Changed GPU thermal paste gettign 25fps loss

[otto]

got some bad news and good.

I managed to knock off 20c of both idle and max temperatures GREAT! right?

I opened up furmark and to my surprise my FPS as dropped ALLOT I was running 1080p furmark at 85 fps now its 60fps what has happened I am baffled and I cant find anything similar to my problem anywhere on the internet.

My method for the AS5 was a small pea size this created a perfect circle around the center of the GPU with out touching the sides
 

But what I don't understand is that I managed to make this card run at 20c cooler why has my performance been crippled so badly?

 

Edit: The GPu is GTX 980 G1 was running 50c idle and 80c max

[Critizin]

it might be running cooler, because its running at 25 FPS less  

[MLG Doge]

Drivers up to date?

[Raudi_]

AS5.......
The stock would of been safer to keep on. I think the VRM's or memory is getting to hot on the card.

[Sauron]

AS5.......

The stock would of been safer to keep on. I think the VRM's or memory is getting to hot on the card.

 

Yup, try using gpu-z to check on those.

[paprikman]

Yup, try using gpu-z to check on those.

+1, and NEVER touch anything, until it's working properly.

[Critizin]

Also can you please follow your own topics TY!

[otto]

Right, I cant find the vram temperature on GPU-z or HWmonitor only the GPU temp.

 

My GPU was running 50c idle, 20c higher then normal.

 

The voltage usage on furmark has not changed so im running 1.225 same as before.

 

driver were up to date before the thermal paste change.

 

anyone here could tell me what other software that could tell me my VRAM temp on my gpu?

[The Great Sayain Man]

got some bad news and good.

I managed to knock off 20c of both idle and max temperatures GREAT! right?

I opened up furmark and to my surprise my FPS as dropped ALLOT I was running 1080p furmark at 85 fps now its 60fps what has happened I am baffled and I cant find anything similar to my problem anywhere on the internet.

My method for the AS5 was a small pea size this created a perfect circle around the center of the GPU with out touching the sides

 

But what I don't understand is that I managed to make this card run at 20c cooler why has my performance been crippled so badly?

 

Edit: The GPu is GTX 980 G1 was running 50c idle and 80c max

GPUs needs loads of thermal paste mate. 

[otto]

GPUs needs loads of thermal paste mate. 

does that not suffocate the chip? I used the same method on my cpu and it has knocked of 10c,

 

if this is the case should I buy some IC diamond and use the credit card method?

[Guest]

it's not like cpu's that there is heat spreader, gpu don't have heat spreader's on them you gotta but more thermalpaste and spread it allover the gpu and even over the sides

 

E: put it in star pattern, i think it spread's it best, and cools the whole chip

[Critizin]

does that not suffocate the chip? I used the same method on my cpu and it has knocked of 10c,

 

if this is the case should I buy some IC diamond and use the credit card method?

I have no idea why you are messing around with the GPU thermal paste anyway.. ur temps were fine.....    id take it apart and re sit everything and apply more thermal paste

But why void the warranty of a new card when ur temps were fine /facepalm

[otto]

well I cant smear AS5 every where on the chip so Ill get some ic diamond and give that a shot

[otto]

I just ran unigine vally/heaven and I have got the same scores before the change with 20-15c cooler temps but furmark is still giving me 25 less fps but it feels like its throttling as the graph is going up and down.

 

[otto]

Aha!! after running ungine I tested Furmark now I am getting a 3 fps increase!! 88fps instead of 82-85fps before the thermal change!

 

15-20c drops and after the break in period of the AS5 I will be seeing better results.