Wrong GPU Temp Readings (Maybe?)

[Viktor277]

I bought an used MSI RX 480 4GB, everything works fine except that im worried that it works too good. Temps cant get above 60c no matter what i do (2400 rpm). Could the temp readings be wrong?

 

[Statik]

What are you using to read temps? And what’s your ambient temperature (roughly)

 

I have a 2080 Super that doesn’t go above 60 in Heaven, and pushes 55 when gaming, but I play in an uninsulated basement and my temp is maybe 18C so it’s runs nice and cool

[Whiro]

46 minutes ago, Viktor277 said:

I bought an used MSI RX 480 4GB, everything works fine except that im worried that it works too good. Temps cant get above 60c no matter what i do (2400 rpm). Could the temp readings be wrong?

 

HWinfo is one of the best to check all temps so use that. But it may be the case that your gpu doesn’t run hot which is good

[Viktor277]

16 minutes ago, Statik said:

What are you using to read temps? And what’s your ambient temperature (roughly)

 

I have a 2080 Super that doesn’t go above 60 in Heaven, and pushes 55 when gaming, but I play in an uninsulated basement and my temp is maybe 18C so it’s runs nice and cool

'm using the radeon overlay, also i tried with lower rpm, 1300, heaven for 30 mins, results very much the same 62c max. Room temp about ~28c.

[Viktor277]

3 minutes ago, Whiro said:

HWinfo is one of the best to check all temps so use that. But it may be the case that your gpu doesn’t run hot which is good.

I tried with both gpu z and radeon overlay same temps, im worried just because i saw some yt benchmarks and they were getting around mid 70s.

[Whiro]

6 minutes ago, Viktor277 said:

I tried with both gpu z and radeon overlay same temps, im worried just because i saw some yt benchmarks and they were getting around mid 70s.

How’s the gpu utilisation when you put some heavy load? If you worry it’s not performing like it supposed to, run some benchmarks (heaven ,3dmark) and compare your results. 
Other thing is did you changed fan curve? May be cooler cos of fans spinning faster 

[Viktor277]

7 minutes ago, Whiro said:

How’s the gpu utilisation when you put some heavy load? If you worry it’s not performing like it supposed to, run some benchmarks (heaven ,3dmark) and compare your results. 
Other thing is did you changed fan curve? May be cooler cos of fans spinning faster 

Utilization is always at 100%, just ran the heaven bench, dx 11 everything max, got 45 fps average, seems to mach the benchmarks from yt. Well at first it was spinning at 2400 on its own, then i wanted to lower rpm to see if that makes difference, around 1400 rpm max was 64c. I should mention i have two 120mm 1000rpm fans at front and one same at the back, case closed, gpu power was howering from 130 - 140w.

[Whiro]

1 minute ago, Viktor277 said:

Utilization is always at 100%, just ran the heaven bench, dx 11 everything max, got 45 fps average, seems to mach the benchmarks from yt. Well at first it was spinning at 2400 on its own, then i wanted to lower rpm to see if that makes difference, around 1400 rpm max was 64c. I should mention i have two 120mm 1000rpm fans at front and one same at the back, case closed, gpu power was howering from 130 - 140w.

If the results are same (or similar) than you have nothing to worry about 

[Viktor277]

1 minute ago, Whiro said:

If the results are same (or similar) than you have nothing to worry about 

Okay then, thank you very much!

[Whiro]

2 minutes ago, Viktor277 said:

Okay then, thank you very much!

Now when I thought about it again it may be the case that previous owner of the card changed thermal paste for really decent one and it keeps temps lower. When you compared it with yt video they was using stock thermal paste etc which sometimes may be crap one, once you change it it may drop few c

[Viktor277]

1 minute ago, Whiro said:

Now when I thought about it again it may be the case that previous owner of the card changed thermal paste for really decent one and it keeps temps lower. When you compared it with yt video they was using stock thermal paste etc which sometimes may be crap one, once you change it it may drop few c

It still has a sticker on the screw, doesnt look like it was peeled before.

[Whiro]

Just now, Viktor277 said:

It still has a sticker on the screw, doesnt look like it was peeled before.

Fair enough. So either you get nice card which can hold temps low or the owner changed thermal paste without braking the label this can be done, I’ve done this before myself 

[Viktor277]

1 minute ago, Whiro said:

Fair enough. So either you get nice card which can hold temps low or the owner changed thermal paste without braking the label this can be done, I’ve done this before myself 

hahah well then it seems like its my lucky day.

[Viktor277]

11 hours ago, Whiro said:

Fair enough. So either you get nice card which can hold temps low or the owner changed thermal paste without braking the label this can be done, I’ve done this before myself 

Now i have a different problem, cant get stabile clocks, fluctuations all over the place, like microfreezes every half of a second, didn't happend before. This guy seems to have exactly the same problem, and gpu.

 

https://community.amd.com/thread/226990

[Whiro]

9 minutes ago, Viktor277 said:

Now i have a different problem, cant get stabile clocks, fluctuations all over the place, like microfreezes every half of a second, didn't happend before. This guy seems to have exactly the same problem, and gpu.

 

https://community.amd.com/thread/226990

Just do what he done, replace thermal paste , seems it worked in his case

[Viktor277]

10 hours ago, Whiro said:

Just do what he done, replace thermal paste , seems it worked in his case

It worked..

I havent seen a dirtier gpu in my life, there was dust and gunk everywhere, that was probably causing the throttling.

thnks mate