) GPU reaches 80-84C degrees almost at all times in-game

[GoulactiX]

My graphics card is RTX 3060ti ....the pc has a good air cooling ...the game uses almost 100% of the gpu power at all times and the game is smooth at very high settings 1080p 60-85fps ...but the temps worry me ...is something wrong on my end ? As soon as I exist the game the temps drop instantly to the 50's . using i7 11700 with 2x8GB ram ddr4

[It´sAllAimAssist]

My 50 cents, your thermals seem to be within spec of the card. If you are happy with the performance, and the noise of the fans are not an issue.
And given the age and relative performance of the card (it´s a solid card but not current year top shelf) is it really worth the trouble of pursuing this?

If you think it´s fun to fiddle around of course, but other than that is it really worth the trouble of under-clocking or messing around with fan curves and stuff for the minimal gains?

I got a 4080 atm and it´s hotspot temp is 10c over what reviewers get on their 4080´s,
I tried that whole undervolt thing when I bought it and ran it like that for a while then for some reason I forgot I reset it to stock and it´s been running fine like that for a year and half now.
My previous card was a 2080ti which also ran just on the throttle limit.
Used that for 3 years or something, my nephew has it now.

(I buy msi ventus cause they´re cheap but run about as good as competitors and out the two neither has failed due to temps even though they run kinda hot comparatively and I don´t plan on keeping them long enough to die from the few extra C they will be obsolete before that happens)

[moparhippy420]

im running a rx6600 at 1440 high at around 70fps and my temps stay around 60c, 70 on the hotspot. your temps are within spec but def high. I have a slight OC on it with the power limit turned up to 120w. It uses 100% and pretty much pullin 100-120w constant.

With that being said, I would keep an eye on your temps. From the sounds of it im pushing a slightly weaker card hard then you, and have better temps. If its ONLY this game, maybe it could be some kind of driver issue. If not, then maybe check your fan curves, and that all your fans are running, and maybe even try RMAing it if your still under warranty.

While you are "in spec", comparing your temps to mine I would start to wonder if your starting to get an issue with your card, and if its going to start thermal throttling in more demanding games.

[Cujo]

Nothing wrong with the GPU at 80-85 degrees. That's what it's supposed to do. It means it's working really hard, probably because of frame rate + graphic settings.

[Cujo]

Originally posted by moparhippy420:

im running a rx6600 at 1440 high at around 70fps and my temps stay around 60c, 70 on the hotspot. your temps are within spec but def high. I have a slight OC on it with the power limit turned up to 120w. It uses 100% and pretty much pullin 100-120w constant.

With that being said, I would keep an eye on your temps. From the sounds of it im pushing a slightly weaker card hard then you, and have better temps. If its ONLY this game, maybe it could be some kind of driver issue. If not, then maybe check your fan curves, and that all your fans are running, and maybe even try RMAing it if your still under warranty.

While you are "in spec", comparing your temps to mine I would start to wonder if your starting to get an issue with your card, and if its going to start thermal throttling in more demanding games.

Card might need dust cleaning.

[GoulactiX]

I'm a little bit suspicious about the gpu's clocks in-game . My max gpu clock sits at 2010MHz and my max memory clock sits at 7001Mhz , almost constantly as the game uses all of the power of my gpu . I tried looking online if the values are ''normal'' but here is what is written : " The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1410 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1665 MHz, memory is running at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)." , "Owner of a Asus Dual RTX 3060 Ti OC. Using Asus Tweak II, I'd crank the sliders to max (I know that's vague) and the core clock would typically boost UP to ~2100 Mhz" . Are my clock speeds fine or did I get an overclocked card from my friend ? Maybe that's the cause of the high temps even idling in the main menu

[GoulactiX]

Originally posted by ཐིཋྀ Sieela:

Originally posted by GoulactiX:

I'm a little bit suspicious about the gpu's clocks in-game . My max gpu clock sits at 2010MHz and my max memory clock sits at 7001Mhz , almost constantly as the game uses all of the power of my gpu . I tried looking online if the values are ''normal'' but here is what is written : " The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1410 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1665 MHz, memory is running at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)." , "Owner of a Asus Dual RTX 3060 Ti OC. Using Asus Tweak II, I'd crank the sliders to max (I know that's vague) and the core clock would typically boost UP to ~2100 Mhz" . Are my clock speeds fine or did I get an overclocked card from my friend ?

Your gpu is overclocked thats why you got 2010MHz and hot temps. I would suggest remove that software and don't overclock, how long have you been using it? Hopefully not long or you probably degraded your gpu.

Just a few days of usage ...didn't manually overclock anything in MSI . How do I return them to normal ?

[GoulactiX]

Originally posted by ཐིཋྀ Sieela:

Originally posted by GoulactiX:

Just a few days of usage ...didn't manually overclock anything in MSI . How do I return them to normal ?

Are you using that Asus Tweak II or MSI Afterburner? Overclock works only if these app are running in the background, so you can uninstall them or keep MSI if you will have plan in the future to undervolt it. Overclock is just for people with knowledge and it mostly depends on sillicon lottery.

Also if few days of usage is not that bad, after a long time, your GPU would start to work worse, in the worst case scenario BSODs, would also result in corruption of VRAM

So...what about the clocks ? Were they overclocked without MSI afterburner or leave them like that ? Occasionally the memory climbs while not gaming to the max of 7001Mhz but then goes down

[GoulactiX]

Originally posted by ཐིཋྀ Sieela:

Originally posted by GoulactiX:

So...what about the clocks ? Were they overclocked without MSI afterburner or leave them like that ? Occasionally the memory climbs while not gaming to the max of 7001Mhz but then goes down

Like I said, 2010Mhz is overclocked, Base value coreclock of your gpu should be 1750Mhz

Then how can I remove the overclocking as I haven't done it myself ?

[GoulactiX]

Originally posted by ཐིཋྀ Sieela:

Originally posted by GoulactiX:

Then how can I remove the overclocking as I haven't done it myself ?

Uninstall MSI Afterburner or Asus Tweak II whatever its called.

Will try to reinstall then..thanks

[GoulactiX]

Ok this doesn't make sense anymore , uninstalled MSI , installed GPU Tweak - these are my
clocks in the background - https://imgur.com/a/W3sY84O

[GoulactiX]

Originally posted by ཐིཋྀ Sieela:

Originally posted by GoulactiX:

Ok this doesn't make sense anymore , uninstalled MSI , installed GPU Tweak - these are my
clocks in the background - https://imgur.com/a/W3sY84O

Ok now I understand, thats pretty normal.

You don't have to worry about such core clock, your gpu is slightly overclocked I didn't notice "OC" near your gpu name, you don't have to worry about it, it was done by manufacturer.

My 3060 OC is same like yours but my max coreclock I can hit is 1942 with memoryclock 7501Mhz

If you want to drop temps tho, clean tower, fans from dust or get better coolers for tower. Last resort without messing and waste money is undervolting your gpu if you are unhappy with your current temps.

Like other people mentioned 80-85 degree is normal for that gpu.

Ok good to know , I reinstalled MSI for the last time , max core clock 2500 , max memory clock is 7500 , have no idea why but I guess it's fine ...all of this tinkering distracts me from actually playing the game so I should just stop here

[GoulactiX]

Originally posted by ཐིཋྀ Sieela:

Originally posted by GoulactiX:

Ok good to know , I reinstalled MSI for the last time , max core clock 2500 , max memory clock is 7500 , have no idea why but I guess it's fine

I have no idea how do you get such numbers randomly. Its not possible to get 2500 coreclock on 3060 Ti without crashes

Maybe these are faulty readings , then again these are just spikes outside of gaming

[Jarrod]

Originally posted by GoulactiX:

I'm a little bit suspicious about the gpu's clocks in-game . My max gpu clock sits at 2010MHz and my max memory clock sits at 7001Mhz , almost constantly as the game uses all of the power of my gpu . I tried looking online if the values are ''normal'' but here is what is written : " The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1410 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1665 MHz, memory is running at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)." , "Owner of a Asus Dual RTX 3060 Ti OC. Using Asus Tweak II, I'd crank the sliders to max (I know that's vague) and the core clock would typically boost UP to ~2100 Mhz" . Are my clock speeds fine or did I get an overclocked card from my friend ? Maybe that's the cause of the high temps even idling in the main menu

Modern GPUs are designed to run as best they can within temp spec, this often has boost clocks going way higher than you think they should. A lot of GPU manufacturers will add a firmware OC, but even still they can boost even higher if given enough power and have a good enough cooler.

Unless your friend forced a new firmware on the GPU (unlikely), then you just have a normal GPU. Most overclocks are done in software with something like MSI Afterburner, but they are just that; software. Taking the GPU out and putting it in another will not keep the OC.

TLDR; it's completely normal and safe, not only for your GPU to be running higher-than-expected clocks, but also to be running at 80-85°C. (Modern nvidia cards typically max out at around 83°C then slowly start lowering the clocks to keep it around there). They are designed to be there, it's safe, and normal.

If you are worried about your cooling capacity, run a GPU burn in test and see what your clocks and temps get to. Once again, this is not a game issue, a game using more of your components is, and always will be, a good thing.

[GoulactiX]

Originally posted by Jarrod:

Originally posted by GoulactiX:

I'm a little bit suspicious about the gpu's clocks in-game . My max gpu clock sits at 2010MHz and my max memory clock sits at 7001Mhz , almost constantly as the game uses all of the power of my gpu . I tried looking online if the values are ''normal'' but here is what is written : " The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1410 MHz, which can be boosted up to 1665 MHz, memory is running at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)." , "Owner of a Asus Dual RTX 3060 Ti OC. Using Asus Tweak II, I'd crank the sliders to max (I know that's vague) and the core clock would typically boost UP to ~2100 Mhz" . Are my clock speeds fine or did I get an overclocked card from my friend ? Maybe that's the cause of the high temps even idling in the main menu

Modern GPUs are designed to run as best they can within temp spec, this often has boost clocks going way higher than you think they should. A lot of GPU manufacturers will add a firmware OC, but even still they can boost even higher if given enough power and have a good enough cooler.

Unless your friend forced a new firmware on the GPU (unlikely), then you just have a normal GPU. Most overclocks are done in software with something like MSI Afterburner, but they are just that; software. Taking the GPU out and putting it in another will not keep the OC.

TLDR; it's completely normal and safe, not only for your GPU to be running higher-than-expected clocks, but also to be running at 80-85°C. (Modern nvidia cards typically max out at around 83°C then slowly start lowering the clocks to keep it around there). They are designed to be there, it's safe, and normal.

If you are worried about your cooling capacity, run a GPU burn in test and see what your clocks and temps get to. Once again, this is not a game issue, a game using more of your components is, and always will be, a good thing.

Alright , thanks for the input , he gave me his entire pc actually , not just the card ...I just put my drives and ram in so maybe an OC was transferred

[its4n00brain3r]

What Jarrod said is correct.
Nvidia cards usually advertise clock speeds much lower than they actually boost to, in a way they are underselling their cards, giving you a positive unexpected boost.
Your GPU isn't overclocked like Sieela incorrectly says (sorry dont mean to correct you Sieela but you're giving him misinformation), you can safely reinstall MSI Afterburner without worrying your GPU is overclocked.
The total memory clock is 7001Mhz and not 1750 because it runs in 4 channels of 1750Mhz each.

If you want, you can try to overclock your GPU by starting with boosting it 100Mhz on the core clock for a few days, if it doesnt crash you got yourself a stable overclock, whabam!
If it crashes lower it to 50Mhz, work your way up in increments of 10 until it crash, then lower it 10 below that point.
Take into consideration a stable overclock in one game, might not be stable in other games.
You cant destroy your GPU by doing this btw, worst case scenario your PC reboots and unapplies the overclock.

Either way if you try overclocking or not, you should raise the temp limit as far as you can.