High gtx 1060 temperatures when idle.

[PATENT]

So I don't know whats going on but my GTX 1060 is pretty hot when idling. When Im watching videos on youtubes it's temperature is around 58 degrees. I have very good airflow in my case (3 120mm fans running at 1000-1200 RPM). However when I play witcher 3 or dying light (gpu hits 99%) temperature doesn't even pass 70*C and fans are working on 30% speed. Is this normal? Because I read on forum and everyones saying their 1060s have around 30-40 degrees when idling.
I'm checking temperature with MSI Afterburner

[PATENT]

Is the thermometer broken or what because difference between idle and long hardcore gaming is about 10 degrees.

[Omega]

The GPU is in low noise mode. The fan does not spin unless it has to. That is normal, it's a feature on most modern GPUs. It's nothing to worry about.

[PATENT]

Originally posted by Omega:

The GPU is in low noise mode. The fan does not spin unless it has to. That is normal, it's a feature on most modern GPUs. It's nothing to worry about.

I know it's passive cooling but should it be all time at around 60 degrees when idling?

[Omega]

Originally posted by Patent:

Originally posted by Omega:

The GPU is in low noise mode. The fan does not spin unless it has to. That is normal, it's a feature on most modern GPUs. It's nothing to worry about.

I know it's passive cooling but should it be all time at around 60 degrees when idling?

The fan does not spin so, yeah.

[InfinityJosh]

Under 80c all is good.
Over 85c it starts to be hot.

[SoldierScar]

Originally posted by Omega:

Originally posted by Patent:

I know it's passive cooling but should it be all time at around 60 degrees when idling?

The fan does not spin so, yeah.

No way..my gtx 1060 is idling at 27-30c with no fan usage

OP, in nvidia control panel make sure your global power management is set to adaptive, set it to high performance for each game instead of global, this was causing the exact same issue for me. When i had it on high performance mode in global settings, the clocks were still up after i left game and then it was at 50-55c instead of low 30s

[Omega]

Originally posted by SoldierScar:

Originally posted by Omega:

The fan does not spin so, yeah.

No way..my gtx 1060 is idling at 27-30c with no fan usage

OP, in nvidia control panel make sure your global power management is set to adaptive, set it to high performance for each game instead of global, this was causing the exact same issue for me. When i had it on high performance mode in global settings, the clocks were still up after i left game and then it was at 50-55c instead of low 30s

It differs per GPU. And I doubt you GPU is running passive since 30c is a bit cool for that, or you must have several 3000rpm fans running at full speed in your case.

[SoldierScar]

Originally posted by Omega:

Originally posted by SoldierScar:

No way..my gtx 1060 is idling at 27-30c with no fan usage

OP, in nvidia control panel make sure your global power management is set to adaptive, set it to high performance for each game instead of global, this was causing the exact same issue for me. When i had it on high performance mode in global settings, the clocks were still up after i left game and then it was at 50-55c instead of low 30s

It differs per GPU. And I doubt you GPU is running passive since 30c is a bit cool for that, or you must have several 3000rpm fans running at full speed in your case.

No i have a fan regulator and even when i turn off all case fans completely the gpu is sitting at 31c in passive, the fans are not spinning under 50c on my gpu.

[Long Ago [Linux]]

I have read posts elsewhere where sometimes people get all excited if their graphics card goes over 50C, but that is not really even warm for a graphics chip. The fan on my GTX 550 Ti did not even begin to speed up from its minimum until temperature got over 63C.

The fans on my GTX 1060 silently run a minimum of 28%, so it is currently 38C at idle with 67F (< 20C) room temperature. But many Nvidia cards since GTX 970/980 do not run their fans at all until the GPU gets warm, and in the 50's is not warm enough to need any cooling.

My old Dell XPS 8100 hot rodded with i7 870 does not even have any case fan, other than exhaust fan built into its stock PSU if that gets warm.

[HoboHandsome]

When running youtube you are not idle.

What is the temprature of the room?

[[☥] - CJ -]

Originally posted by AceTheSpaceCase:

When running youtube you are not idle.

What is the temprature of the room?

This
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Also, if you have power settings set to Performance in the NVIDIA CP this will also raise the temps along the results you are getting.

Setting it to Optimal or Adaptive should set the temps back to normal.
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But yes, all in all those results are normal.
For example, while watching Netflix using Optimal my temp is 32C.

Either way, results will vary but as said, its basically normal.

[FluffyPinkDecoyBunny]

My 980Ti runs around 30C when I'm idle at desktop - the fans don't spin.
I have the fan profile setup under MSI Afterburner to start them at 30% when the temp his 40 (or maybe 50C) and then I step things up from there.

Now, there are times where my 980Ti, when I had no programs up on the monitor (not running game, watching a movie, surfing the web or anything like that) and just sitting idle at the desktop that the GPU was running hot and the fans were running.

I found out, at the time, there were two programs running the background that were forcing my GPU to constantly run 3D clock speeds. One of them (which doesn't do it anymore) was GoG Galaxy. The other (which I don't use anymore because the software just outright blows) was Razer Synapse software. Once I turned off/stopped those programs from running, my GPU went back to idle 2D clock speeds and temps went down from in the 50C to the 30C.

[PATENT]

Originally posted by FluffyPinkDecoyBunny:

My 980Ti runs around 30C when I'm idle at desktop - the fans don't spin.
I have the fan profile setup under MSI Afterburner to start them at 30% when the temp his 40 (or maybe 50C) and then I step things up from there.

Now, there are times where my 980Ti, when I had no programs up on the monitor (not running game, watching a movie, surfing the web or anything like that) and just sitting idle at the desktop that the GPU was running hot and the fans were running.

I found out, at the time, there were two programs running the background that were forcing my GPU to constantly run 3D clock speeds. One of them (which doesn't do it anymore) was GoG Galaxy. The other (which I don't use anymore because the software just outright blows) was Razer Synapse software. Once I turned off/stopped those programs from running, my GPU went back to idle 2D clock speeds and temps went down from in the 50C to the 30C.

well my gtx 1060 has 58 degrees when idling (fans don't spin). After doing everything people above said (setting adaptive power consumption and setting my gpu fans to run at 30% speed) I managed to get 35 degrees when idling. But fans have to spin otherwise I have almost 60 degrees.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Below 60*C is cold for a GPU anyways.

If you feel you dislike this, then you'll have to edit the GPU Fan-Curve, which you can do for basically any AMD/NVIDIA GPU using something like MSI Afterburner.

[upcoast]

The new GPUs don't even spin the fans idling or low usage.

My GTX 1070 hits 60-62c max full load %33 fan, GTX 1060 full load 60c 30% fan and the Rx 580 full load 54c fan off and 58c fan on.

Around 60c is nothing to care about..