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My GTX 960M hits extreme temperatures

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So, a little bit of a backstory. It was late 2018 and I was having issues with overwatch, the game would run awfully slow for some reason, about 6fps, and lowering the quality did nothing. I then decided to investigate, after all my machine never had an issue running overwatch. After some time I decide to download MSI afterburner, somehow this magically fixed my issue and got the game running back at 300fps. It was only then when I discovered how hot my gpu gets. Playing demanding games like gta 5 and doing demanding work loads gets the GPU up to 80 to 90 degrees celsius, sometimes even 95 if I was pushing it. After some research I found that the 960M runs really hot. Now the gpu thermal throttles and I don't know what I should do. Should I leave it and do nothing like I've done all these years or should I clean out the computer and re apply thermal paste, and if I do leave it what are the further effects? Thanks guys.

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I would recommend looking into undervolting your GPU through a program like MSI Afterburner. You might be able to reduce temperatures by putting less voltage through the card, while maintaining clock speeds. 

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9 minutes ago, vodka98 said:

So, a little bit of a backstory. It was late 2018 and I was having issues with overwatch, the game would run awfully slow for some reason, about 6fps, and lowering the quality did nothing. I then decided to investigate, after all my machine never had an issue running overwatch. After some time I decide to download MSI afterburner, somehow this magically fixed my issue and got the game running back at 300fps. It was only then when I discovered how hot my gpu gets. Playing demanding games like gta 5 and doing demanding work loads gets the GPU up to 80 to 90 degrees celsius, sometimes even 95 if I was pushing it. After some research I found that the 960M runs really hot. Now the gpu thermal throttles and I don't know what I should do. Should I leave it and do nothing like I've done all these years or should I clean out the computer and re apply thermal paste, and if I do leave it what are the further effects? Thanks guys.

have you tried opening the case and cleaning out the internal fan/heatsink?

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You could try blowing out the fan ducts. You could use something like the cans of compressed air you can find at office centers or whatever.  Just be sure to work in short (3-4 second) bursts. Don't spray continuously as there is very good probability of forming ice, which will become water once it melts.

You could also try turning up the fans to 100% with a software like NoteBook FanControl when you are gaming to try and cool it a bit better...

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clean, new thermal paste try a more aggressive fan curve.

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Turn the Fans to 100% and clean out the Notebook.

Re-apply thermal Paste and BOOM! Fixed.

Because I had an Alienware 15_R1 that had been thermal throttling for Weeks after playing games at ULTRA.

I decided to go investigate and opened the computer to find out the HDD,RAM,Network Card and Heatsinks were clogged with DUST.

I Hoped for the Best when I took off the heatsinks but alas, The Thermal paste on the CPU and GPU were as hard as Cement, No joke.

 

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