gpu gpu suddenly running cooler

[WolfOfValahalla]

hi i updated my cards graphics drivers a while ago an ever since then my gpu has been running colder all of a sudden , fans are fine , no performance decrease ,the only thing ive done hardware wise was disassemble my pc entirely ,redo everything ,took everything out ,cleaned it ,plugged it back in after repasting cpu an now 2 of my case fans have quit working an these are the fans that came with my case , i aint got any idea whats going on ive looked online  the pic below is my temps after a complete full day of playing rust normal my gpu is like at 75-77c and it hasn't gotten passed that point at all tbh even the cpu is running cooler ,but i repasted maybe the newest nivida graphics driver boosted its performance ? i haven't noticed a increase in that just that its running cooler all of a sudden

[Zando_]

Getting the dust out of your PC makes your heatsinks work properly, so it's likely just that.

 

You're also using HWMonitor which can often be inaccurate, so it could be that derping out too. HWiNFO64 is the much better hardware monitoring utility.

[Godlygamer23]

23 minutes ago, Zando_ said:

You're also using HWMonitor which can often be inaccurate, so it could be that derping out too. HWiNFO64 is the much better hardware monitoring utility.

I have yet to see any substantiation for this claim, except for maybe some niche scenarios where HWMonitor exhibits compatibility issues with certain hardware. Just seems like people are pushing certain preferences as fact, when it is totally unwarranted. It does offer more information(amongst other things), but it's not fair automatically jump to conclusions without having any real data to support it. The temperature readings are more than likely correct.

29 minutes ago, WolfOfValahalla said:

hi i updated my cards graphics drivers a while ago an ever since then my gpu has been running colder all of a sudden , fans are fine , no performance decrease ,the only thing ive done hardware wise was disassemble my pc entirely ,redo everything ,took everything out ,cleaned it ,plugged it back in after repasting cpu an now 2 of my case fans have quit working an these are the fans that came with my case , i aint got any idea whats going on ive looked online  the pic below is my temps after a complete full day of playing rust normal my gpu is like at 75-77c and it hasn't gotten passed that point at all tbh even the cpu is running cooler ,but i repasted maybe the newest nivida graphics driver boosted its performance ? i haven't noticed a increase in that just that its running cooler all of a sudden

The "only thing" is pretty significant here. If your radiators, heatsinks, and fans had a bunch of dust in them, that definitely affects thermal transfer, and thus parts will run hotter. And the fact that you reapplied thermal paste can be a significant factor too. I highly doubt it has anything to do with the drivers, unless your clock speeds and voltages were reset(assuming overclocking was done).

[PcBeExpensive]

51 minutes ago, WolfOfValahalla said:

hi i updated my cards graphics drivers a while ago an ever since then my gpu has been running colder all of a sudden , fans are fine , no performance decrease ,the only thing ive done hardware wise was disassemble my pc entirely ,redo everything ,took everything out ,cleaned it ,plugged it back in after repasting cpu an now 2 of my case fans have quit working an these are the fans that came with my case , i aint got any idea whats going on ive looked online  the pic below is my temps after a complete full day of playing rust normal my gpu is like at 75-77c and it hasn't gotten passed that point at all tbh even the cpu is running cooler ,but i repasted maybe the newest nivida graphics driver boosted its performance ? i haven't noticed a increase in that just that its running cooler all of a sudden

The cleaning probably helped and maybe there was something in the new driver to make it run cooler. No need to worry if performance isn't dropping though. I wouldn't be complaining.

[Salted Spinach]

1 hour ago, WolfOfValahalla said:

...disassemble my pc entirely ,redo everything ,took everything out ,cleaned it ,plugged it back in after repasting cpu an now 2 of my case fans have quit working an these are the fans that came with my case...

Maybe those 2 fans were somehow making it difficult for your GPU cooler? Were the dead fans replaced?

 

Unless you cleaned an amount of dust that had a significant impact on cooling

[WolfOfValahalla]

21 hours ago, Salted Spinach said:

Maybe those 2 fans were somehow making it difficult for your GPU cooler? Were the dead fans replaced?

 

Unless you cleaned an amount of dust that had a significant impact on cooling

it was pretty clean even when i opened it ,the fans im currently working on replacing still need to order them i check my pc at least once a month to see if it needs cleaning and it never did it was running cooler after i updated graphics driver before i did a full cleaning

[Godlygamer23]

11 hours ago, WolfOfValahalla said:

it was pretty clean even when i opened it ,the fans im currently working on replacing still need to order them i check my pc at least once a month to see if it needs cleaning and it never did it was running cooler after i updated graphics driver before i did a full cleaning

What driver revision are you currently running? And what games are you noticing the GPU is running cooler? Did you have a fan profile configured previously, and if so, is it still running with that profile? 

[WolfOfValahalla]

1 hour ago, Godlygamer23 said:

What driver revision are you currently running? And what games are you noticing the GPU is running cooler? Did you have a fan profile configured previously, and if so, is it still running with that profile? 

driver vers 551.52 never had a fan curve set an ive noticed it on every game i play ,rust ,dayz ,escape from tarkov ,predator hunting grounds ,ark ascended everything an just so everyone else knows ,i have never overclocked as i dont know how to ,this is my first pc ever ive built myself an the second one ive ever owned my first gaming pc was a prebuilt i can also hop in a discord call if needed to explain things easier an maybe i can share screen so yall can see an tell me what to check ect

[Godlygamer23]

1 hour ago, WolfOfValahalla said:

driver vers 551.52 never had a fan curve set an ive noticed it on every game i play ,rust ,dayz ,escape from tarkov ,predator hunting grounds ,ark ascended everything an just so everyone else knows ,i have never overclocked as i dont know how to ,this is my first pc ever ive built myself an the second one ive ever owned my first gaming pc was a prebuilt i can also hop in a discord call if needed to explain things easier an maybe i can share screen so yall can see an tell me what to check ect

What driver version did you have previously? What temperature was the GPU at prior typically? Did the conditions of the room change at all?

[WolfOfValahalla]

7 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said:

What driver version did you have previously? What temperature was the GPU at prior typically? Did the conditions of the room change at all?

forget which driver version an normally itd get up to 80c an no the conditions havent changed