Odd GPU temperature behavior

[ivanrcks95]

Havent really seen something like this before so thought id ask here. My 6900 XT has weird, less than a second temperature spikes occasionally, whilst nothing else changes. Ive attached a graph below to show what I mean. Ive highlighted all the main points. The card stays pegged at 67c, you can see how flat the graph is, but every so often it peaks to 70c/71c out of nowhere, with no other indication anywhere else that anything else has changed. Hotspot temp is the same, clocks are the same, power draw is actually a bit less when it peaks to 70c. Anyone have any ideas as to why this is? Havent seen this before on my old cards so unsure.

[Wh0_Am_1]

I figure that it's probs something hitting your RT cores, or other parts of the chips... I honestly don't know as there are many variables to consider. I am also not quite sure what part of your graphs you are trying to highlight.

[TatamiMatt]

Honestly spikes are so extremely low i dont think its an issue, it looks like normal and tbh very stable. If youre getting a max of 4C jumps in temp when it peaks, youre very okay, GPUs can run quite a bit hotter and still be fine so youre well within tolerance

[Bagzie]

As said above you are being a little paranoid ,  nothing to see here.

[ivanrcks95]

23 minutes ago, Bagzie said:

As said above you are being a little paranoid ,  nothing to see here.

Not really paranoia rather more about curiosity. It happens in every single game I play, so I know its not something a particular game is doing. Just seems completely random for a spike to happen when every other thing stays unchanged. 

[ivanrcks95]

1 hour ago, Wh0_Am_1 said:

I figure that it's probs something hitting your RT cores, or other parts of the chips... I honestly don't know as there are many variables to consider. I am also not quite sure what part of your graphs you are trying to highlight.

Top graph is showing what the card normally stays at, and shows how flat the temp curve is. Bottom graph is highlighting exactly when the spike happens, and all the other variables staying the same when said spike occurs. 

[TatamiMatt]

2 minutes ago, ivanrcks95 said:

Top graph is showing what the card normally stays at, and shows how flat the temp curve is. Bottom graph is highlighting exactly when the spike happens, and all the other variables staying the same when said spike occurs. 

There are spikes regularly in both graphs though, no?

[ivanrcks95]

29 minutes ago, TatamiMatt said:

There are spikes regularly in both graphs though, no?

Its the same graph top and bottom, just if you notice, ive placed the data point on the top graph of where the cards stays at 99% of the time, and the bottom graph ive placed the data point where the spike happens. So you can compare the stats side by side of 99% usage and the random spike.