EVGA GTX 1060 6GB Single fan high temperatures

[AtomInside]

Hi, since i have these card im having 80-82ºC when i play in ultra games like Dying Light, GTA, or battlefield 1, the card have one fan and i have five fans in my case, this is normal?

Pues eso, que tengo 80-82º en la grafica cuando juego en ultra a juegos demandantes teniendo cinco ventiladores en la caja, ¿es normal que me ocurra eso?

[SOCOM]

No not normal, try enabling vsync, that should help.

[maikelspid]

como vas con las temperaturas?

[AtomInside]

Ultra en juegos bastante demandantes se va a más de 80º, si bajo los graficos o con Vsync bajan un poco, pero lo dicho.

In ultra the GPU still reach 80º or more, only if i use less graphic level or i enable the vsync the temperature go down but in general so hot.

[maikelspid]

la mia llegaba maximo a 71º al comienzo , pero luego de poner los 2 ventiladores de adelante que meten aire y 2 arriba que sacan el aire del case me mejoro la temperatura maximo llegue a 64º, pero aparte puedes aumentar la velocidad del ventilador de la gpu, asi te ayuda un poco a bajar,por que por encima de 75º creo que ya afecta un poco la vida util de la gpu, ten cuidado, juego bf1,battlefront II,daying light,dirty bomb,resident evil 7 y overwatch, trata de ver en que direccion estan tus ventiladores del case , deperrente estan mal puestos, bueno suerte

[AtomInside]

Están bien puestos, dos que meten en el frontal y dos que sacan en la parte de arriba y detrás, bien colocados. La gráfica sólo tiene un ventilador pero si lo configuro con el MSI Afterburner hace un ruido brutal.

[Metical]

I had a friend who had the exact same problem with his 1060 6 gb single fan. Problem is graphics card is designed to turn off the fan for as long as possible and then kick in when it reaches a certain temperature the problem then is that because its a single fan the fan struggles to cool down the card. 10 series cards will perform better the cooler you keep them. They will go to maximum boost once they are cool enough. We fixed the problem by using msi afterburner ( or precision X )and making sure the fan never turned off and adding a semi aggressive fan curve, this enable the 1060 to stay cool the whole time and boost into the 1800s almost 1900 and stay there consistently. It was a bit nosier but it didn't bother my friend because like most gamers he uses headphones. Adjust your fan curve and you should be fine

[zarr0xreborn]

It is normal and you can install EVGA precions XOC if it is EVGA make of card. it will allow to select maximum Hz refresh, FPS and temperature or percentage target rate.

[AtomInside]

I read about that and it's supposed to be a manufacturing defect and can be fixed changing the fan and add two more. I try ussing Afterburner and XOC but the card sound like a airplane (i wear headphones) :O and its so anoying and the temperature only go down for 5º... so i dont know what to do.

[hankberube]

how old is this card. i had the 750ti it ended up being over 4 years old i also had over heating on it. also are you over clocking that can also do it if you are not doing it right

[Metical]

Has nothing to do with how old the card is , its the way nvidia and the partners have designed the cards , I just built another system and the owner had the same issuse. You Just set up a custum fan curve in an overclock software and keep the fan on constantly ( on Single fan cards ) and the problem goes away.

[DomE179]

Having 80-82ºC temps will mean your card is right on the edge of throttling (turning down the clock speed to cool the cores) I "experimented" the other day after watching a YT video whereas guy was using Haven benchmark with Precision OCX tweaking software for EVGA cards, I did not understand the video and I followed the video wrong, I hit 98ºC and realised the fan was not spinning. I saw the cores throttle. Your card should be OK

You either have a driver problem, DUST on the fan of or in the GTX1060 a can of compressed air is always worth having around for dusting your PC so if you do not have one invest aim into the fan down the chipset or in the hole next to the DVI-D plug see if dust appears, if not its worth having if you have a PC for when you need to dust!

GTA and Battlefield 1 should be ok in Ultra IMO I am guessing its GTA Online? The temps seem a bit high to me, Having 5 fans in your case, wow where are they placed, which way do they suck/blow and what case do you have? It could be the GPU is in a loop 'smoking' the same air it just extinguished. Or you could have a fan curve change somehow I can game nicely and quiet using speakers without distraction

Perhaps a few changes here and there could fix a few things, knowing your chip, motherboard and cooler (CPU) you have as you mention 1060 is on its standard single fan which is good enough for me to run between 50-75ºC depending on game, ultra/high difference actually being different, that or its RMA time try everything first because any downtime makes me go crazy don't know about you...

I just had to wait 10 days for a replacement Xbox One PSU OG so no unit needing sending but it was a PIA thankful to M$ that Forza MS7/FH3 are Anywhere titles so play on PC (half the resources than AAA Steam games even on Ultra, given that FM7 is ground up PC and H3 is now retextured 4K for X1X) but that's another story. Sorry for WOT...

TL;DR Dust System, Change Fan Curve, Lower Settings, Check CPU to GPU ratio, check all again, RMA

Dom

[DomE179]

Originally posted by RPPK hankberube:

how old is this card. i had the 750ti it ended up being over 4 years old i also had over heating on it. also are you over clocking that can also do it if you are not doing it right

(Sic)

I had the 750Ti before the GTX 1060, the 750 Ti SC I had just needed dusting from time to time, it was factory OC so I left it at that, faster than founders as they would say, I liked the low power (no PCiE power lead needed) but Ultra was a slow-go/no-go High was fine at 1080p I no need no anti-aliasing

Dom

p.s. still, have the 720Ti ready for a cheap Ryzen build for my 11yo Son

[AtomInside]

Thanks for the answer, yes, i clean the PC and all the fans, i change the thermal paste of the GPU and clean it so good, (the fan of the GPU works good) but the problem still here, all games AAA have the same problem with the temperature, or i put the graphics in low or 60 fps lock, but my monitor is 144hz.

The case fans are good placed, the air flow is so good, i dont know what to do now i try all.

Greetings from Spain!

[DomE179]

I don't know much about 144hz monitor other than it shows 144 images a second as opposed to 60 or 75(like mine) this sounds like a lot to drive over double the rate. I read somewhere that technically as the iPhone 6/7/8 (and X versions are more each more powerful than PLUS versions because they all have the same chip driving the screen but, the Plus has a much bigger resolution and PPI and is harder to keep as snappy as the non-plus smaller screen version.so I got the iPhone SE, next phone I think is the ASUS ROC phone as on looks alone and steam can now use the steam controller on Android phones, doc the phone to TV/Monitor, use controller play Steam Library on phone or on a small screen at night or handheld it's exciting. I think I need the new Nvidia Shield but then the shield controller is awesome but Steam Controller support helps id controller is not included, longer to same and play at the same time

I digress it's maybe the 144hz monitor, might need a super tuned fan curve and consider watercooling the GPU, might make sense to water cool both GPU and CPU if a custom loop is used, never tried water tempted by an AIO for CPU but not in this case.

[Red Dog]

I have this card. You could tweek the fan curve if you want. But when I game I just turn the fan speed up to 65%. It's not too loud and it keeps the card in the high 60's to low 70's depending on the room temp. My overclock holds at 2025 MHz and my memory is OC'd by 500 MHz in Precision XOC. Actual clock GPU offset is just +75 MHz with Power and Temp target turned all the way up. Love the card!