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GoreTiger May 11, 2020 @ 11:17pm
Good program for monitoring GPU temperature/fans?
Just got a new pc, What's a good program for monitoring my graphics card's temperature/adjusting my fan's speed?
I hav Geforce xperience and sadly they don't have anything to do these with.
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fux May 12, 2020 @ 12:46am 
Msi afterburner or hwinfo if you want to monitor everything
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Spec_Ops_Ape May 12, 2020 @ 1:07am 
The card manufacturer will have released their own, EVGA's is very good. MSI Afterburner is also good and compatible with all GPU's, also has OSD support via RTSS.
I find hwmonitor to be too basic, hwinfo64 gives a lot more info and can be configured for OSD via RTSS.
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GoreTiger May 14, 2020 @ 6:01pm 
what's a 'healthy' temperature for your card to idle on?
I have a 2070 super only 4 weeks old, and it's Idle temp when not gaming is about 91 degrees.
What's the safe heat zone for a graphics card?
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Spec_Ops_Ape May 14, 2020 @ 6:05pm 
That's too hot. Modern cards have a 0 decibel feature where the fans don't turn on till it hits around 60°C (ish), make sure the fans are running.
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Set-115689 May 14, 2020 @ 7:50pm 
Originally posted by GoreTiger:
what's a 'healthy' temperature for your card to idle on?
I have a 2070 super only 4 weeks old, and it's Idle temp when not gaming is about 91 degrees.
What's the safe heat zone for a graphics card?

No thats not ok assuming it's 91 degrees Celsius and not Fahrenheit. At idle it should probably be below 40c.
Last edited by Set-115689; May 14, 2020 @ 7:52pm
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iceman1980 May 14, 2020 @ 7:59pm 
https://www.hwinfo.com/
(Didn't know it was used by NASA)

Healthy idle temperature drawing minimal power downclocked in 2D and Desktop mode should be pretty low draw. Basics physics says with low power draw that you should be generating minimal heat.

My 980 TI idles at 40*C @ Desktop mode core clock of 135Mhz while drawing ~25W of power.
Last edited by iceman1980; May 14, 2020 @ 8:11pm
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MancSoulja May 14, 2020 @ 8:03pm 
Originally posted by Spec_Ops_Ape:
The card manufacturer will have released their own, EVGA's is very good. MSI Afterburner is also good and compatible with all GPU's, also has OSD support via RTSS.
I find hwmonitor to be too basic, hwinfo64 gives a lot more info and can be configured for OSD via RTSS.

Sometimes they're not very good, I remember trying Zotac's once.... lol

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=797856717

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Set-115689 May 14, 2020 @ 8:18pm 
May as well do gpu-z also to see what info it says.

I wouldn't run any games etc... until the temp thing gets sorted out.
Last edited by Set-115689; May 14, 2020 @ 8:19pm
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GoreTiger May 14, 2020 @ 9:00pm 
Originally posted by Set-115689:
Originally posted by GoreTiger:
what's a 'healthy' temperature for your card to idle on?
I have a 2070 super only 4 weeks old, and it's Idle temp when not gaming is about 91 degrees.
What's the safe heat zone for a graphics card?

No thats not ok assuming it's 91 degrees Celsius and not Fahrenheit. At idle it should probably be below 40c.
It's fahrenheit not celsius.
For the most part, the fans don't jack up when I'm playing games like Battlefield 5 or games like it on ultra settings.
The main game that's been giving me issues is Red Dead 2. I play it on ultra as well. I experience no stuttering or frame drops, But after playing it for about 2 weeks my fans have been going stronger and stronger. According to Afterburner the average temp my graphics card sits on while playing is 135 fahrenheit.
My case has decent venilation, and the computer itself is barely a month old. It doesn't stutter,act up or anything else. It's just when I'm playing this specific game that the fans start spinning loud.
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ThatzYoAzz May 14, 2020 @ 9:16pm 
your fine...
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Autumn_ May 15, 2020 @ 2:39am 
MSI Afterburner + RTSS (RTSS has other useful features, so it's top of the list), HWinfo64, GPU-Z, and I guess EVGA XOC, but I've not used it, so I can't speak to the performance/quality of it.


Originally posted by MancSoulja:
Originally posted by Spec_Ops_Ape:
The card manufacturer will have released their own, EVGA's is very good. MSI Afterburner is also good and compatible with all GPU's, also has OSD support via RTSS.
I find hwmonitor to be too basic, hwinfo64 gives a lot more info and can be configured for OSD via RTSS.

Sometimes they're not very good, I remember trying Zotac's once.... lol

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=797856717
Lmao, the ♥♥♥♥ is that....

Originally posted by GoreTiger:
Originally posted by Set-115689:

No thats not ok assuming it's 91 degrees Celsius and not Fahrenheit. At idle it should probably be below 40c.
It's fahrenheit not celsius.
For the most part, the fans don't jack up when I'm playing games like Battlefield 5 or games like it on ultra settings.
The main game that's been giving me issues is Red Dead 2. I play it on ultra as well. I experience no stuttering or frame drops, But after playing it for about 2 weeks my fans have been going stronger and stronger. According to Afterburner the average temp my graphics card sits on while playing is 135 fahrenheit.
My case has decent venilation, and the computer itself is barely a month old. It doesn't stutter,act up or anything else. It's just when I'm playing this specific game that the fans start spinning loud.
It's fine. Just worry if the fans are so loud you can't stand it, or if you're getting 85+c.

Also, sidenote, please use Celcius, because you give everyone mini-heart attacks.
Plus it's a more accurate measurement system, but that's a talk for another day.
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