[SOLVED] Extremely High GPU Temperatures

[Furikagi]

As soon as the game loads into the main menu, the temperature on my GPU spikes from 33 C all the way up to 74 C and it stays like that the whole time. I have a feeling my graphics card should NOT be running this hot. Any suggestions/tips would be greatly appreciated.

NOTE: I have Vsync turned on so it's capped at 60fps. My computer tends to get ridiculously hot if the fps is too high without vsync turned on.

Specs:
GeForce GTX 980ti
Intel i5 6500
16gb Ram

[Furikagi]

Ohhh when I meant 0% on fans, I meant when I set the fans to "auto" on MSI Afterburner and it changes to 0% when idling. I should have been more clear about that sorry.

[TEKnowledgy]

Diposting pertama kali oleh SpookiePooP:

Ohhh when I meant 0% on fans, I meant when I set the fans to "auto" on MSI Afterburner and it changes to 0% when idling. I should have been more clear about that sorry.

i see but still shouldnt be 0% but thats my opinion ive never seen a fan go to 0% when idling ever past or present lol. maybe default fan settings not good enough i manually adjust the auto increasements for my fans on gpu once it hits 50c msi makes it 100% on fans when idle i have it match the temp like when 30c the fans run at 30% in winter usually idles at 25c and 25% fan speed though i know them big nvidias are hot runners so cant say it will be same case for you as me r7 265 is a souped up 7850 probably inbetween a 7850 and a 7970 so i know it runs hotter than mine but your case is apprently overheating for sure if removing the door lowered temps i tell you why i say this.

Ok my old PC was a Athlon x2 64 6000+ same vcard i use now when i removed the door my gpu in winter would idle round 31c i'd hit max around 56c when in a game used 99% utilizations.

New pc case etc wich now AMD 8320 fx oc'd to 8350 same gpu as above
With case door on but i have 3 80 cfm 120mm antec case fans blowing out and 2 of the same blowing in my gpu idles 25c avg ive seen in go to 23c idle in winter and max has bee 45c past winter latly spring my room is upstairs so temps been hitting 50c

So even with door off on prior system the new high airflow case beats it think thats what the other person was trying to say but shoulda used better wording because if your overheating taking the door off can tell you where the problem really is I don't think its the game doing it my guess it's fact you got lot of air going in but not equally going out now if you had 2 fans blowing out and 1 blowing in I bet you wouldnt be over heating as badly because it beable get the excess air out well wouldnt be any with that setup see that was my worry with this case 3 blowing out 2 blowing in but with open but grilled and filter 5.25 bays it lets the extra suction come through those ports without need of a 3rd blowing in so still equal just has to work harder

Do you have any free fan ports open if so take one of the front fans and put it blowing out in the free port dont flip one of the front that wont help you any in stead move it to a free port and make it blow out that way you have two out and one ins im amazed the computer store didnt do that lol you'd think they'd knowed with out equalizing air flow be heat issues you might could reverse all fans make 1 in back blow in and to up front blow out i'm not sure how it work but might be ok since your cpu is on a water block

[TEKnowledgy]

ok im checking your deal your case identical to mine in internal layout mine is just diffrient brand ima guess the storre put your water radiator up top in the 2 top fan ports right? if so ima have to say the air flow is un equalized at educated guess im sure all fans are same brand and cfm id say the problem is the unequal air flow got 2 120mm fans blowing in but only 1 blowing out most case fans unless antec run at round 30-50 cfm cause most people dont like noise personally dont bother me my a/c is louder and i wear ear phones. so think of it this way if you got 100 cfm coming in but only 50 cfm going out where is the rest going since psu is pulling air from outside on bottom of case you have 50 cfm worth of air stale just sitting in your case causing poor air flow keeping more heat in than should be when you removed door it allowed that stale air to finally move outward freely your vid card is probably placed in a upper pcie slot mine is actually right above the psu personal choice i had 4 psie slots i liked the bottom for air flow dont matter in this case but if you put back fan blowing in and front 2 blowing out this might just solve your heating issue no promises but ima give a 80% chance of success becase ive never tested such with my case but it would allow the air flow to equalize as the two now blowing out can handle whats coming in and grab excess from any other opened areas that air may flow in. all i can say test and see make sure you are static free not standing on carpet and unplug pc before you turn them around if you do it yourself

Thats bout all advice i can toss your way now that i understand how things look from imagination with your case setup im curious why water block an I5 i could understand an I7 but an I5 dont run all that hot and 2nd curosity why water block cpu insted of the gpu since it is the hottest running thing in your rig?

[michaelq3a]

{pro tip} set the intake fans a little slower than the exhaust fans.

[TEKnowledgy]

Diposting pertama kali oleh michaelq3a:

{pro tip} set the intake fans a little slower than the exhaust fans.

that work to but without pvm fans wont work without fan controller

[Fawx]

Diposting pertama kali oleh TEKnowledgy:

i ran my old pc for 2 years without a case door long as he dont allow forign stuff go into the case ita be fine its better then letting it overheat because it can cause more damage at temps like that then removing the door long as he is careful keeps people away kids dogs cats ita be fine ita buy him some time to get a case with fans or put water cooling on his gfx card My advoice is not perfect sure but his situation isn't perfect either. If you read one his above comments he says there is no airflow at all his case has no fans so he needs get that hot air out without fans only way to do that is to give it some by removing the door. Anyways people should read all of the comments before they stick there big headed observations into a subject just sayin....

Also any good tech person woulda told him to do same thing his overheating problem is definetly air flow so only 1 solution to that that is remove the door who ever told you not to don't know crap about airflow or troubleshooting hardware problems.

I worked in IT Tech support. Any good tech would not tell him to leave the side of the case open. Thats not solving anything. Thats just attempting to juryrig the PC to avoid the problem not solving the problem. His case has two front fans, if he takes the side off those fans will be completely useless. If you remove the side you will destroy the airflow and create potential hotspots. Cases are designed as sealed units for a reason. The only time you should EVER take the side panel off is when the PC is not running for replacing parts or general maint. Removing the panel while running is frankly stupid and could cause many more problems. It also doesn't fix the underlying heating issue.

He shouldn't have the case side off or running at high temps, he should be finding out what the problem is and getting it fixed.

Also as for your snide comments, I read all of his posts. Also fairly sure my tech instructor does know what he is talking about what with working in the PC industry for 30 years. Your idea of leaving the side of the case off is not a "Solution" It hasn't fixed the problem, you are trying to ignore the problem and bypass it.

High temps can be a sign of failing or faulty hardware which needs to be replaced while still under warranty. Ignoring it by removing the side of the case won't do anything.


As for the OP. You would be better of posting this in a dedicated hardware/technical support forum rather than on steam. Otherwise you will keep getting bad advice such as removing the side of the case. That can potentially cause you even more problems. Forums like Tom's Hardware can give you plenty of help with your problem, they deal with stuff like this everyday.

Thats my 2 cents. Good luck OP hope you can get it sorted out and not just ignore it, as it could lead to permanent damge futher down the line. But as I already said if your GPU temp is at that, it is fine.

[Buck]

Diposting pertama kali oleh SpookiePooP:

up to 74 C and it stays like that the whole time

That is not "extremely high", that's a perfectly normal temp and is actually rather cool for a load temp. Many GPU's can easily get up to 90c-100c normally.

[TEKnowledgy]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Buck:

Diposting pertama kali oleh SpookiePooP:

up to 74 C and it stays like that the whole time

That is not "extremely high", that's a perfectly normal temp and is actually rather cool for a load temp. Many GPU's can easily get up to 90c-100c normally.

note his cpu temp on water cooling aswell something not right ive never heard if a I5 hitting 80c with water block not even oc'd awfully high for water cooling thats higher temps then air cooling he keeps running it at that cpu temp be replacing it soon if it fries i hope b4 his warranty runs out

[TEKnowledgy]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Deathmaw:

Diposting pertama kali oleh TEKnowledgy:

i ran my old pc for 2 years without a case door long as he dont allow forign stuff go into the case ita be fine its better then letting it overheat because it can cause more damage at temps like that then removing the door long as he is careful keeps people away kids dogs cats ita be fine ita buy him some time to get a case with fans or put water cooling on his gfx card My advoice is not perfect sure but his situation isn't perfect either. If you read one his above comments he says there is no airflow at all his case has no fans so he needs get that hot air out without fans only way to do that is to give it some by removing the door. Anyways people should read all of the comments before they stick there big headed observations into a subject just sayin....

Also any good tech person woulda told him to do same thing his overheating problem is definetly air flow so only 1 solution to that that is remove the door who ever told you not to don't know crap about airflow or troubleshooting hardware problems.

I worked in IT Tech support. Any good tech would not tell him to leave the side of the case open. Thats not solving anything. Thats just attempting to juryrig the PC to avoid the problem not solving the problem. His case has two front fans, if he takes the side off those fans will be completely useless. If you remove the side you will destroy the airflow and create potential hotspots. Cases are designed as sealed units for a reason. The only time you should EVER take the side panel off is when the PC is not running for replacing parts or general maint. Removing the panel while running is frankly stupid and could cause many more problems. It also doesn't fix the underlying heating issue.

He shouldn't have the case side off or running at high temps, he should be finding out what the problem is and getting it fixed.

Also as for your snide comments, I read all of his posts. Also fairly sure my tech instructor does know what he is talking about what with working in the PC industry for 30 years. Your idea of leaving the side of the case off is not a "Solution" It hasn't fixed the problem, you are trying to ignore the problem and bypass it.

High temps can be a sign of failing or faulty hardware which needs to be replaced while still under warranty. Ignoring it by removing the side of the case won't do anything.


As for the OP. You would be better of posting this in a dedicated hardware/technical support forum rather than on steam. Otherwise you will keep getting bad advice such as removing the side of the case. That can potentially cause you even more problems. Forums like Tom's Hardware can give you plenty of help with your problem, they deal with stuff like this everyday.

Thats my 2 cents. Good luck OP hope you can get it sorted out and not just ignore it, as it could lead to permanent damge futher down the line. But as I already said if your GPU temp is at that, it is fine.

He dont have to leave it off i told him to remove it to see if it helped guess you missed that mr IT man lmao lets see some proof anyone can say they something on the net pics or never happened isnt that how it goes? But you this big expert dont give him any advice you just bs me least im trying help the guy watch he go toms hardware i bet you 100$ they'll tell him to do the same thing i did where you think i got the idea from to begin with? with fact ive used it to trouble shoot my personal problem with heating on my old system what it tells you when he removes that door if temps drop its a airflow problem not hardware persay but case airflow problem with good airflow in case normally if he removed door it wouldnt got better stayed same or got worse by about 5-10 c but as he stated it dropped by 20c so that proved it his case needs more air for an IT big shot expert you are pretty dang stupid..... Not to realize that. i think you are full of sht to be honest.....

[Fawx]

How the hell would I even go about showing you pictures of my employment over 3 years ago? You should probably think before you post such a comment. I don't need to prove anything to you, I am not giving him advice, I am merely telling him your advice is awful and to seek professional advice.

I'm not teliing him what to do, I am directing him to a place to get good advice. You are the one giving him bad advice with nothing to back it up. Anybody who knows anything about PC hardware will tell you removing the side is a bad idea.

You also said you left yours off for 2 years and clearly implied that leaving it off would be fine.

As I said before OP look on a dedicated hardware forum where people actually know what they are talking about. Listening to people who have no idea about PC hardware will just lead to you damaging your components.

[Fawx]

Diposting pertama kali oleh TEKnowledgy:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Deathmaw:

I worked in IT Tech support. Any good tech would not tell him to leave the side of the case open. Thats not solving anything. Thats just attempting to juryrig the PC to avoid the problem not solving the problem. His case has two front fans, if he takes the side off those fans will be completely useless. If you remove the side you will destroy the airflow and create potential hotspots. Cases are designed as sealed units for a reason. The only time you should EVER take the side panel off is when the PC is not running for replacing parts or general maint. Removing the panel while running is frankly stupid and could cause many more problems. It also doesn't fix the underlying heating issue.

He shouldn't have the case side off or running at high temps, he should be finding out what the problem is and getting it fixed.

Also as for your snide comments, I read all of his posts. Also fairly sure my tech instructor does know what he is talking about what with working in the PC industry for 30 years. Your idea of leaving the side of the case off is not a "Solution" It hasn't fixed the problem, you are trying to ignore the problem and bypass it.

High temps can be a sign of failing or faulty hardware which needs to be replaced while still under warranty. Ignoring it by removing the side of the case won't do anything.


As for the OP. You would be better of posting this in a dedicated hardware/technical support forum rather than on steam. Otherwise you will keep getting bad advice such as removing the side of the case. That can potentially cause you even more problems. Forums like Tom's Hardware can give you plenty of help with your problem, they deal with stuff like this everyday.

Thats my 2 cents. Good luck OP hope you can get it sorted out and not just ignore it, as it could lead to permanent damge futher down the line. But as I already said if your GPU temp is at that, it is fine.

He dont have to leave it off i told him to remove it to see if it helped guess you missed that mr IT man lmao lets see some proof anyone can say they something on the net pics or never happened isnt that how it goes? But you this big expert dont give him any advice you just bs me least im trying help the guy watch he go toms hardware i bet you 100$ they'll tell him to do the same thing i did where you think i got the idea from to begin with? with fact ive used it to trouble shoot my personal problem with heating on my old system what it tells you when he removes that door if temps drop its a airflow problem not hardware persay but case airflow problem with good airflow in case normally if he removed door it wouldnt got better stayed same or got worse by about 5-10 c but as he stated it dropped by 20c so that proved it his case needs more air for an IT big shot expert you are pretty dang stupid..... Not to realize that. i think you are full of sht to be honest.....

You calling someone else stupid while making posts like yours is pretty rich. Look in the mirror mate. You also didn't tell him to remove it to troubleshoot, you provided it as a potential solotion so stop chatting BS.

Your also personally attacking me becaue I refuted what you said originally. Nice. Either way he needs professional advice, not from some guy who has no idea what he is talking about and distributes it on the steam forums.

Also no I am not giving him advice, because I don't know the exact situation of his system. The steam forum for a game is not the place to discuss hardware problems. That is why I directed him to a hardware dedicated forum for help. Bad advice is worse than no advice. You should probably learn that.

Either way I am done discussing this point with you. It is derailing the thread and isn't serving any purpose.

OP if you want a solution have a look on a hardware forum, and good luck hope you get it sorted out.

[TEKnowledgy]

no you took it as a solution he knew what i meant if he didnt shouldnt be worried about the damn temps in the first place. Now quit with the reverse psychology sht might work on your spouse but it wont on me im not attacking you anymore than u are me im setting your azz straight on the reasons i stated. and explaining to you why i told him do the door trick if as for my typing get over it been up 26hrs lets see how well you feel at that point get pretty tired dont feel like dealing with stupid sht

[Furikagi]

Thanks for all the suggestions Deathmaw. I did a trial run with leaving the case door open but It didn't change anything whatsoever, the temperatures remained the same at around 54 C to 57 C (this is with the in-game graphics turned from ultra down to high). I think I may have found an issue with airflow, one of my intake fans is obstructed by the hardrive and its cage thing. Things seem to be under control at the moment but if the temperatures start getting messed up again I'll go to a more proffesional forum. Thanks again!

[TEKnowledgy]

Diposting pertama kali oleh SpookiePooP:

Thanks for all the suggestions Deathmaw. I did a trial run with leaving the case door open but It didn't change anything whatsoever, the temperatures remained the same at around 54 C to 57 C (this is with the in-game graphics turned from ultra down to high). I think I may have found an issue with airflow, one of my intake fans is obstructed by the hardrive and its cage thing. Things seem to be under control at the moment but if the temperatures start getting messed up again I'll go to a more proffesional forum. Thanks again!

If you are so worried about it, just take it back to the store and tell them its overheating. Most parts even without extended warranty are valid for 90 days, so you said you only had it a month still got 60 days on warrenty. Tell them you want a full tower if you have the space for a larger tower, probably a good idea with a 980ti anyways. Full tower will offer you more fan ports and less constricted/blocked airflow more space aswell for down the road upgrading. Thats some advice that even deathmaw could agree on.

Goin to forums no matter where they are is just asking for trouble, becuase all you get is an opinion. I gave you best ideas I could for the situation, but i didnt build your pc nor is it sitting front of me. I have to go off what you tell me about it. Until you know how to troubleshoot & work on them yourself safely witout advice of others off the net or have the time to. It is just best to take it to a person that does or did in the first place. Atleast then no warrenty voided no risk of having to buy more parts because you broke something, if the builder breaks something he/she has to replace it free of charge. That is the best, most logical advice anyone can give you. Don't matter where you go for advice on the net, you are going to get conflicting opinions and ideas, both good and bad so take that as lessoned learned. Many ways to solve a pc overheating problem, everyone solves them diffrently. Based entirly on their personal experiences and work arounds. Not many people will ever offer the same advice.

Some people are to careful and some just more risk takers I'm in between Deathmaw is definetly the to careful type.... lol. Sometimes got to take chances and self teach what works best for you rather than by the book all the time, just remeber it all starts some where some one had to take a chance else we wouldn't even have a pc or guidelines to go by......

If it was me entirly my pc i'd probably just cut a nice clean hole in the door, make my on fan port(s), but i have the experience in customizing my own pc. I'd never recommend that to some one who don't or has never practiced and tinkered with such things and hasn't got the tools for the task.

Anyways I hope you sort it all out I've gave all I can give maybe hd textures was the big issue. Next time just google the problem and if you come up stumped after then ask for advice call up a local builder or store that built it, alot better than the net any day. Don't tinker on a pc guts if you don't know what you are doing you can fxck things up static is a big chip frier.

So buy an anti-static bracelet before you mess with your pc's guts motherboards hdds ram and gpus are big kickers to keep static away from, pretty much whole rig besides power supply as it has internal grounding or if you ever build one yourself.
I wear one everytime i clean my pc I wont even dare handling my parts without an anti-static bracelet.

[RaxXeZ]

70 degrees is not hot for a GPU, nothing to worry about :)