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Hello. I just bought a Gigabyte GTX 1660 Super (https://www.gigabyte.com/gr/Graphics-Card/GV-N166SOC-6GD#kf)

 

The card is running fine and quiet but the temperatures aren't that great. It's hitting 79C while the clock speed is at ~1860Mhz. I cannot overclock the card to over 2Ghz because of the temps.

 

Is it normal for such an efficient card with a dual fan design to hit those temperatures? Does anyone else have this card? Do you get the same temps etc?

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Thermal paste? Factory goo tends to not be great.

 

It could also be the heatsink, cheap cards like the TUF x2 and MSI Ventus all dont do that well in thermals despite having two fans

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Desktop benching:

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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Thermal paste? Factory goo tends to not be great.

 

It could also be the heatsink, cheap cards like the TUF x2 and MSI Ventus all dont do that well in thermals despite having two fans

I don't think my card is that cheap. I'm sure it can do much better than than, it should be the thermal paste. Oh well, should I change the thermal paste myself (I have an MX-4) or just ask them to replace the card?

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39 minutes ago, Od1sseas said:

Hello. I just bought a Gigabyte GTX 1660 Super (https://www.gigabyte.com/gr/Graphics-Card/GV-N166SOC-6GD#kf)

 

The card is running fine and quiet but the temperatures aren't that great. It's hitting 79C while the clock speed is at ~1860Mhz. I cannot overclock the card to over 2Ghz because of the temps.

 

Is it normal for such an efficient card with a dual fan design to hit those temperatures? Does anyone else have this card? Do you get the same temps etc?

Expecting 2GHz is kind of silly IMO. The 1660 Super is a pretty powerful card, even if the price tag doesn't reflect it. The memory gets very hot. 79C at stock isn't terrible honestly.

26 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Thermal paste? Factory goo tends to not be great.

 

It could also be the heatsink, cheap cards like the TUF x2 and MSI Ventus all dont do that well in thermals despite having two fans

My guess would be the heatsink not being able to keep the GDDR6 memory cool enough, and thus it's heating everything else up.

Make sure to quote or tag me (@JoostinOnline) or I won't see your response!

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28 minutes ago, Od1sseas said:

I don't think my card is that cheap. I'm sure it can do much better than than, it should be the thermal paste. Oh well, should I change the thermal paste myself (I have an MX-4) or just ask them to replace the card?

Well, maybe your card wasnt cheap, but the heatsink is a very cheap with only 1 heatpipe, the Gaming OC version has 3. I doubt that the new paste will help more than 2-3C and voiding the warranty.

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1 hour ago, Od1sseas said:

I don't think my card is that cheap.

Cards "that cheap" will probably come with pressed aluminum heatsink with copper core, just like the old Intel box cooler then if that's your definition

 

1 hour ago, Od1sseas said:

Oh well, should I change the thermal paste myself (I have an MX-4) or just ask them to replace the card?

Does it have ruin warranty sticker?

36 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

My guess would be the heatsink not being able to keep the GDDR6 memory cool enough, and thus it's heating everything else up.

Nah GDDR6 doesnt have that level of heat output, it should be somewhere around GDDR5 level (as noted, "reduced power consumption than GDDR5X" and GDDR5X isnt an oven by any means).

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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20 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Nah GDDR6 doesnt have that level of heat output, it should be somewhere around GDDR5 level (as noted, "reduced power consumption than GDDR5X" and GDDR5X isnt an oven by any means).

I'm fairly certain GN did a video detailing GDDR6 having a higher heat output, and that being a problem for re-used cooler designs.  I've also been having some memory problems lately though, so I could be wrong.

 

@Ralf Load up GPU-Z, check the Advanced tab, right click on something, choose Copy All, and paste it in a response.

Make sure to quote or tag me (@JoostinOnline) or I won't see your response!

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7 hours ago, Od1sseas said:

Hello. I just bought a Gigabyte GTX 1660 Super (https://www.gigabyte.com/gr/Graphics-Card/GV-N166SOC-6GD#kf)

 

The card is running fine and quiet but the temperatures aren't that great. It's hitting 79C while the clock speed is at ~1860Mhz. I cannot overclock the card to over 2Ghz because of the temps.

 

Is it normal for such an efficient card with a dual fan design to hit those temperatures? Does anyone else have this card? Do you get the same temps etc?

What case do you have? How is your airflow setup? Fans, how many, intake or exhaust? 
 

The card being quiet sounds like your running a stock fan curve, It’s a 2 fan card it should make some noise if the fans ramp up. 
 

Set a fan curve and see what happens. The guy is right about the heatpipe. The cooler doesn’t look like the best design. 

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On 2/21/2020 at 3:15 PM, JoostinOnline said:

@Ralf Load up GPU-Z, check the Advanced tab, right click on something, choose Copy All, and paste it in a response

This was a mistake. I meant to tag the OP.

 

 This will tell us the what the thermal limit for the VBIOS is. Every model has different thermal limits. It's only a problem if it's out of spec.

Make sure to quote or tag me (@JoostinOnline) or I won't see your response!

PSU Tier List  |  The Real Reason Delidding Improves Temperatures | "2K" does not mean 2560×1440 

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