troubleshoot GPU hotspot high temperature 3070TI

[Jackcolly13]

Can anyone help? I was curiuous to see what my GPU temperature was, so i installed GPUZ and found when I play graphic intensive games my GPU core reaches 68/70c max and my GPU hotspot 100c is this normal?  

[Hinjima]

5 minutes ago, Jackcolly13 said:

Can anyone help? I was curiuous to see what my GPU temperature was, so i installed GPUZ and found when I play graphic intensive games my GPU core reaches 68/70c max and my GPU hotspot 100c is this normal?  

100c hotspot is warm but not dangerous.

You might want to try to increase the airflow in your system.

[Jackcolly13]

My airflow is pretty good which is why i was worried. 

[Hinjima]

4 minutes ago, Jackcolly13 said:

My airflow is pretty good which is why i was worried. 

100c hotspot is safe and no need to worry. I wouldn't want to let it go above 105c for a long time.

Setting a slightly more aggressive fan curve manually can help reduce temperatures at the cost of noise of course.
But its completely fine the way you have it now if its not going above 100c on the hotspot

[Jackcolly13]

ok bro thanks for your help

2 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

100c hotspot is safe and no need to worry. I wouldn't want to let it go above 105c for a long time.

 

[Jackcolly13]

3 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

100c hotspot is safe and no need to worry. I wouldn't want to let it go above 105c for a long time.

Setting a slightly more aggressive fan curve manually can help reduce temperatures at the cost of noise of course.
But its completely fine the way you have it now if its not going above 100c on the hotspot

i will try a more aggressive fan curve and see how it is

[Jackcolly13]

i was just worrying cuz off the gap off the core and hotspot

[podkall]

2 minutes ago, Jackcolly13 said:

i was just worrying cuz off the gap off the core and hotspot

second hand GPU?

[Jackcolly13]

Just now, podkall said:

second hand GPU?

no that is why i am worrying

[podkall]

Just now, Jackcolly13 said:

no

how old?

[Jackcolly13]

3 2 years

 

[PDifolco]

5 minutes ago, Jackcolly13 said:

3 2 years

 

repaste it

[Jackcolly13]

2 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

repaste it

i dont feel comfortable re pasting it 

[PDifolco]

8 minutes ago, Jackcolly13 said:

i dont feel comfortable re pasting it 

Look at tutorial vids, really it's just a bunch of screws and some paste to apply...

[Jackcolly13]

Just now, PDifolco said:

Look at tutorial vids, really it's just a bunch of screws and some paste to apply...

are the temps ok tho?

 

 

[PDifolco]

Just now, Jackcolly13 said:

are the temps ok tho?

 

 

Your paste may be drying, it can only get better after a repaste

Also clean it thoroughly, dust increases temps

[Jackcolly13]

ok i will have a look do you will it fix the hotspot? 

[circeseye]

10 minutes ago, Jackcolly13 said:

ok i will have a look do you will it fix the hotspot? 

repasting will...i just repasted my 6800xt. it was idling at 50 with a hotspot of 70. after repaste it now idles at 32 with a hotspot of 36.
on load both stay in the 50s while gaming.

[Jackcolly13]

1 minute ago, circeseye said:

repasting will...i just repasted my 6800xt. it was idling at 50 with a hotspot of 70. after repaste it now idles at 32 with a hotspot of 36.
on load both stay in the 50s while gaming.

ok man will give a try just repaste the chip? yh

[circeseye]

3 minutes ago, Jackcolly13 said:

ok man will give a try just repaste the chip? yh

yes only the chip. the memory have pads on them. just be as gentle as you can when seperating. a few pads may tear but dont mess with them. when you put it back together the pads will remerge

[Godlygamer23]

2 hours ago, Jackcolly13 said:

ok man will give a try just repaste the chip? yh

What specific 3070 Ti do you have?

[Alex Atkin UK]

10 hours ago, PDifolco said:

Look at tutorial vids, really it's just a bunch of screws and some paste to apply...

You're forgetting the head pads which are more problematic as you need to get the right thickness.  My personal opinion is more often that not, its the pad which dried out not the paste, but if you replace either you have to do both as the paste will probably have dried too much to re-flow (but would have been fine otherwise, as seen by the core temp being fine).

Its my understanding is that high hot spot temps are more likely to be the VRM pads have dried out, as NVIDIA includes those in the hot spot calculation (not sure if it includes VRAM).  This certainly seems to be the case on my 2080 where you can visibly see the liquid wicked through the PCB, likely due it being a blower so ran on the hotter side.

[PDifolco]

8 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

You're forgetting the head pads which are more problematic as you need to get the right thickness.  My personal opinion is more often that not, its the pad which dried out not the paste, but if you replace either you have to do both as the paste will probably have dried too much to re-flow (but would have been fine otherwise, as seen by the core temp being fine).

Its my understanding is that high hot spot temps are more likely to be the VRM pads have dried out, as NVIDIA includes those in the hot spot calculation (not sure if it includes VRAM).  This certainly seems to be the case on my 2080 where you can visibly see the liquid wicked through the PCB, likely due it being a blower so ran on the hotter side.

VRAM has a separate temp sensor, GPU and hotspot temps only relates to the GPU die afaik

Sure changing pads is more of an hassle, with the various thicknesses, but usually you can just keep the old ones if your issue is with die temps

[Alex Atkin UK]

7 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

VRAM has a separate temp sensor, GPU and hotspot temps only relates to the GPU die afaik

Sure changing pads is more of an hassle, with the various thicknesses, but usually you can just keep the old ones if your issue is with die temps

https://www.hwinfo.com/forum/threads/strange-hotspot-readings-from-my-rtx-2070-super.8204/post-36015

[PDifolco]

6 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

https://www.hwinfo.com/forum/threads/strange-hotspot-readings-from-my-rtx-2070-super.8204/post-36015

But HWinfo also has a VRAM temp sensor ?

And