GTX 970 overheating issues

[JGS729]

Hello I’ve just recently started having issues when gaming using my GTX 970, after about ten minutes the screen crashes goes black and reads as no display device connected. The only fix is to restart the PC. This instability only occurs when the GPU is being used, if I’m browsing web, using other apps (non gpu intensive) no issues. I just recently updated to the lastest Nvidia driver so that’s updated. I did this after I started having issues, so that’s not cause of it, but has not fixed it. I've run a temp test on the gpu when not under load it stays at around 42-48 celsius and when under heavy load (running forza horizon 4) the temps on the gpu climb all the way to over 90 celsius until ultimately crashing. Any ideas what might be happening here?? Below are my Userbenchmark stats and system specs:

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System Information

  Time of this report: 6/13/2020, 13:14:42
         Machine name: DESKTOP-NVJP3KQ
           Machine Id: {0D90AF9B-04AA-4F51-A933-465F4D74B873}
     Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 18363) (18362.19h1_release.190318-1202)
             Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
  System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
         System Model: P67A-UD4-B3
                 BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG (type: BIOS)
            Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.7GHz
               Memory: 8192MB RAM
  Available OS Memory: 8176MB RAM
            Page File: 3702MB used, 14473MB available
          Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
      DirectX Version: DirectX 12
  DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     User DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
   System DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
      DWM DPI Scaling: UnKnown
             Miracast: Available, with HDCP

Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported DirectX Database Version: Unknown DxDiag Version: 10.00.18362.0387 64bit Unicode

UserBenchmarks: Game 49%, Desk 61%, Work 43% CPU: Intel Core i7-2600 - 71.5% GPU: Nvidia GTX 970 - 50.7% SSD: Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB - 46.4% SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 500GB - 58.8% RAM: Unknown 4x2GB - 47.8% MBD: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3

[Tamesh16]

Could be that you might need to repaste your gpu, the thermal paste between the die and cooler can corrode away or harden overtime, you can look up a guide if you are not familiar , someone had a similar issue, visit this post to see the improvements of re-pasting a 970 

 

[JGS729]

I have the MSI GeForce GTX 970 4gb card

[JGS729]

27 minutes ago, Tamesh16 said:

Could be that you might need to repaste your gpu, the thermal paste between the die and cooler can corrode away or harden overtime, you can look up a guide if you are not familiar , someone had a similar issue, visit this post to see the improvements of re-pasting a 970 

 

Thanks for the suggestion, if i cant figure it out tonight, my next step is buying the thermal paste and trying that fix!!

[JGS729]

Update so blowing out the gpu fixed the overheating issue!