780ti - Dumb Question

[ablangc]

Yeah I'm kinda bummed about the 980, it came out like two weeks after I ordered my 780ti and then my card came down in price by $200...

 

 

Ouch, I know the feeling.  I bought mine 2 months prior to release of the 980 but I fell under the EVGA step up program so all I had to do was pay for shipping to turn in my 780 Ti's and return for the 980's.  A good 30 dollars spent. 

[Mushious]

Ouch, I know the feeling.  I bought mine 2 months prior to release of the 980 but I fell under the EVGA step up program so all I had to do was pay for shipping to turn in my 780 Ti's and return for the 980's.  A good 30 dollars spent. 

They don't offer the step up program in New Zealand

[Wink]

one intake one exhaust... my goodness.. haha i think your case temps are the main culprit.

 

here is a quick test, take off your side panel and see what happens to temp readings when playing your game....

 

let me know what happens then

[ablangc]

They don't offer the step up program in New Zealand

 

Yeah I just saw you were from New Zealand.  Don't worry though, the 780 Ti is still a beast of a card and if overclocked and done right, can easily beat many 980's.  Now that you have them, invest money in buying more case fans to increase the positive air pressure flow inside your case.  I was able to sustain mid to low 70's on my 780 Ti SLI setup because I have 9 total high CFM low decibel fans: 4 intake fans, a 140mm blowing cool air right behind the ass end of the cards, and 4 exhaust fans

[Mushious]

one intake one exhaust... my goodness.. haha i think your case temps are the main culprit.

 

here is a quick test, take off your side panel and see what happens to temp readings when playing your game....

 

let me know what happens then

Case temps are usually better than room temperature. I'll have a play around...

[Ryoku]

Case temps are usually better than room temperature. I'll have a play around...

 

Ya I have 3 Exhaust and 2 Intakes on my case (1 Rear Exhaust and 2 Fans on my Rad Pushing the hot Air out the top of my case, 2 Intakes on the front blowing fresh air right to my gpu).

[Wink]

Case temps are usually better than room temperature. I'll have a play around...

 lol! what? 

 

hey man, hate to catch you in a lie/misstatement, but i suppose thats why you need our help with this kinda thing.

[Mushious]

 lol! what? 

 

hey man, hate to catch you in a lie/misstatement, but i suppose thats why you need our help with this kinda thing.

 

Well you can't get much ruder than that. Excuse you.

 

My room thermometer was reporting 30C, when I place the same thermometer inside the case, it reports ~26-28 depending on location. It's a simple concept of air in motion is cooler than standing air, physics a 12 year old can understand.

[Wink]

Sigh..... i wasnt even trying to be rude to you, if you felt offended, so be it. but seriously, you need to check your "fhacts" mate. 

 

 

Well you can't get much ruder than that. Excuse you.

 

My room thermometer was reporting 30C, when I place the same thermometer inside the case, it reports ~26-28 depending on location. It's a simple concept of air in motion is cooler than standing air, physics a 12 year old can understand.

 

dont know what physics you subscribe to, but in this dimension, no.... just no... 

 

This is the wind chill factor and the answer to this is a bit like saying ‘I’ll turn the fan on.’ Does it make aroom colder? No! A fan running does not cool a room.

A running fan keeps the room at the same temperature, it just moves more air past you.

Air molecules, when they run past you, if you’re sweating and hot, each molecule can take a little bit of heat away from your skin so the more molecules that pass your skin the more heat you can lose.

It makes you feel cooler but it doesn’t actually affect the temperature and that’s why when you’re driving along nice and fast with your window down, lots of air molecules running over you cools you down

 

 

 

EVEN you are talking about wind chill factor, it will also not apply in this case (lol pun), because you have heat generating components inside your case. there is just no way your case can have lower temps than your room when you are drawing in room temp air to cool heated components. if what you are saying is true, then you might as well NOT have any intake. 

 

[m_tieu]

I let my 2 780ti's run at 83-93 degrees Celsius for 4k gaming. Your temperatures should be fine. I also have the acx coolers on my card.

[Mushious]

-snip-

Not trying to fight/argue, just stating what I've seen. Currently 24.5C inside the house, inside the case I had 23.9 (admittedly not much difference), idle/before I started a game.

 

Anywho, onto the results. Removed the cooler and fans, gave them a clean, not much dust on them but enough to be visible on a cleaning rag. Replaced the manafacturer's TIM with some NT-H1 and... I'm having trouble believing the result.

 

Sitting in the garrison in WoW, exactly the same scenario as yesterday, graphics settings and everything identical and I'm sitting on 57-58C, down from 82C.

 

The room is 2-3C cooler than it was yesterday but I don't think that really would cause such a drastic change.

[ablangc]

Almost want to do the same thing with my 980's now.  

[Mushious]

Almost want to do the same thing with my 980's now.  

 

Worth a shot, probably not going to be such an extreme change, your cards are probably a ton cleaner and don't run as hot.

 

I think water cooling is going to be my next step, this thing is so pretty with the cooler off.