GPU hits 80's

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

 So when I play watch dogs, I hit around the 80's and 85's. I remember in a post where I got answer saying max I should go is 80's. Now I'm scared this may melt my window on the 250d or damage the GPU.

 

Is it okay if I hit these temps and still play?

[Vitalius]

 So when I play watch dogs, I hit around the 80's and 85's. I remember in a post where I got answer saying max I should go is 80's. Now I'm scared this may melt my window on the 250d or damage the GPU.

 

Is it okay if I hit these temps and still play?

... Do you even physics? /joke

There's no way it will melt your window. And most GPUs are rated up to 90C. You are fine. Might want to consider custom air cooling regardless though. 

[MegaDave91]

Modern graphics cards can run up to 95 degrees, but I'd never let mine run that hot regardless. 

 

What graphics card do you have?

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Modern graphics cards can run up to 95 degrees, but I'd never let mine run that hot regardless. 

 

What graphics card do you have?

 

GTX 770

 

... Do you even physics? /joke

There's no way it will melt your window. And most GPUs are rated up to 90C. You are fine. Might want to consider custom air cooling regardless though. 

 

On other games I hit 70 degrees max. Watch Dogs uses so much GPU power I guess.

[MegaDave91]

GTX 770

 

 

Not to worry then. It's plenty capable of running up to 95 (98 according to Nvidia) and being fine. Don't do that though, lol.

[Spongy141]

GTX 770

 

 

On other games I hit 70 degrees max. Watch Dogs uses so much GPU power I guess.

Watch Dogs is very CPU intensive, if you are air cooling your CPU the hot air from it is probably getting into your GPU, make sure you have good air flow through your case.

[Guest]

pretty much any high end game will make my reference r9 290 go to 95c and it hasn't melted my window on my 650d haha, don't worry bro they wont just fry themselves anyways if it gets to the point where its way too hot it will just shut off your computer

[flibberdipper]

It's fine. Nothing to worry about. If you're really worried you could find some kind of AIO GPU watercooling setup, but I personally wouldn't even worry about it.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Ok thanks guys. As I'm seing here, I should get worried around the 90's, correct?

[MegaDave91]

Ok thanks guys. As I'm seing here, I should get worried around the 90's, correct?

Personally, I would. I would never want my cards getting that hot. 

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

pretty much any high end game will make my reference r9 290 go to 95c and it hasn't melted my window on my 650d haha, don't worry bro they wont just fry themselves anyways if it gets to the point where its way too hot it will just shut off your computer

 

About the window, it's because my heat-pipes ate like 2-3 cm away from it and it gets hot.

[D3MON]

About the window, it's because my heat-pipes ate like 2-3 cm away from it and it gets hot.

for the gpu you're fine however i dont think there are many on this forum that would runa modern gpu that hot, even a 290...

run furmark and see how hot it gets at what fan speed and ramp up the fan speed manually 5% at a time till the noise becomes loud enough to bo on par with some music (play it at the same time) that way your fan wont be any louder than typical gameplay but your fan will be pushing more air and your whole system wil likely run cooler.

as i said ramp it up 5% at a time, now for instance say it starts to get audible around 50% fan speed and your gpu's at 60*c then what i would do is set the custom fancurve in msi afterburner (or whatever program you use) so that there is a flat peak 5*c hotter than your peak temp and 5*c lower than your peak temp, that way when you game and your gpu starts getting hot the fan ramps up to this level and stays there so anywhere between say 55*c and 65*c the fan stays at 50%...

once you close the game off and the gpu drops below 55*c which will take just a few seconds the fan ramps down very quickly and becomes silent once again. also by doing this you avoid the horrible situation where your gpu goes up a degree....you fan goes up 2% in speed and bcomes a bit louder.....your gpu goes down a degree...your fan slows down.....gpu goes up a degree....and so on where the fans constantly "revving" up and down.

it may not be dangerous for your gpu but most people wont run thier cards around the 80's and you might get some ghosting on the plastic window depending how close it is.

heres mine as an example.

my fan maxes out around 60*c at 40% fan speed which is still unaudible but if i run it at 45% you can start to ehar ti and it only drops it a few degrees so its not worht it, anyway, knowing it gets to around 60 at 40% i set it to get to 40% fan speed at 55*c and stay there untill 65*c if in the future dust builds up and it starts going over 65*c then the fan will noticably ramp up and ill know its time to clean it out, the second i close a game the gpu temp plummets and the fan goes back to its 30% baseline.

 

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

for the gpu you're fine however i dont think there are many on this forum that would runa modern gpu that hot, even a 290...

run furmark and see how hot it gets at what fan speed and ramp up the fan speed manually 5% at a time till the noise becomes loud enough to bo on par with some music (play it at the same time) that way your fan wont be any louder than typical gameplay but your fan will be pushing more air and your whole system wil likely run cooler.

as i said ramp it up 5% at a time, now for instance say it starts to get audible around 50% fan speed and your gpu's at 60*c then what i would do is set the custom fancurve in msi afterburner (or whatever program you use) so that there is a flat peak 5*c hotter than your peak temp and 5*c lower than your peak temp, that way when you game and your gpu starts getting hot the fan ramps up to this level and stays there so anywhere between say 55*c and 65*c the fan stays at 50%...

once you close the game off and the gpu drops below 55*c which will take just a few seconds the fan ramps down very quickly and becomes silent once again. also by doing this you avoid the horrible situation where your gpu goes up a degree....you fan goes up 2% in speed and bcomes a bit louder.....your gpu goes down a degree...your fan slows down.....gpu goes up a degree....and so on where the fans constantly "revving" up and down.

it may not be dangerous for your gpu but most people wont run thier cards around the 80's and you might get some ghosting on the plastic window depending how close it is.

heres mine as an example.

my fan maxes out around 60*c at 40% fan speed which is still unaudible but if i run it at 45% you can start to ehar ti and it only drops it a few degrees so its not worht it, anyway, knowing it gets to around 60 at 40% i set it to get to 40% fan speed at 55*c and stay there untill 65*c if in the future dust builds up and it starts going over 65*c then the fan will noticably ramp up and ill know its time to clean it out, the second i close a game the gpu temp plummets and the fan goes back to its 30% baseline.

 

 

I always have my fan set to 100% when I start up a game.

[D3MON]

I always have my fan set to 100% when I start up a game.

:huh: ....get an r9-290, itll run quieter..(seriously, thats messed up)

[SkilledRebuilds]

My R9-290 heats up my window of my N600 too, first evening I installed it, I was pretty shocked how warm my side panel was getting.

But, didn't show any negatives... no warping or anything... just very.... "Soft/Warm"

70-80*c being aimed at it, I'm not surprised.

 

*100% fan speed is not so good for the fans lifetime...

My rule of thumb is 90% Fanspeed or lower at all times.

Also, I like others... added an extra 5% fan speed across the whole range, just for the little boost and to keep the 290 under 75*c @ 1050mhz Coreclock.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

:huh: ....get an r9-290, itll run quieter..(seriously, thats messed up)

 

I don't care about the noise it makes, lol.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

My R9-290 heats up my window of my N600 too, first evening I installed it, I was pretty shocked how warm my side panel was getting.

But, didn't show any negatives... no warping or anything... just very.... "Soft/Warm"

70-80*c being aimed at it, I'm not surprised.

 

*100% fan speed is not so good for the fans lifetime...

My rule of thumb is 90% Fanspeed or lower at all times.

Also, I like others... added an extra 5% fan speed across the whole range, just for the little boost and to keep the 290 under 75*c @ 1050mhz Coreclock.

 

Well I put my fans to 100% always when I game. So basically that's bad??? D:

[SkilledRebuilds]

Well I put my fans to 100% always when I game. So basically that's bad??? D:

Of course its bad!!!!

Anything thats towards its limit of usability is more prone to issue than something thats not toward its limit of usability.

 

You should be using 90% or less, always.

[droidxd00d]

Sounds like bad airflow to me. Need to keep the temps low to allow GPU boost 2.0 to click your card higher!

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

:huh: ....get an r9-290, itll run quieter..(seriously, thats messed up)

What you mean, lol.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Of course its bad!!!!

Anything thats towards its limit of usability is more prone to issue than something thats not toward its limit of usability.

You should be using 90% or less, always.

What about corsair sp and af fans? Can I run 'em max? Don't they have some kind of special bearing made for this purpose?

[SkilledRebuilds]

What about corsair sp and af fans? Can I run 'em max? Don't they have some kind of special bearing made for this purpose?

Not caring about noise is one thing,but why are you so keen to run your fans at maximum all the time?

 

3 things to look for in Fans = Better CFM : Lowest RPM : Quietest Operation

Its not about the maximum speed you run them at, its about the whole PC's balance in regards to fan airflow/rpm's and average temps.

 

Maxing them out should never be a "constant"

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Not caring about noise is one thing,but why are you so keen to run your fans at maximum all the time?

 

3 things to look for in Fans = Better CFM : Lowest RPM : Quietest Operation

Its not about the maximum speed you run them at, its about the whole PC's balance in regards to fan airflow/rpm's and average temps.

 

Maxing them out should never be a "constant"

 

Because I want maximus performance and cooling all the time. So can I run them at 100% speed?

[SkilledRebuilds]

Because I want maximus performance and cooling all the time. So can I run them at 100% speed?

Well I guess these days their "rated" to do so with better lifespan than older ones, although with the noise argument and a faster dust buildup most would set them lower as long as the temps were okay, set them to whatever you want of course, let us know with a thread if they don't last, and describe how you ran them to teach others if I am right or wrong in that 100% effects lifespan.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Well I guess these days their "rated" to do so with better lifespan than older ones, although with the noise argument and a faster dust buildup most would set them lower as long as the temps were okay, set them to whatever you want of course, let us know with a thread if they don't last, and describe how you ran them to teach others if I am right or wrong in that 100% effects lifespan.

 

Alright, because you know, in a 250d you need the maximum airflow you can.