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I couldn't resist.

 

Repasting improved temps by 8 degrees which is pretty massive tbh. It's the difference between loud and quiet to me. Here's a screenshot.

 

The card looked like it was never disassembled / repasted by the owner since the little EVGA sticker that covered a screw was untampered with. Not anymore xD

 

So a repasting was bound to help, but I'm surprised it did so this much.

 

I used Gelid GC-Extreme Thermal Paste, it's not as well known but it's up there with MX-4 and the stuff that comes with your noctua coolers.

 

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Tagging @Moonzy here because reasons.

  1. Hairless Monkey Boy

    Hairless Monkey Boy

    Good shit!

  2. Hairless Monkey Boy

    Hairless Monkey Boy

    Hey, why not increase the core voltage, core clock, and/or mem clock along with the power target?

     

    For my wife's EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2 (repasted with LM) I max out the power and voltage and OC the mem and core within reason (+50, +500 IIRC), and then set the temperature target to 70°C to keep it quiet.

  3. Energycore

    Energycore

    @HairlessMonkeyBoy I might in the future, for this I wanted to keep the test consistent with the last test I did before repasting, which was the same config (both sets of fans at 100%, stock clocks/voltage, +20% power limit).

     

    I also know for sure I'm going to run into the power limit because for this card it's only 300W (the FTW2 should be quite a bit higher).

     

    But overclocking will be done as soon as I can use it (my 4K monitor arrives next week).

  4. Hairless Monkey Boy

    Hairless Monkey Boy

    That makes sense :)

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    the FTW2 should be quite a bit higher

    It's higher than it could ever hit. 130% IIRC.

     

    Funny story, there is a little switch on top of the card that swaps between the regular and performance BIOS. The regular BIOS has a power limit of like 108% or something. Didn't even notice the switch until like a year after I bought the card. My mind was blown lol.

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