Warning for pc users with low tower ventolation

[I might be Batman]

Was checking temps on my sons gaming pc, and wow, his 3060 was hitting 80c with hotspot hitting 92c. He has a asus rog, theres cpu fan, 1 case fan.
Using fan control to max speed the gpu.
If you have a pc tower like this, get hwmonitor and watch your gpu temps.
I have a msi z2 tower, lots of fans and ventilation, with a 4060 and i dont usually go higher then 70/72.

[Lunar Fang]

80c is normal, 90 spiking is also normal as long as it isn't staying at 90c.

[Roland]

repaste the card if you're worried about the hotspots.
I wouldn't unless it was hitting 100+, but I did have a card hitting 105 on the hot spots and I repasted it with some Noctua Silver and brought em down to 83.

As the other person said, 80 is normal and if you have the Nvidia auto overclocking enabled, I'm pretty sure that's the default temp it targets (or I lowered it to that to prolong lifespan, I can't really remember anymore)

[Knowsome]

cap your fps, and re-paste your gpu's thermal paste.

this is not normal.

[Hajile]

Does it also happen when you're playing cyberpunk?

[Rhila]

Yes this is why I always advise people to use FPS limitation

[Hajile]

Originally posted by Rhila:

Yes this is why I always advise people to use FPS limitation

yeah, it just seems impractical when your 200w GPU runs at the full 200w over CounterStrike because it's running at 200fps.

I remember doing that to overwatch where my 1060 runs at 70w, then it dropped to 45w when i turned on vsync.

No need to run at 200fps if you don't have to.

[Lokey0024]

Game is optimized quite good imo, I'm running 120-144 fps steady max set and rarely hit 60c. 3080

[Kidda]

Want lower temps? Lower the graphical settings. Less demand on the game, less power consumption for gpu, less heat from gpu.

Maxed out the graphics, uncap fps, gpu uses 279W.

Low graphics, 60 fps limit, 110W.

This game has decent graphics even on low. The game's fast pace also means ugly graphics don't mean much since you're constantly distracted.

[jadenedaj on x]

Originally posted by Lokey0024:

Game is optimized quite good imo, I'm running 120-144 fps steady max set and rarely hit 60c. 3080

That seems weirdly good, do you have some ini settings or something?

[Ghostvenger92]

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