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Xzazer
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Hi everyone, i just bought a zotac gtx 970 and im wondering if it gets too hot. 
When i play assassins creed, diablo and counter-strike it gets 80C without overclock and about 85C with overclock. Is this too high? 
I have also noticed that my game (asscreed unity) freezes for like 5 seconds every now and then, first i thought it was because unity is badly optimised but i have gotten black flickering when im playing diablo also (one time). Is my graphics card broken?
And also, my fan is running at about 60-70% depending on the game and overclock.

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Assassins creed unity does the exact same thing to me, it freezes for a few seconds every once in a while, I think that's a game problem. I have an MSI Radeon R9 280 and assassins creed unity is hard to run on high so I'm running it on medium, even then I'm getting high 80's even 90 degrees without overclocking. So My temps are similar to yours.

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what is the rest of your setups?

 

does this happen with other games not mentioned?

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What are your temps while idle ?

Right now its 40-43C at 29% 

 

what is the rest of your setups?

 

does this happen with other games not mentioned?

I have ASRock z77 pro4-m, intel core i5 2500k, corsair cx500W, 2x4 gb kingston savage.

I havent really tried it on any other demanding game, so i cant confirm or deny.

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Right now its 40-43C at 29% 

 

I have ASRock z77 pro4-m, intel core i5 2500k, corsair cx500W, 2x4 gb kingston savage.

I havent really tried it on any other demanding game, so i cant confirm or deny.

those are kinda normal temps, could be your case then how many fans do you have and how are they configured

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I have 2 fans, one in and one out 

Mhmm maybe think about adding some but for now temps are good 

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Right now its 40-43C at 29% 

 

I have ASRock z77 pro4-m, intel core i5 2500k, corsair cx500W, 2x4 gb kingston savage.

I havent really tried it on any other demanding game, so i cant confirm or deny.

My zotac 970 at idle hover around 38-40c and hit 81-82c at max load so there is nothing to worry about. The black flickering might mean that you overclock your gpu too high try underclock it a little maybe that'll help.

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My zotac 970 at idle hover around 38-40c and hit 81-82c at max load so there is nothing to worry about. The black flickering might mean that you overclock your gpu too high try underclock it a little maybe that'll help.

Yeah I thought so too, but I remembered that I only use overclock for assassins creed :/ 

Or maybe I left it on so yeah it could be that 

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Yeah I thought so too, but I remembered that I only use overclock for assassins creed :/ 

Or maybe I left it on so yeah it could be that 

Ass creed U is a pain to run on like every system since ubishit just skip the entire optimization process so i don't think it is your gpu fault. If you are concern with the gpu heat just put a fan on the side panel of your case it will help drawing more fresh air for the gpu.

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My Gigabyte 970 G1 gaming idles at around 30 degrees and under load it stays at about 60 degrees... but I don't know if that is normal for the zotac cards... for mine it is not

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Oh dumb question... but did you check if all fans of the card are running...?

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Friends Rig:
Intel XEON E3 1231v3 | ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Killer | Sapphire Radeon R9 280X TriX OC | TR HR-02 Macho | 2x4 GB G.skill RipjawsX | Samsung 850 Pro 256GB | Seagate Barracuda 2TB | CoolerMaster V650SM | NZXT Phantom 530
Planned Upgrades in my Rig:
CPU: i7 4790k or XEON E3 1276 v3 or even a Broadwell CPU | Mobo: MSI Z97S SLI Plus | CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken x61 or another 280 Rad AiO
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