High GPU temps

[Weaponized Autism]

Temps are 61c on idle, 83c on load but I'm sure the temps would go further than that, but the limit is stopping it. I'm worried this will decrease my performance. I have an i5-7500 CPU, 16GB of 2400MHz RAM, and a ZOTAC nvidia GTX 1070 mini. Case is NZXT H500, I have two exhaust fans set up, one at the back and top. Intake fans do not work at all as the front panel is not removable so there is not point in adding front intake fans. Thanks for any help.

[Zekiran]

That's normal temperature range.

If you've got "intake fans not working" then you should get one for the BOTTOM of the rig, as that's incredibly important for air flow.

When a card or component starts edging up in the high 90s C then it's time to actually worry about it, but 61 is perfectly normal and 83 is not 'hot'.

[Weaponized Autism]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

That's normal temperature range.

If you've got "intake fans not working" then you should get one for the BOTTOM of the rig, as that's incredibly important for air flow.

When a card or component starts edging up in the high 90s C then it's time to actually worry about it, but 61 is perfectly normal and 83 is not 'hot'.

61c in idle is hot. There's people with the same GPU online with 45c idle and 75c under load. As I said intake fans do nott help at all.

[Weaponized Autism]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

That's normal temperature range.

If you've got "intake fans not working" then you should get one for the BOTTOM of the rig, as that's incredibly important for air flow.

When a card or component starts edging up in the high 90s C then it's time to actually worry about it, but 61 is perfectly normal and 83 is not 'hot'.

In addition, I've heard 83c is enough for pascal cards to start throttling.

[Washell]

Originally posted by Prịmordial:

61c in idle is hot. There's people with the same GPU online with 45c idle and 75c under load. As I said intake fans do nott help at all.

A quick google shows that people with the same GPU, as in a 1070 mini, report similar temps to yours. Normal 1070's do appear to run cooler.

https://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-1070/specifications

Thermal and Power Specs
Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) 94

Since you're worried about performance, benchmark and compare those numbers, rather than just looking at temps.

[Weaponized Autism]

Originally posted by Washell:

Originally posted by Prịmordial:

61c in idle is hot. There's people with the same GPU online with 45c idle and 75c under load. As I said intake fans do nott help at all.

A quick google shows that people with the same GPU, as in a 1070 mini, report similar temps to yours. Normal 1070's do appear to run cooler.

https://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-1070/specifications

Thermal and Power Specs
Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) 94

Since you're worried about performance, benchmark and compare those numbers, rather than just looking at temps.

Quick Google shows me that people with the same card, as in 1070 *mini*, have lower temps than me.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Originally posted by Prịmordial:

Originally posted by Zekiran:

That's normal temperature range.

If you've got "intake fans not working" then you should get one for the BOTTOM of the rig, as that's incredibly important for air flow.

When a card or component starts edging up in the high 90s C then it's time to actually worry about it, but 61 is perfectly normal and 83 is not 'hot'.

61c in idle is hot. There's people with the same GPU online with 45c idle and 75c under load. As I said intake fans do nott help at all.

Mines runs cooler, mainly because it's a full size card with three fans, compare to your compact mini, just because they're both 1070, doesn't mean they get the same cooling, if the coolers are different, and the models types are altered. Mini's normally run little hotter, than their full size cards counter part.

I suggest research your specific GPU type as you want to search for mini version, and see what's the cooling for them are like, also you want to take into account the temp of your room as well, one other thing, if you have built up dust, I suggest blowing that out as well.

Washell link to give you bit of understanding. Anyways to make short if you're hitting 90C, then you be worry.

[Washell]

Originally posted by Prịmordial:

Quick Google shows me that people with the same card, as in 1070 *mini*, have lower temps than me.

Fair enough, I was looking for mini's running hotter, so I was probably a little biased in my quick google.

In that case, it's either ambient temperature or poor airflow inside the case that makes the difference.

[🌐ᴢᴈᴇᴇᴋ]

I wouldn't consider an idle at 61°C normal at all. I would start by checking if your heat sink is clogged with dusk and if your fans are turning.

If those two checkout then you're likely looking at a software issue, open up task manager and see if any processes are bogging down your GPU. If there's a process imposing a heavy load on your GPU at idle or on boot then you might be looking at a malware in the form of a bitcoin miner.

[The HopelessGamer™]

Originally posted by Prịmordial:

Originally posted by Zekiran:

That's normal temperature range.

If you've got "intake fans not working" then you should get one for the BOTTOM of the rig, as that's incredibly important for air flow.

When a card or component starts edging up in the high 90s C then it's time to actually worry about it, but 61 is perfectly normal and 83 is not 'hot'.

61c in idle is hot. There's people with the same GPU online with 45c idle and 75c under load. As I said intake fans do nott help at all.

Originally posted by Prịmordial:

Originally posted by Zekiran:

That's normal temperature range.

If you've got "intake fans not working" then you should get one for the BOTTOM of the rig, as that's incredibly important for air flow.

When a card or component starts edging up in the high 90s C then it's time to actually worry about it, but 61 is perfectly normal and 83 is not 'hot'.

In addition, I've heard 83c is enough for pascal cards to start throttling.

i have 2 1080 tis and both of them sit on about 50c in idle and 80c during max load.

80c is fine for most graphics cards and is normal for them to be that warm.

As Zekiran said, if it goes into 90 then you should be worrying but as it is, it is fine.


My cards do not throttle at 80 degrees... perhaps a few mhz loss but again no huge throttling.

Originally posted by 🌐ᴢᴈᴇᴇᴋ:

I wouldn't consider an idle at 61°C normal at all. I would start by checking if your heat sink is clogged with dusk and if your fans are turning.

If those two checkout then you're likely looking at a software issue, open up task manager and see if any processes are bogging down your GPU. If there's a process imposing a heavy load on your GPU at idle or on boot then you might be looking at a malware in the form of a bitcoin miner.

Depending on fan curve, some graphics cards fans do not spin unless they need to.

[Weaponized Autism]

Originally posted by Washell:

Originally posted by Prịmordial:

Quick Google shows me that people with the same card, as in 1070 *mini*, have lower temps than me.

Fair enough, I was looking for mini's running hotter, so I was probably a little biased in my quick google.

In that case, it's either ambient temperature or poor airflow inside the case that makes the difference.

Do you think the fan curve might be a reason? The 60c idle temp is only when my fan is completely off, but I still thought this was abnormal. Is it?

[Weaponized Autism]

Originally posted by The HopelessGamer™:

Originally posted by Prịmordial:

61c in idle is hot. There's people with the same GPU online with 45c idle and 75c under load. As I said intake fans do nott help at all.

Originally posted by Prịmordial:

In addition, I've heard 83c is enough for pascal cards to start throttling.

i have 2 1080 tis and both of them sit on about 50c in idle and 80c during max load.

80c is fine for most graphics cards and is normal for them to be that warm.

As Zekiran said, if it goes into 90 then you should be worrying but as it is, it is fine.


My cards do not throttle at 80 degrees... perhaps a few mhz loss but again no huge throttling.

Originally posted by 🌐ᴢᴈᴇᴇᴋ:

I wouldn't consider an idle at 61°C normal at all. I would start by checking if your heat sink is clogged with dusk and if your fans are turning.

If those two checkout then you're likely looking at a software issue, open up task manager and see if any processes are bogging down your GPU. If there's a process imposing a heavy load on your GPU at idle or on boot then you might be looking at a malware in the form of a bitcoin miner.

Depending on fan curve, some graphics cards fans do not spin unless they need to.

My cards cannot reach 90c as they are limited to 83c by default. Should I increase temp limit for better performance or does it not matter? Would this increase throttling?

[The HopelessGamer™]

Originally posted by Prịmordial:

Originally posted by The HopelessGamer™:

i have 2 1080 tis and both of them sit on about 50c in idle and 80c during max load.

80c is fine for most graphics cards and is normal for them to be that warm.

As Zekiran said, if it goes into 90 then you should be worrying but as it is, it is fine.


My cards do not throttle at 80 degrees... perhaps a few mhz loss but again no huge throttling.


Depending on fan curve, some graphics cards fans do not spin unless they need to.

My cards cannot reach 90c as they are limited to 83c by default. Should I increase temp limit for better performance or does it not matter? Would this increase throttling?

The cards will not throttle by much regardless. Increasing the temp limit will increase the the performance but nothing noticeable.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Did you set this fan curve yourself?
Do you have any software that manages your GPU fans for you, and what's the name of it?

[Weaponized Autism]

Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:

Did you set this fan curve yourself?
Do you have any software that manages your GPU fans for you, and what's the name of it?

I use MSI Afterburner.
Yes, I have set a fan curve.

[Weaponized Autism]

Idle temps are more or less sorted, I set a fan curve that will increase fan speed to 40 as soon as temps reach 50c. Is there anyway I can decrease load temps?