overheated gpu on accident

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oopsie daysie so i was watching a video with my brother and my gpu was super loud so i just turned off the fans and we watched the video but then my cousin pulled in so we went upstairs and was up there for a good hour or 2 and when i came back my gpu was at 91c and i have a xfx rx 570 8gb and it says the max temp for it is 65c. is there any chance i messed up my card at all by accidently doing that ?

[Jae Tee]

2 minutes ago, Ls9L said:

oopsie daysie so i was watching a video with my brother and my gpu was super loud so i just turned off the fans and we watched the video but then my cousin pulled in so we went upstairs and was up there for a good hour or 2 and when i came back my gpu was at 91c and i have a xfx rx 570 8gb and it says the max temp for it is 65c. is there any chance i messed up my card at all by accidently doing that ?

Doubtful. Even at those temps it should have throttled the speed to keep it from going higher. What you should do (if you can) is remove the cooler and check/replace the thermal paste.

[XDXD_HGHKVRK]

2 minutes ago, Jae Tee said:

Doubtful. Even at those temps it should have throttled the speed to keep it from going higher. What you should do (if you can) is remove the cooler and check/replace the thermal paste.

i have no idea how to remove a gpu cooler without breaking something lmao 

 

[Jae Tee]

You could watch a vid or something. Either way just give it a quick test, it should be fine.

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Just now, Jae Tee said:

You could watch a vid or something. Either way just give it a quick test, it should be fine.

okay and is there any way i could decrease the overall temp of my gpu it gets pretty hot in every circumstance even when its not being used it sits at 45c

[Jae Tee]

Remove the cooler and replace the thermal paste ;). Other than that you'll need to crank up the fan. Also make sure your case isn't causing issues with air flow.

[Juular]

1 hour ago, Ls9L said:

max temp for it is 65c

*facepalm*

 

No, this is okay. You can't damage any modern CPU or GPU by high temperatures, at least if this is one-time occurence, they'll throttle down if you reach unsafe temperatures, anything sub 90°C are generally safe for 24\7 usage, it'll just lower the performance because it'll boost to lower frequency.