HIGH GPU temps. 91C

[LOUIIIEEE]

I have a 1080 graphics card and this game runs hotter than when I play BFV which hits 83-85c

I even set my fan to 90% for my GPU but it doesn't help much and I get 88-91c in this game

Is it due to this game being in alpha or do I need better cooling for my GPU? Anyone with similar problems?

[Thastertyn]

My GPU is also often heated on extreme temperatures but i think its just because its in alpha and so because of that also very unstable
so now you are not going to help it a lot
(my old notebook overheats on below zero but not on original Subnautica so this is may be proof of my opinion)

[PrimeSonic]

That's toasty, but also not out of spec for GPUs today, especially those with lighter heat sinks and blower style coolers.
Which is to say, it's normal and ultimately not un-safe, though obviously not ideal.

You can mess with the graphics settings if you're concerned.
Enable Vsync if you haven't already to keep your GPU from pumping out more frames than needed by your display (there's no "competitive advantage" to have vsync off in this game).

Maybe also disable Depth of Field as well since that can get taxing.

Ultimately, it's all down to how much load the game puts on the GPU, and these games can certainly do that.
Even my 2080 Ti can get taxed to hell and back if I max out the graphic settings.
So just try tweaking a few things and monitor your GPU usage and temperatures.
If you can lower the GPU usage, even by a bit, while still keeping the game as pretty as you want it to be, you should find your temps going down.

Or you can water cool your graphics card like I did on my 980 Ti which never saw temps over 65C :P
But I wouldn't recommend that. Too much work, time, and money for not enough benefit.

[VukasinDordevic]

My GPU 1070 TI hits 83 C. Not more.

[PrimeSonic]

Originally posted by Vukasin_Dordevic:

My GPU 1070 TI hits 83 C. Not more.

You probably have a temperature target configured for that.
The GPU will scale back if it starts getting close to 83C (in your case).

It's another thing that OP could try.

Using a GPU overclocking tool like MSI Afterburner or EVGA Precision (it doesn't matter what brand your card is) you can do things like set a temperature target instead of a power draw target.
And the GPU will lower its clock speed to keep things in check.

[Ayeto]

Lets see

Heat is high when your gpu use a lot of resources, a graphic card is meant to use resources, but if you buy a cheap graphic card that have a cheap cooling, your graphic card will be very hot and the performance very bad ( more heat equal less speed )

[goddling]

Not sure I have a GTX 970 and don't go over 78 C maybe you ran into a bug, you should send them your save to see if it happens to them so they can fix it.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Originally posted by PrimeSonic:

That's toasty, but also not out of spec for GPUs today, especially those with lighter heat sinks and blower style coolers.
Which is to say, it's normal and ultimately not un-safe, though obviously not ideal.

You can mess with the graphics settings if you're concerned.
Enable Vsync if you haven't already to keep your GPU from pumping out more frames than needed by your display (there's no "competitive advantage" to have vsync off in this game).

Maybe also disable Depth of Field as well since that can get taxing.

Ultimately, it's all down to how much load the game puts on the GPU, and these games can certainly do that.
Even my 2080 Ti can get taxed to hell and back if I max out the graphic settings.
So just try tweaking a few things and monitor your GPU usage and temperatures.
If you can lower the GPU usage, even by a bit, while still keeping the game as pretty as you want it to be, you should find your temps going down.

Or you can water cool your graphics card like I did on my 980 Ti which never saw temps over 65C :P
But I wouldn't recommend that. Too much work, time, and money for not enough benefit.

You're playing a game that is early access.

I dont think my 1070 gets taxed at max settings on Subnautica o.o

[Ayeto]

Originally posted by piddlefoot:

Another real fault of manufacturing in video cards is they almost NEVER come with a coolling system sufficient to keep the GPU cool under 100% load.

if you buy from a good brand like Msi/Asus/EVGA with a decent price and 2 fan, you will have no problem.

Originally posted by piddlefoot:

I have a water cooled CPU, i7 8 core @ 3 ghtz, and I have my video card water cooled, corsair large radiator system dual fans on radiator, that is how you keep temps down properly but its not cheap.
Expecting the fan that came with the card to keep it cool at 100%, is just dreaming.

Don't lie to people, you don't need a Watercooling system to keep your graphic card cool enough

[Mr.Raizen]

Same here

My GPU, an RTX 2080, in other games is usually at 60-65ºC, but when I play Below zero, reaches 75-80ºC.
I know it's low temp anyway, but it's not the normal for my GPU

[Amory Adonis]

good

[PrimeSonic]

Originally posted by NaliWarcow:

p.s This game also doenst really tax my gpu at 1080P on max. I decided to mention this because I do not have the luxery of 4k unlike you, who claims to have that luxery, because I do not give a ♥♥♥♥ about 4k. Its not the standard anyway.

Doesn't do a single thing I mentioned that is guaranteed to tax a GPU.
Proceeds to say I'm the crazy one while saying "it's fine at 1080p".
You're either an idiot or dishonest.

I play at 3440x1440 and if I want to stay above 100fps, I literally can't keep all settings max.
That you say "it's fine on my card" and then proceed to stay at 1080p is just dishonest.
Even entry level cards can handle 1080p fine now.
But only because we've been moving towards higher resolutions for long enough that GPUs have been getting much better to compensate.

The Nvidia's 10-series cards were designed with greater than 1080p rendering in mind.
Just because "you don't care about 4K" doesn't mean you aren't under-utilizing what your GPU was meant to be able to handle, if at a high load.

I also never said they were done with Below Zero. (You sure love putting words in my mouth)
But since it's not using a voxel based map and it's also running on newer engine, Below Zero early access should still be running better than Subnautica on stable.

You also provided NOTHING USEFUL to this conversation, especially not for OP who is dealing with a legitimate concern.
You keep harping on the "it's early access" line and offering nothing helpful.

I used to think the same. Giving the benefit of the doubt about the game being in early access.
But now a year after release and OG Subnautica still feels unfinished, unpolished, and unoptimized, I don't expect this game to really get any better in quite a few aspects.

So at least I offered OP some concrete steps to take to keep their GPU temperatures in check.
You're too preoccupied with getting brownie points with whoever you think reads these forums by constantly coming to the game's defense with the same "it's early access" line any time anyone has something bad to say about it.

[Staalby]

Originally posted by piddlefoot:

Air cooling is for amatures.

Water cooling is for pro's.

Work it out yourself, a GPU at 100% constant load, every pipe at 100% is alot of heat, your standard air cooler just wont cut it 99% of the time, what they do is scale the mhtz of the GPU back, so effectively you dont even realise your GPU is no longer running at 100% nor can it actually run at 100% for any prolonged amount of time before it scales its mhtz back, meaning NO, your GPU can not handle full load constantly.

Welcome to the real world of top end computing.

Your air cooler is designed for AVERAGE use, not extreme use.

A GPU at 100% constant, is extreme use.

What happens when it scales its mhtz back, you have all experienced this, internal latency, or otherwise called, lag.

Get serious about it, or just keep repeating the manufacturer garbage, which is all based around designed obsolescence.

Military chips are designed to run at 125 degrees to 300 degrees, this is an extreme set up, its WATER COOLED, the stuff we buy for home is NO WHERE NEAR as high a quality, for a reason. Think about it.

Do you have a legitimate point to make? Or are you just bashing everyone because they are not subscribed to your agenda?

[Staalby]

Originally posted by piddlefoot:

What, you cant see what the point is mate, are you completely blind ?

Maybe you should vent your bad attitude towards people that call others liers for no reason.

The point, just for you champ, water cooling if your serious about keeping them temps down at 100% constant load.

And most people do not comprehend what 100% load really means for every circuit in your system....

Air cooling if your an amature pretending to know what you talk about stating standard manufacturer air cooling is good enough for extreme loads on the GPU. Moronic.


Do you now get it mate ?
Just incase,

Want to control temps properly, water.
Want the best stability in temp ranges, water.
Want to run your GPU at 100% load for long periods of time, stable, water.
Want to get on a forum and argue different, get some real world experience and start running your system at 100%, being an overclocker and knowing what your doing will allow you to push your PC to those sorts of limits for testing, being an amature you will just argue with no real world experience not realising your PC almost never sits at 100% for any prolonged period of time, as it de-clocks itself as soon as heat rises, thats a failure of understanding how your equiptment works right there, an amature mistake..

Drive that point home enough dude ?

There are extreme air cooling over clocker systems too, but the general consensus is that water is much better for average users who dont overclock, that doesnt mean your system cant get hot.

Good god you are easliy trolled.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Originally posted by PrimeSonic:

Originally posted by NaliWarcow:

p.s This game also doenst really tax my gpu at 1080P on max. I decided to mention this because I do not have the luxery of 4k unlike you, who claims to have that luxery, because I do not give a ♥♥♥♥ about 4k. Its not the standard anyway.

Doesn't do a single thing I mentioned that is guaranteed to tax a GPU.
Proceeds to say I'm the crazy one while saying "it's fine at 1080p".
You're either an idiot or dishonest.

I play at 3440x1440 and if I want to stay above 100fps, I literally can't keep all settings max.
That you say "it's fine on my card" and then proceed to stay at 1080p is just dishonest.
Even entry level cards can handle 1080p fine now.
But only because we've been moving towards higher resolutions for long enough that GPUs have been getting much better to compensate.

The Nvidia's 10-series cards were designed with greater than 1080p rendering in mind.
Just because "you don't care about 4K" doesn't mean you aren't under-utilizing what your GPU was meant to be able to handle, if at a high load.

I also never said they were done with Below Zero. (You sure love putting words in my mouth)
But since it's not using a voxel based map and it's also running on newer engine, Below Zero early access should still be running better than Subnautica on stable.

You also provided NOTHING USEFUL to this conversation, especially not for OP who is dealing with a legitimate concern.
You keep harping on the "it's early access" line and offering nothing helpful.

I used to think the same. Giving the benefit of the doubt about the game being in early access.
But now a year after release and OG Subnautica still feels unfinished, unpolished, and unoptimized, I don't expect this game to really get any better in quite a few aspects.

So at least I offered OP some concrete steps to take to keep their GPU temperatures in check.
You're too preoccupied with getting brownie points with whoever you think reads these forums by constantly coming to the game's defense with the same "it's early access" line any time anyone has something bad to say about it.

And that is your fine answer?? You play at 4k,k and act like thre's no big enough impact switching between 1090p and 4k,,,

LOL

In about every case, you and your 4k resolution will have 80% fps less.

[TheGraveDigger]

Is mr moneypants showing off their expensive diamond plated suit again?