Is 80*C too high temperature for a GTX 1060 3Gb?

[Ocelote.12]

It gets that hot in some games under heavy load (95%-100%). What should I do?

The model is "ASUS DUAL GeForce GTX 1060" (2 fans).

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GPU definitely has boost clock. Companies use boost clock in their marketing.

"such and such mhz with a boost clock of...." This is literally in every graphic card. Even my gt 710 has a boost clock.

80c is getting close to throttling so I would do something to cool it off. It's usually not the GPU but the computers case cooling and fan setup.

For example, if you have poor case cooling then your GPU fans don't really benefit because air isn't ventilated properly. Proper ventilation ensures your GPU fans have a continuous supply of ambient air that serves as better cooling all around.

Better cooling will keep your boost clock high for performance purposes.

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Boost clocks are core clocks. That isn't a "different thing". And no, the Base clock isn't going to reduce unless it is throttling or idle and for the GP104 and GP106 that thermal limit is 83°C.

Have fun in your lala-makebelieve land where you think you are correct.

Or we can watch youtube videos where Jayz two centz aimed a hot air gun at a nvidia card and showed us what it did. It definitely did reduce it below base clock. Also I've most likely overclocked more Nvidia cards than you've ever owned. I have quite a lot of experience with them including volt mods + LN2, dry ice mods, shunt modding, cross-flashing bios's, etc.

I'm not an expert but I know a fair bit about nvidia and how they operate.

cool story hanz

also, highly doubt it. I've been building computers since the Pentium 90 and have had at least one of every generation GPU since the OG VooDoo and have OC'd GPUs since Riva TNT with the Detonator drivers, nvtweak, and modding the registry.

Your fantasy land seems nice though

[AbedsBrother]

80C is fine for hotspot, not recommended for core. 80C core means hotspot is ~10-20C higher, depending on how good the paste job is. Recommend a re-paste.

[plat]

Unfortunately, this is kind of a weak gpu and games nowadays are more demanding but if you have a few extra dollars/euro/pounds, aside from other suggestions, consider getting another case fan and chaining it to one you already have? Can reduce the interior by a few degrees.

I did this and have no regrets at all b/c the interior air flow of my case is really lousy.

[Ocelote.12]

I have an Intel Core i5-3570K CPU. It's working at 60-70*C in demanding games.

At least both fans on the graphics card are working (they're spinning when gaming).

I can't install more fans in my case -- it has only place for one fan in the front (bottom part of the front) and one in the rear.

I never ever changed the thermal paste on all of my previous graphics cards -- I'm a bit afraid of doing that.

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I have an Intel Core i5-3570K CPU. It's working at 60-70*C in demanding games.

At least both fans on the graphics card are working (they're spinning when gaming).

I can't install more fans in my case -- it has only place for one fan in the front (bottom part of the front) and one in the rear.

I never ever changed the thermal paste on all of my previous graphics cards -- I'm a bit afraid of doing that.

Yeah, that is somewhat on the hotter side for the i5-3570K so most likely adding fans and making sure they are configured/oriented correctly to have good airflow through the case should help overall.

Tcase for the i5 3570K is 67.4°C.

Do you know the specific model for your PC case?

Do you currently only have 1 case fan installed in the lower front as intake? or do you currently only have 1 case fan installed in the rear as exhaust?

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it depends alot on other factors

full load, poor case ventilation, silent fan curve, hot room ambient

any of all of those can lead to much higher than normal running temp for a gpu that 'should ever run that hot unless something is wrong somewhere

[clerks_thedoctor]

Yeah, I just bought a used EVGA GTX1060 SSC Two Fan. Another thing to look at is do you have your fan curve set properly in Tweak(?) Yes, it will get noisy, but it should not get over 65C

Likely, reapplying new quality paste will improve cooling performance, last card I did that the stuff was dried dust and fell out in chunks. New paste dropped the temps easily 15C. Use a good non conductive grease and clean the surfaces until they are chemically clean. If you pick the right paste, you will probably never have to go back in there again.

After upgrading from a Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO to a Noctua NH-D15, the MasterGel was incredibly still fresh after 5 years and I could have reused it.

I'm a big fan of Coolermaster MasterGel Maker the ll W/mk or 14 W/mk
and
Gelid GC-Extreme

There's always Thermal Grizzly and a dozen others to choose from.

And remember, that if there are any thermal interface pads on memory or VRM's, try not to damage them.

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Yeah, I just bought a used EVGA GTX1060 SSC Two Fan. Another thing to look at is do you have your fan curve set properly in Tweak(?) Yes, it will get noisy, but it should not get over 65C

Likely, reapplying new quality paste will improve cooling performance,

Oh wow, completely forgot about that ASUS software. Yeah, OP can try that "Tweak" thing but third party software (except for my beloved RivaTuner SS) is kind of more third choice. Still, if it helps those temperatures at all.... I tried it just for experimentation one time and those fans get very noisy at only 33%. Then again, my computer is about two feet away. That might be a consideration also, moving your PC to a more congenial area (ventilation, noise reduction, etc). Or train a box fan near the intake panel, that can help too--but at an angle so as not to interfere with the internal intake fan/s.

[Ocelote.12]

It now reaches 82*C max and not a degree higher, probably it throttles, but I see no stutter in the games I play.

I decided to buy a GTX 4060 8Gb in March, is it ok? This model:
https://www.msi.com/Graphics-Card/GeForce-RTX-4060-VENTUS-2X-BLACK-8G-OC

(It has only 2 fans. 3 fans are better at cooling, but my card maximum length in my case is 320mm, and 3 fans version are longer than that. And thie Ventus 2X (meaning 2 fans) model is pretty short at 199mm.)

[plat]

May I ask: what game/s specifically? Various games have different demands.

The crux of the thing is to cool it down. What is the hot spot temperature also? So, until this is better addressed,, maybe consider playing with the side panel off if it's convenient. Or adjust the fan curve of the gpu, though the fans may be getting annoyingly louder. You might have to play with it a bit. Do you use Afterburner already? Can one use that ASUS Tweak software to the 1060 anyone know?

If the front panel of your case can be removed to clean that and intake fans, that would be good. I cleaned out the dusty foam on my front panel plus the fans yesterday and that reduced overall temps (incl. gpu) by 2-3 deg C alone.

I would start saving to get a better gpu maybe, in a little while.

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It now reaches 82*C max and not a degree higher, probably it throttles, but I see no stutter in the games I play.

I decided to buy a GTX 4060 8Gb in March, is it ok? This model:
https://www.msi.com/Graphics-Card/GeForce-RTX-4060-VENTUS-2X-BLACK-8G-OC

(It has only 2 fans. 3 fans are better at cooling, but my card maximum length in my case is 320mm, and 3 fans version are longer than that. And thie Ventus 2X (meaning 2 fans) model is pretty short at 199mm.)

No it's not okay. It's only 8GB of VRAM on it. You should look around and try to find something with at least 12GB VRAM instead. Buying a video card with only 8GB in 2024 would be a big mistake.

Look in to getting a Radeon RX 7600 XT. It's about the same price as a RTX 4060 but double the VRAM (8GB -> 16GB), and roughly +15% faster in gaming performance.

Which country are you in? If you are in the USA I could point you at some links to decent cards. Like this one. You said your system doesn't support long video cards so here's a 7600 XT that's shorter, which should be perfect for you: https://www.newegg.com/asus-radeon-rx-7600-xt-dual-rx7600xt-o16g/p/N82E16814126700?Item=N82E16814126700

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It now reaches 82*C max and not a degree higher, probably it throttles, but I see no stutter in the games I play.

I decided to buy a GTX 4060 8Gb in March, is it ok? This model:
https://www.msi.com/Graphics-Card/GeForce-RTX-4060-VENTUS-2X-BLACK-8G-OC

(It has only 2 fans. 3 fans are better at cooling, but my card maximum length in my case is 320mm, and 3 fans version are longer than that. And thie Ventus 2X (meaning 2 fans) model is pretty short at 199mm.)

No it's not okay. It's only 8GB of VRAM on it. You should look around and try to find something with at least 12GB VRAM instead. Buying a video card with only 8GB in 2024 would be a big mistake.

Look in to getting a Radeon RX 7600 XT. It's about the same price as a RTX 4060 but double the VRAM (8GB -> 16GB), and roughly +15% faster in gaming performance.

Which country are you in? If you are in the USA I could point you at some links to decent cards. Like this one. You said your system doesn't support long video cards so here's a 7600 XT that's shorter, which should be perfect for you: https://www.newegg.com/asus-radeon-rx-7600-xt-dual-rx7600xt-o16g/p/N82E16814126700?Item=N82E16814126700

why does everyone fear monger 8gb as not enough. any game that uses that amount on low or med shouldnt, and instead should be labelled unoptimised trash.

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why does everyone fear monger 8gb as not enough. any game that uses that amount on low or med shouldnt, and instead should be labelled unoptimised trash.

Everyone fearmongers 8GB because it's true. I have an 8GB card right now (RTX 3070 Ti) and it was the biggest mistake of my life buying that a couple years ago. There's quite a few games that I try to play today that completely max out my card's VRAM at 8GB/8GB used even at 1080p and cause hitching / stalling / twitching in the gameplay and it's not smooth. People that try to play at 1440p have an even worse experience. Anyone trying to play at 4K must have a minimum of a 16GB video card in 2024.

Video games are changing. Today's games have bigger textures that cause higher VRAM usage even on low/medium settings.

Personally I think 8GB cards shouldn't even be sold today. They're almost completely useless for most of today's games.

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why does everyone fear monger 8gb as not enough. any game that uses that amount on low or med shouldnt, and instead should be labelled unoptimised trash.

Everyone fearmongers 8GB because it's true. I have an 8GB card right now (RTX 3070 Ti) and it was the biggest mistake of my life buying that a couple years ago. There's quite a few games that I try to play today that completely max out my card's VRAM at 8GB/8GB used even at 1080p and cause hitching / stalling / twitching in the gameplay and it's not smooth. People that try to play at 1440p have an even worse experience. Anyone trying to play at 4K must have a minimum of a 16GB video card in 2024.

Video games are changing. Today's games have bigger textures that cause higher VRAM usage even on low/medium settings.

Personally I think 8GB cards shouldn't even be sold today. They're almost completely useless for most of today's games.

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instead should be labelled unoptimised trash.