ASUS Strix OC 1080TI GPU idles at 54ºc

[Travercraig]

I bought an ASUS Strix OC 1080TI about a year ago, but I’ve only just noticed that when my windows PC is at idle with no programs open, the GPU temperature is always at 54ºc. Now, the GPU fans are off up until about this temperature, which is obviously why the temperature reaches this high in the first place. Note I haven't overlocked my GPU at all. It’s all stock out of the box. Also my case cooling is very good with 5 Noctua fans creating a positive pressure environment to prevent dust build-up.  

However the problem is, that when the GPU fans kick in, the GPU temperature obviously goes back below the GPU temperature threshold and thus the GPU fans turn off. Then the GPU temperature rises above the threshold and the fans turn on again, and this is repeated resulting in the fans constantly turning on and off every 5 seconds, which is annoying.  

 
Now I’ve been doing some reading regarding this, and some people say to change hysteresis setting in MSI Afterburner, which I set to 5ºc with a fan speed update period of 5 seconds. However all this does; is that my GPU temperature will reach 54 / 55ºc as normal the GPU fans will kick in and cool the GPU -5ºc then the fans will turn off. The GPU temperature will then go back up + 5ºc and the fans will kick in again and again the cycle repeats. The only difference this time is that rather than the fans turning on and off every 5 seconds it occurs about every minute which is an improvement, but the problem still persists. I’ve also tried setting the power mode in the Nvidia control panel to adaptive with no difference.

 

The only thing that seems to work is to set a custom fan curve where the fans run at 20% up until 50ºc, but the GPU fans need to be on all the time. This does solve the issue but I’m after silent operation for when I’m not gaming.

 

Actual question if you don't want to read all of the above:

A lot of other people have said that the previous generation ASUS strix cards never reached 50ºc at idle even with no GPU fans on at all, so I can’t understand why my 1080ti reaches 54ºc at idle with no GPU fans. Is this a design flaw from ASUS for the 10 series cards? Because this high idle GPU temperature is what is causing the issue above.
Some people have said that running 1440p 144hz monitors can cause high GPU usage even at idle, which I have two of that also have G-Sync compatible free sync enabled at all times. But I doubt this is the case.

[Kilrah]

Why is it annoying? My GPU's fans make zero noise when they turn on at the min speed just at the threshold.

 

3 minutes ago, GR412 said:

A lot of other people have said that the previous generation ASUS strix cards never reached 50ºc at idle even with no GPU fans on at all, so I can’t understand why my 1080ti reaches 54ºc at idle with no GPU fans.

Well the previous ones aren't 1080Tis, these chips get hot...

I'd say between that and the HFR monitors.

Can have a look at GPU usage at idle in Task manger and/or Afterburner and you'll know if usage/clocks are higher than true idle. My 1070 is 0-1% in task manager when jsut on the desktop.

 

[Travercraig]

14 hours ago, Kilrah said:

Why is it annoying? My GPU's fans make zero noise when they turn on at the min speed just at the threshold.

 

Well the previous ones aren't 1080Tis, these chips get hot...

I'd say between that and the HFR monitors.

Can have a look at GPU usage at idle in Task manger and/or Afterburner and you'll know if usage/clocks are higher than true idle. My 1070 is 0-1% in task manager when jsut on the desktop.

 

Well the fans are quiet sure, but when they're constantly turning on and off it's very noticeable. At the moment i've just installed MSI Afterburner and dialled in a custom fan curve so the GPU fans are always on which has solved the problem. But it seems like a massive design flaw on ASUS's part. I'll have a look at GPU usage but being idle i can't imagine it would be much.

[LauriHimself]

15 hours ago, GR412 said:

GPU temperature is always at 54ºc

May I ask what case you are using and what the layout of your fans is? Is the gpu mounted vertically by any chance? 

If you can, and haven't already, mount some decent airflow fans for front intake. 

 

54°C at idle sounds less like an issue of the card, but more lake an case ventilation issue to me tbh

[Travercraig]

8 hours ago, LauriHimself said:

May I ask what case you are using and what the layout of your fans is? Is the gpu mounted vertically by any chance? 

If you can, and haven't already, mount some decent airflow fans for front intake. 

 

54°C at idle sounds less like an issue of the card, but more lake an case ventilation issue to me tbh

Fractal Define S with 3 x front intake and 1x outake Noctua 140mm NF-14 chromax PWM fans. The top of the case is sealed up, with no fans. I also have a Nocuta U14-S CPU cooler with a Noctua NF-15 fan on that.

 

My GPU is mounted in the standard horizontal configuration. I should also point out that my CPU temps are fine at idle at a mere 25 - 35ºc.

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

huh my 1070 gtx asus strix also idles at 54c , just looked my temps. i thought it was normal. since the fans don't spin up unless gaming. 
 

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asus-gtx-1070-ti-strix/35.html
 

mind you my room temp itself pretty warm and i haven't restarted my pc in a long while. 

[LauriHimself]

8 hours ago, GR412 said:

Fractal Define S

https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3371-fractal-define-s2-case-review-doesnt-need-to-exist

 

here is the Gamers Nexus Review of your case, maybe that helps