• Terrifyingly high GPU temps
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I have had my GTX580 system up and running for a couple months now and I have been loving it. Unfortunately trying Crysis 2 has revealed what might be a heat issue. My temps under heavy load tend to be high 70's to mid 80's, however, while playing Crysis my GPU temperatures were lingering in high 80's and peaked at 89C. Once the temperature reached 89C I panicked and removed the siding from my case after which the temperatures returned to the low 80's. After quitting Crysis the temperatures dropped to 50C in less than 30 seconds and then afterwards slowly sidled down to a comfortable 45C. I know 89C is well below the card's safety limit but it is still an extremely high temperature for a single GPU. I have two questions: 1. Are the high temperatures damaging the card or significantly reducing it's lifespan? 2. Is there any way I can reduce these temperatures other than getting water cooling? My case is a Lian Li A05N [url]http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=289&cl_index=1&sc_index=26&ss_index=69[/url]
What are you talking about, it's Fermi it's designed to get hot. Panic when it hits 100. Single GPU maybe but it has 512 cores. The gpu will cool itself if it gets too hot, but you can manually increase fan speed with the GPU overclocking program from your manufacturer.
What are your fanspeeds when it get's that hot?
Man I was expecting tempratures well over 100 with a title like that
[QUOTE=BrainDeath;32109322]What are you talking about, it's Fermi it's designed to get hot. Panic when it hits 100. Single GPU maybe but it has 512 cores. The gpu will cool itself if it gets too hot, but you can manually increase fan speed with the GPU overclocking program from your manufacturer.[/QUOTE] I guess you're right, I'm just used to the idea that >90C is panic time. Even though the card is designed for high heat temperatures like that can't possibly be good for the card. [QUOTE=Squarebob;32109334]What are your fanspeeds when it get's that hot?[/QUOTE] I will have to check next time. [QUOTE=Stormcharger;32109336]Man I was expecting tempratures well over 100 with a title like that[/QUOTE] Sorry to disappoint, perhaps I should rename the thread to "Moderately unnerving GPU temps"
I just manually put my fan speed at around 70-80% and that keeps it running around 60c when I'm playing games.
I have the fan on maximum speed in precision and it doesn't seem to affect the heat much. What are my other options?
Get an aftermarket cooler.
Get a different case. The airflow design of that case looks horrible. The fan at the back blows air into the case and that air is somehow expected to get past all the steel at the front of the case? [img]http://img.hexus.net/v2/news/lianli/pc-a05n-airflow.jpg[/img]
What's great is that my 570 has the same problem, it hits 80-90 in a game of Metro 2033. It's been like this since i bought it in june this year. What's even better is that i get constantly dropping FPS, like 1-2 lower per 2 weeks, and yesterday, Windows 7 asked me to change away from Windows Aero to increase performance, and i cannot RMA my card because EVGA have declined my past request for RMA, so eventually, my 570 will become useless, and that will be $350 spent on a really hot hunk of silicon.
[QUOTE=moesislack;32124441]Get a different case. The airflow design of that case looks horrible. The fan at the back blows air into the case and that air is somehow expected to get past all the steel at the front of the case? [img]http://img.hexus.net/v2/news/lianli/pc-a05n-airflow.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] definitely, buy a new case instead of turning all the fans around[img]http://puu.sh/5eNR[/img]
Actually the A05N is a great case, there are a bunch of side vents at the front of the case. If you look around it actually has a pretty large following. The problem, I found out, is that hot air builds up at the top of my case around where the GPU is. I'm going to install a 140mm fan in the top to alleviate that issue and then I should be fine. Also, I managed to fix a fan issue so that now at 85% my temps are back down in the 70's. Final question, is 1.05v totally safe for 24/7 use? I bought the card from ebay so I won't be able to cash in a warranty if the card fails. Edit: [url]http://www.overclock.net/computer-cases/880913-official-lian-li-pc-a05-club.html[/url]
it was a sarc-mark omg It is a great case, I was considering buying it. I didn't because I'm cheap and had a $20 one laying around already. What brand is the video card? Many manufacturers have the warranty system based on the date it was made, not caring who owns it or how they got it.
I have an EVGA video card. So is 1.05v safe if the computer is on (not running anything, just at desktop) for days at a time?
You haven't seen anything yet. [img]http://gyazo.com/70c86b830ab2c68aa7090f12dab02268.png[/img]
I know, I overclock and game conservatively, so what terrifies and worries me is perfectly normal to most of you.
The thing is that Nvidia and AMD now made their graphics cards run even under high heat. Not by choice but for the sole reason that the cards just run hot, what they did was to put some high end cooling on the graphics cards so that they could survive the high heat.
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