I'm having trouble with my graphics card overheating. I already broke one of them and had to have it sent back, and EVGA sent me a refurbished one back.
Now the graphics card EVGA sent me back is also having overheating issues. I'm starting to believe that it may be the power supply causing the issue, or I'm really unlucky.
All of my other hardware is pretty cool even during load, it's just the GPU that has a problem.
The graphics card: 560 ti
[url]http://www.evga.com/Products/Specs/GPU.aspx?pn=CB7BBD25-0B27-4087-A495-7F275AD0D716[/url]
The power supply: 650 watt corsair power supply
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020[/url]
Under load the gpu fan spins at max speed and still hits about 90 C before finally the drivers crash and I have to restart my computer.
It even idles fairly hot, at 64 C. I really can't figure out what is wrong, and I would really appreciate a solution!
Is your gpu getting enough fresh air? Can you take a picture of your computer with the side panel off?
[QUOTE=KangarooSteak;47732374]Is your gpu getting enough fresh air? Can you take a picture of your computer with the side panel off?[/QUOTE]
This is my most likely guess, an air flow flaw. Since both cards overheated, it's a bit unlikely to just be thermal compound. Replacing it with a good compound (I like Arctic Silver 5) will help for sure, but it seems like there is a bigger issue at play.
Like Kangaroo says, take pictures. Side panel off, showing fan locations, etc.
It's also could just be entirely drivers. We've had a few posts lately here about people's fermi cards overheating to hell. Search your model with the current driver version you have installed and see if anything comes up.
This is my case
[IMG]http://legitreviews.com/images/reviews/2230/corsair_carbide_air_540_39.jpg[/IMG]
I doubt airflow is a problem with a case like that. I've replaced the thermal compound on it already, but i'm contemplating doing it a second time.... There is no dust in the graphics card because when I replaced the thermal compound I made sure of that.
I believe I've narrowed it down to either a PSU problem, or driver problem. I'll try what you said Levelog.
My temporary fix for the overheating is setting my monitor to 60 hz rather than 144 hz.... This wasn't a problem in the past though, and i'm pretty much wasting the money I spent on my monitor lol.
I doubt it would be a PSU issue.
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