GPU temps reach hot temps (87 degrees C)

[Iggy Wolf]

So I just recently bought a new GPU (Gigabyte RTX 2060 Super OC). My previous one was an ASUS STRIX GTX 970 OC. I have a Corsair 750M in the case and two case fans for cooling (one is 120 mm). I was just playing Rise of the Tomb Raider and despite the fact that with my old card, the computer case didn't get hot or heat up, for some reason, after installing this card, after a couple of hours the computer case started to get hot and I noticed it was particularly hot where the GPU is.

The CPU temps were only showing 55-60 C. The GPU monitor showed it got as high as 87. Why would the new card get hotter than the old one despite me not changing anything else about the system? The card only requires 550 W so my 750 W PSU is more than enough, and the air flow is usually good. The room itself is hot though due to outside temperatures being hot lately but I still don't see why that would heat up the card. Also, I didn't install the Aorus Engine that comes with the card because I didn't care for controlling fan speed or overclocking. Is the program necessary for the GPU fans to properly adjust to high temps?

[Autumn_]

It's probably in some 'stock' 'optimised sound' profile, if you get MSI afterburner, or the software you mentioned, and just see if there is a different profile in it, or bump the fan speeds up, you shouldn't have the heat issue.

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

Цитата допису Autumn:

It's probably in some 'stock' 'optimised sound' profile, if you get MSI afterburner, or the software you mentioned, and just see if there is a different profile in it, or bump the fan speeds up, you shouldn't have the heat issue.

I switched over to MSI Afterburner with my ASUS Strix GHTX970 about a year ago. Never going back. I find that in my PC, the fan noise becomes louder at 67% and higher when adjusting GPU Tweak. However I have set up profiles for it so I can keep the darn thing cool.

@OP:
I am currently heading to bed right now, but I will be adding you right now to send you the information I have on how far you can OC your video card while using MSI Afterburner Tip number one is not to mess with the memory core clock above a certain level. I have a 750watt PSU. The problem with ASUS GPUtweak is that the automatic fan settings are constantly borked.

I can stably OC my video card to 1,403 MHz...and keep my GPU at reasonable temperatures.

[Autumn_]

Цитата допису Teh Spoopy Kitteh:

Цитата допису Autumn:

It's probably in some 'stock' 'optimised sound' profile, if you get MSI afterburner, or the software you mentioned, and just see if there is a different profile in it, or bump the fan speeds up, you shouldn't have the heat issue.

I switched over to MSI Afterburner with my ASUS Strix GHTX970 about a year ago. Never going back. I find that in my PC, the fan noise becomes louder at 67% and higher when adjusting GPU Tweak. However I have set up profiles for it so I can keep the darn thing cool.

@OP:
I am currently heading to bed right now, but I will be adding you right now to send you the information I have on how far you can OC your video card while using MSI Afterburner Tip number one is not to mess with the memory core clock above a certain level. I have a 750watt PSU. The problem with ASUS GPUtweak is that the automatic fan settings are constantly borked.

I can stably OC my video card to 1,403 MHz...and keep my GPU at reasonable temperatures.

He said he DOESN'T want to overclock....

[Iggy Wolf]

Цитата допису Autumn:

Цитата допису Teh Spoopy Kitteh:

I switched over to MSI Afterburner with my ASUS Strix GHTX970 about a year ago. Never going back. I find that in my PC, the fan noise becomes louder at 67% and higher when adjusting GPU Tweak. However I have set up profiles for it so I can keep the darn thing cool.

@OP:
I am currently heading to bed right now, but I will be adding you right now to send you the information I have on how far you can OC your video card while using MSI Afterburner Tip number one is not to mess with the memory core clock above a certain level. I have a 750watt PSU. The problem with ASUS GPUtweak is that the automatic fan settings are constantly borked.

I can stably OC my video card to 1,403 MHz...and keep my GPU at reasonable temperatures.

He said he DOESN'T want to overclock....

Actually, the card is factory overclocked, but my issue is that I think the default profile set for the GPU fan is too low when under load. Simply put, I don't want it reaching 80 C or above because it gets too hot, but I"m not too familiar with MSI Afterburner, so I"m not sure what settings I'm supposed to adjust so the fan speed will increase under load if temps get too high.

[Autumn_]

Цитата допису Iggy Wolf:

Цитата допису Autumn:

He said he DOESN'T want to overclock....

Actually, the card is factory overclocked, but my issue is that I think the default profile set for the GPU fan is too low when under load. Simply put, I don't want it reaching 80 C or above because it gets too hot, but I"m not too familiar with MSI Afterburner, so I"m not sure what settings I'm supposed to adjust so the fan speed will increase under load if temps get too high.

Doesn't matter if it's ''factory overclocked'', they'll all boost to about the same speed, it just depends on the cooling.

In MSI Afterburner, you should see a cog, click that, and a settings box should pop up, if you click the next tab labled ''FAN'' you should see fanspeeds.
You can select in the drop down box 'Custom', and then move the dots around to your desired fanspeed at x temp.
But, if I'm not mistaken, you have to leave MSI Afterburner running 24/7, otherwise it won't adjust the fan speeds. But MSI AB has loads of useful features. (Monitoring usage, temps, etc. Even recording frametimes.)

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

Цитата допису Autumn:

Цитата допису Teh Spoopy Kitteh:

I switched over to MSI Afterburner with my ASUS Strix GHTX970 about a year ago. Never going back. I find that in my PC, the fan noise becomes louder at 67% and higher when adjusting GPU Tweak. However I have set up profiles for it so I can keep the darn thing cool.

@OP:
I am currently heading to bed right now, but I will be adding you right now to send you the information I have on how far you can OC your video card while using MSI Afterburner Tip number one is not to mess with the memory core clock above a certain level. I have a 750watt PSU. The problem with ASUS GPUtweak is that the automatic fan settings are constantly borked.

I can stably OC my video card to 1,403 MHz...and keep my GPU at reasonable temperatures.

He said he DOESN'T want to overclock....

Well, it may be his only chance to get a slightly better performance out of it. I’ve had time to fiddle around with my STRIX GTX970 for about 3 years now. Regardless it wouldn’t hurt.

As for fan controls, it will definitely be necessary to use them. MSI Afterburner is probably the OP’s best choice at the moment. The heat on the GPU peaks at 87°C under heavy load, then it’s safe. Max temp for the GPU is 98°C

[Iggy Wolf]

Цитата допису Autumn:

Цитата допису Iggy Wolf:

Actually, the card is factory overclocked, but my issue is that I think the default profile set for the GPU fan is too low when under load. Simply put, I don't want it reaching 80 C or above because it gets too hot, but I"m not too familiar with MSI Afterburner, so I"m not sure what settings I'm supposed to adjust so the fan speed will increase under load if temps get too high.

Doesn't matter if it's ''factory overclocked'', they'll all boost to about the same speed, it just depends on the cooling.

In MSI Afterburner, you should see a cog, click that, and a settings box should pop up, if you click the next tab labled ''FAN'' you should see fanspeeds.
You can select in the drop down box 'Custom', and then move the dots around to your desired fanspeed at x temp.
But, if I'm not mistaken, you have to leave MSI Afterburner running 24/7, otherwise it won't adjust the fan speeds. But MSI AB has loads of useful features. (Monitoring usage, temps, etc. Even recording frametimes.)

Thanks. I did that. Strange that my last card didn't have that problem. Then again, it was working in conjunction with ASUS GPU II Tweak, which I think already had a fan profile that would increase speed at higher temps. As it stands, my PSU tends to lower the card's fan speed whenever I alt-tab out of the game. Currently, the fan curve had it set to run at 80% once it reaches 80 C. I now set it to 90%.

[Autumn_]

Цитата допису Teh Spoopy Kitteh:

Цитата допису Autumn:

He said he DOESN'T want to overclock....

Well, it may be his only chance to get a slightly better performance out of it. I’ve had time to fiddle around with my STRIX GTX970 for about 3 years now. Regardless it wouldn’t hurt.

As for fan controls, it will definitely be necessary to use them. MSI Afterburner is probably the OP’s best choice at the moment. The heat on the GPU peaks at 87°C under heavy load, then it’s safe. Max temp for the GPU is 98°C

I get that some people want to overclock and get maximum performance; I'm that kinda guy as well.
But OP specifically states that he doesn't want to do it (overclocking), you shouldn't force opinions or ideals onto people, and just 'talk it out' if they're willing.
The only thing OP wanted was a cooler GPU, which we'll sort first.

Цитата допису Iggy Wolf:

Цитата допису Autumn:

Doesn't matter if it's ''factory overclocked'', they'll all boost to about the same speed, it just depends on the cooling.

In MSI Afterburner, you should see a cog, click that, and a settings box should pop up, if you click the next tab labled ''FAN'' you should see fanspeeds.
You can select in the drop down box 'Custom', and then move the dots around to your desired fanspeed at x temp.
But, if I'm not mistaken, you have to leave MSI Afterburner running 24/7, otherwise it won't adjust the fan speeds. But MSI AB has loads of useful features. (Monitoring usage, temps, etc. Even recording frametimes.)

Thanks. I did that. Strange that my last card didn't have that problem. Then again, it was working in conjunction with ASUS GPU II Tweak, which I think already had a fan profile that would increase speed at higher temps. As it stands, my PSU tends to lower the card's fan speed whenever I alt-tab out of the game. Currently, the fan curve had it set to run at 80% once it reaches 80 C. I now set it to 90%.

It all depends on the stock fan profile of the GPU, some have quite aggressive, some have 'quiet.'

Your PSU has nothing to do with the fan speed.
When you Alt-tab, you're lowering the usage (Because the GPU no longer needs to render frames), therefore your fans ramp down.

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

Цитата допису Autumn:

Цитата допису Teh Spoopy Kitteh:

Well, it may be his only chance to get a slightly better performance out of it. I’ve had time to fiddle around with my STRIX GTX970 for about 3 years now. Regardless it wouldn’t hurt.

As for fan controls, it will definitely be necessary to use them. MSI Afterburner is probably the OP’s best choice at the moment. The heat on the GPU peaks at 87°C under heavy load, then it’s safe. Max temp for the GPU is 98°C

I get that some people want to overclock and get maximum performance; I'm that kinda guy as well.
But OP specifically states that he doesn't want to do it (overclocking), you shouldn't force opinions or ideals onto people, and just 'talk it out' if they're willing.
The only thing OP wanted was a cooler GPU, which we'll sort first.

Цитата допису Iggy Wolf:

Thanks. I did that. Strange that my last card didn't have that problem. Then again, it was working in conjunction with ASUS GPU II Tweak, which I think already had a fan profile that would increase speed at higher temps. As it stands, my PSU tends to lower the card's fan speed whenever I alt-tab out of the game. Currently, the fan curve had it set to run at 80% once it reaches 80 C. I now set it to 90%.

It all depends on the stock fan profile of the GPU, some have quite aggressive, some have 'quiet.'

Your PSU has nothing to do with the fan speed.
When you Alt-tab, you're lowering the usage (Because the GPU no longer needs to render frames), therefore your fans ramp down.

I agree, fans first TBH. I got tired of hearing mine so I manually set them to about 65% on the default profile that I am using. I also have 1 panel fan (intake) and 2 fans on the top of the case with my Front and Exhaust fans.

[Iggy Wolf]

So I decided to test it again. It definitely doesn't seem right that the GPU IMMEDIATELY starts hitting 80 C and above after only 5 minutes in the game. Either the current fan profile has it start too late or the drivers are bad (which is hard to deal with, since they're the newest drivers that came with the card). I don't know if it's maybe the PSU not delivering enough power to the card or that the card gets hot because the CPU is bottlenecked. There's absolutely NO reason it should be hitting the temps that high, especially after only 5 minutes.

[Autumn_]

Цитата допису Iggy Wolf:

So I decided to test it again. It definitely doesn't seem right that the GPU IMMEDIATELY starts hitting 80 C and above after only 5 minutes in the game. Either the current fan profile has it start too late or the drivers are bad (which is hard to deal with, since they're the newest drivers that came with the card). I don't know if it's maybe the PSU not delivering enough power to the card or that the card gets hot because the CPU is bottlenecked. There's absolutely NO reason it should be hitting the temps that high, especially after only 5 minutes.

An easy way to find out would be to set the fan speeds high, and see what the temp is like.

PSU not deleivering enough power wouldn't make it heat up (Because power =heat)
And a CPU bottleneck would REDUCE temps, because your card is being limited to 'how fast it can go', therefore rendering less, reducing power requires, meaning less heat.

[Iggy Wolf]

Цитата допису Autumn:

Цитата допису Iggy Wolf:

So I decided to test it again. It definitely doesn't seem right that the GPU IMMEDIATELY starts hitting 80 C and above after only 5 minutes in the game. Either the current fan profile has it start too late or the drivers are bad (which is hard to deal with, since they're the newest drivers that came with the card). I don't know if it's maybe the PSU not delivering enough power to the card or that the card gets hot because the CPU is bottlenecked. There's absolutely NO reason it should be hitting the temps that high, especially after only 5 minutes.

An easy way to find out would be to set the fan speeds high, and see what the temp is like.

PSU not deleivering enough power wouldn't make it heat up (Because power =heat)
And a CPU bottleneck would REDUCE temps, because your card is being limited to 'how fast it can go', therefore rendering less, reducing power requires, meaning less heat.

Yeah, I set it to immediately go to 70-80% fan usage once it hits 60-70 C. It just seems weird that a new card would have the fans take so long to spin up. You'd think I either got a dub or the fans aren't properly cooling the card like they're supposed to.

Normally it'd take me a 12 hour gaming session to reach those temps, and that's usually on heavy graphics demanding games like Gears of War 4. Rise of the Tomb Raider is a 2016 game, and my PC was cool playing it with the 970. Installed the RTX 2060 Super and the card heats up too quick.

[Autumn_]

Цитата допису Iggy Wolf:

Цитата допису Autumn:

An easy way to find out would be to set the fan speeds high, and see what the temp is like.

PSU not deleivering enough power wouldn't make it heat up (Because power =heat)
And a CPU bottleneck would REDUCE temps, because your card is being limited to 'how fast it can go', therefore rendering less, reducing power requires, meaning less heat.

Yeah, I set it to immediately go to 70-80% fan usage once it hits 60-70 C. It just seems weird that a new card would have the fans take so long to spin up. You'd think I either got a dub or the fans aren't properly cooling the card like they're supposed to.

Normally it'd take me a 12 hour gaming session to reach those temps, and that's usually on heavy graphics demanding games like Gears of War 4. Rise of the Tomb Raider is a 2016 game, and my PC was cool playing it with the 970. Installed the RTX 2060 Super and the card heats up too quick.

What software are you using to measure temps?
What model of GPU is it?

And it's possible the cooler isn't making proper contact with the GPU die.
It could also be that the cooler is bad (I don't think I've seen a Gigabyte cooler from the 20 series that's been bad though.)

[Iggy Wolf]

Цитата допису Autumn:

Цитата допису Iggy Wolf:

Yeah, I set it to immediately go to 70-80% fan usage once it hits 60-70 C. It just seems weird that a new card would have the fans take so long to spin up. You'd think I either got a dub or the fans aren't properly cooling the card like they're supposed to.

Normally it'd take me a 12 hour gaming session to reach those temps, and that's usually on heavy graphics demanding games like Gears of War 4. Rise of the Tomb Raider is a 2016 game, and my PC was cool playing it with the 970. Installed the RTX 2060 Super and the card heats up too quick.

What software are you using to measure temps?
What model of GPU is it?

And it's possible the cooler isn't making proper contact with the GPU die.
It could also be that the cooler is bad (I don't think I've seen a Gigabyte cooler from the 20 series that's been bad though.)

The GPU is the new RTX 2060 Super model. It's still Gigabyte, and although I've read articles with people saying their regular 2060s were also getting high temps, it seems odd the new batch would have similar problems. If it matters, my room's ambient temperature is also pretty hot right now due to 95% humidity outside. I've read high temps can also be due to a bad thermal paste job but I didn't see any paste sticking out. Gigabyte's cards are usually pretty cool. My 970 only usually topped out at 76 C. Right now, my card is running 41 C idle.

[Autumn_]

Цитата допису Iggy Wolf:

Цитата допису Autumn:

What software are you using to measure temps?
What model of GPU is it?

And it's possible the cooler isn't making proper contact with the GPU die.
It could also be that the cooler is bad (I don't think I've seen a Gigabyte cooler from the 20 series that's been bad though.)

The GPU is the new RTX 2060 Super model. It's still Gigabyte, and although I've read articles with people saying their regular 2060s were also getting high temps, it seems odd the new batch would have similar problems. If it matters, my room's ambient temperature is also pretty hot right now due to 95% humidity outside. I've read high temps can also be due to a bad thermal paste job but I didn't see any paste sticking out. Gigabyte's cards are usually pretty cool. My 970 only usually topped out at 76 C. Right now, my card is running 41 C idle.

The high ambient would cause it; test again tomorrow if it's cooler, that should give more info.

It's not that the paste is 'sticking out', it can be that there isn't enough contact between the cooler, and the GPU.

Idle temps don't matter, because fans don't spin when the PC is idle.