RTX 4080 Fan spinning after opening Wallpaper Engine

[Tri]

Hi,

as soon as i set up a wallpaper at wallpaper engine, my fans of my 4080 super start to spin. Very annoying, since it even runs several games without even needing to user the fans.

What can i do? Graphics card temperature is around 34 degrees.

[Capt.Luke]

set up your fan curve properly ?
so that it does not run fans up to 35 degrees or more ?
my fans start at 45

[Tri]

How can an App like Wallpaper Engine take so much power of my GPU (again, i do have a graphics card which costs around 1k)? I am playing games and there the fans are still not moving...

[Capt.Luke]

Originally posted by Tri:

How can an App like Wallpaper Engine take so much power of my GPU (again, i do have a graphics card which costs around 1k)? I am playing games and there the fans are still not moving...

it really depends on the wallpaper that you are using some 3d scene can be more demanding then a AAA games
usualy a video wallpaper takes about 1-2% of the loads
there might be something wrong with your gpu drivers too

I dont know how did you set your quality setting in wallpaper engine settings but if you are asking for 240 frame per second that is what your get and probably is the reason you are experiencing that kind of behaviour

it is also possible that your gpu is going into eco mode or 2d mode or that the clock is going very low and that your fan are set on gpu load and not temps and that is why when the low clock kick in and the loads goes up the fan turn on

use GPU-Z to see what is going on

[Phenom]

Does the temperature increase along with the fans reving up? I have a 4080 as well, I run HUGE 4K MP4 files from a folder that is huge itself and fans never rev, temp never increases

[Tri]

Just gave it a look. As soon as im closing Wallpaper Engine, the fans stopped. Task manager showed me, that GPU is under 20-30% load when Wallpaper Engine is up. Thats insane.

Looked up the settings - 30fps were set. Played a bit with all the settings, GPU load stays at 20-30% every time i have the application opened.

Tf is wrong with this app?

[Tim]

Can you share a screenshot of GPU-Z while the issue is present? Make sure to close the Wallpaper Engine user interface, it uses more of your GPU than the actual wallpapers. Many users get confused by the task manager GPU usage because it shows the wrong number.

The fact that your GPU is slightly above room temperature is a pretty good indicator that the GPU is effectively in its idle state. See this for a lengthier explanation:

https://help.wallpaperengine.io/en/performance/gpu.html

[Tri]

Hi,

here we go: https://imgur.com/f8pTv6p

The time i made the screenshot the fans were not spinning (strangely) but the GPU temp was around 40-45 degrees.

[Capt.Luke]

Originally posted by Tri:

Hi,

here we go: https://imgur.com/f8pTv6p

The time i made the screenshot the fans were not spinning (strangely) but the GPU temp was around 40-45 degrees.

that pic does not help we need to see the "sensor " tab

[Tri]

Here we go: https://imgur.com/VNxUN3L

Issue is now persisting again - fans are spinning 30%. GPU Load 25%. Only thing running is Wallpaper Engine. 30FPS. Changed several settings. Stays the same.

As soon as i close Wallpaper Engine with Task manager, GPU Load jumps to 3%, Fans turn off...

[Quntin007]

is it normal that by the 4080super OC trinity whit edition by Zotac that only 2 fans spin and the 3 not but my temps spin around 60 - 72 degress or is the gpu fan dead?

[Tim]

Originally posted by Tri:

Here we go: https://imgur.com/VNxUN3L

Issue is now persisting again - fans are spinning 30%. GPU Load 25%. Only thing running is Wallpaper Engine. 30FPS. Changed several settings. Stays the same.

As soon as i close Wallpaper Engine with Task manager, GPU Load jumps to 3%, Fans turn off...

Sorry if the instructions were unclear but you need to basically close all running windows (browser, Wallpaper Engine window, any other apps or windows that can cause huge GPU spikes), then let GPU-Z run for a few minutes. Otherwise this data is not comparable.

Just opening the GPU-Z window will cause a huge GPU usage spike, so you need to let it rest for more than just a few seconds. Typically you wills see GPU clock spikes but the average power consumption will be rather low. Take a look at this screenshot that I just took on my setup, notice the "Power Consumption (%)" row is constantly near 0 while the GPU clock and GPU load tend to have individual spikes:

https://imgur.com/a/5PACwCR

That said, I can still take a look at our analysis tool log and see if I can spot anything. Please send the log to me as instructed here while the issue is actively happening:

https://help.wallpaperengine.io/debug/scantool_support.html

Something that commonly happens, for example, is that Nvidia Shares (part of Nvidia GeForce Experience) starts recording your desktop when you run Wallpaper Engine and this can cause a higher GPU load.

It could also very well also be that Wallpaper Engine uses just enough power in combination with a higher ambient temperature to kick off your GPU fans into their first gear.

[seekay_labs]

I actually recognize that wallpaper in the second screenshot and while it is a beautiful wallpaper, it´s one with a lot of effects and high resolution textures.

Wallpaper Engine does it´s best to be easy to run but the creator of each wallpaper also has to keep an eye on performance. It´s either this or video wallpapers only.

[Phenom]

Originally posted by seekay_labs:

I actually recognize that wallpaper in the second screenshot and while it is a beautiful wallpaper, it´s one with a lot of effects and high resolution textures.

Wallpaper Engine does it´s best to be easy to run but the creator of each wallpaper also has to keep an eye on performance. It´s either this or video wallpapers only.

I can't say for sure if it's that wallpaper you are referencing but I use uncompressed 4K video with some file sizes in the double digit gig size (12.8G for one file to be specific) I also have a 4080 and never even comes close to raising temps let alone never causes fans to spin up

For instance, running a folder of 4K video that is 91G in total and nothing like what he is describing. Honestly really impressed because my CPU and GPU temps are ambient room and load on GPU while this folder is active is only 10% and CPU 3%

I suspect something else is spiking his temps

[seekay_labs]

Originally posted by Phenom:

I can't say for sure if it's that wallpaper you are referencing but I use uncompressed 4K video with some file sizes in the double digit gig size (12.8G for one file to be specific) I also have a 4080 and never even comes close to raising temps let alone never causes fans to spin up

For instance, running a folder of 4K video that is 91G in total and nothing like what he is describing. Honestly really impressed because my CPU and GPU temps are ambient room and load on GPU while this folder is active is only 10% and CPU 3%

I suspect something else is spiking his temps

But the wallpaper he is using is not a video wallpaper.

[Phenom]

Originally posted by seekay_labs:

Originally posted by Phenom:

I can't say for sure if it's that wallpaper you are referencing but I use uncompressed 4K video with some file sizes in the double digit gig size (12.8G for one file to be specific) I also have a 4080 and never even comes close to raising temps let alone never causes fans to spin up

For instance, running a folder of 4K video that is 91G in total and nothing like what he is describing. Honestly really impressed because my CPU and GPU temps are ambient room and load on GPU while this folder is active is only 10% and CPU 3%

I suspect something else is spiking his temps

But the wallpaper he is using is not a video wallpaper.

Understood but that would have to be some crazy file to do what is reported, just my anecdotal point on running huge videos and not seeing this behavior but I get your point :)