Temp on my 980Ti

[Caloon]

Nothing to worry about.

Im not worried in game Im affraid that my gpj will blow when im just browsing the web...

[Praesi]

You have the msi one? Zero frozr?

Zotac 980Ti amp!extreme

As in my Signature

[Caloon]

Zotac 980Ti amp!extreme

As in my Signature

Oh Yea sorry. Im currently on my phone

[Aurora906]

This got me thinking about my 970 and how the idle temps are high with the fans off.  Uninstalled Precision X and downloaded the newest version and now my gpu downclocks to 135MHz at idle, almost a 10th of whats its been at for several months lol.  Not saying its gonna solve anyone elses problems but it worked for me.

[SeanAngelo]

When I had One 1080p screen the temps were around 40-45. Since I added second screen the temps jumped up to 65 degrees C. Im worried becase temps are so high. I didnt have nothing opened...

Oh... Clocks. Sorry. They are stock. I didnt overclocked

wait, so your card is running 1000mhz while idle? I swear it's suppose to downclock? mine goes to 324mhz when doing nothing and my base clock is 914mhz.

[Caloon]

wait, so your card is running 1000mhz while idle? I swear it's suppose to downclock? mine goes to 324mhz when doing nothing and my base clock is 914mhz.

Jup. But is there something i can do? I don't know much about OCing. I did some more research and some say that it's software problem or driver problem and it happends when you have 2 monitors or more. I'll keep you posted if I solve the problem

[CaptainPebbleDash]

Jup. But is there something i can do? I don't know much about OCing. I did some more research and some say that it's software problem or driver problem and it happends when you have 2 monitors or more. I'll keep you posted if I solve the problem

The core clock shouldn't have to keep going at full, I've got a 144hz monitor myself and my memory has to be @ full load due to the refresh rate. Obviously having more monitor's will cause the temp's to go up a bit, but it shouldn't be to the degree it is. 

 

How many fans do you have and what's your current CPU temp? (intake/exhaust set up)

 

Let's try get an idea to as why your temperature's are like they are. Normally reference design's are good with a decent amount of intake of air to keep them cooled which could be an issue.

 

Edit: What type of adapter are you using for the monitors? If your using anything except Displayport then you will look at having higher temps due to how Nvidia powers 2 monitors with HDMI/DVI.

[MEC-777]

Heyo guys!

 

I have my GTX 980Ti for a month now. At the start it's temps were around 40-45 degrees C. Now after a month, they are arond 60-65. This is while looking at the desktop. Is there something to worry about or not? It is a Reference card, so I know they run hotter then the others, but non the less. I'm just worried. 

The diference is only that I run now 2 screens instead of one. Could this be the reason that the card is running 20 degrees hotter?

 

EDIT: Fans run at 25%

 

Thanks!

 

My R9 290 idles at 32 degrees with one monitor and about 42 with two monitors. There's a little extra load on the GPU which causes the higher idle temps, so that is normal. 

 

here is GPU-Z screenshot

 

 

I'm not too familiar with how Nvidia throttles their GPUs at idle and with multiple displays, but yours is idling at 1000mhz which seems high, IMO. My 290 throttles right down to 300mhz at idle. That's probably part of the reason for high idle temps on your 980Ti. 

 

For curiosity, what's the idle frequency when running just one monitor? 

[Caloon]

The core clock shouldn't have to keep going at full, I've got a 144hz monitor myself and my memory has to be @ full load due to the refresh rate. Obviously having more monitor's will cause the temp's to go up a bit, but it shouldn't be to the degree it is.

How many fans do you have and what's your current CPU temp? (intake/exhaust set up)

Let's try get an idea to as why your temperature's are like they are. Normally reference design's are good with a decent amount of intake of air to keep them cooled which could be an issue.

Edit: What type of adapter are you using for the monitors? If your using anything except Displayport then you will look at having higher temps due to how Nvidia powers 2 monitors with HDMI/DVI.

I've also talked about this with my more tech related friends and one said that that 1000mhz must be the case. Also the wattage that gpu uses is a bit high... Approximetly 75W.. that's a lot in idle mode.

As you can see in my signature i have s340 and i have 2 af140 intake in the front and one 120 stock at the top (outtake) and also at the back. My cpu temps are around 40 idle...

I'm using one DVI and one HDMI cable. But I doubt that cabels are the case... I also read one threat on reddit, and it seems that it's and issue with software that runs gpu (drivers or sth else). It is some kind of a bug... I don't know really. For the people with 144hz monitors it helped that they turned down the refresh rate to around 120. And its simmilar with 2 monitors... I dunno the solution yet.

[Caloon]

My R9 290 idles at 32 degrees with one monitor and about 42 with two monitors. There's a little extra load on the GPU which causes the higher idle temps, so that is normal.

I'm not too familiar with how Nvidia throttles their GPUs at idle and with multiple displays, but yours is idling at 1000mhz which seems high, IMO. My 290 throttles right down to 300mhz at idle. That's probably part of the reason for high idle temps on your 980Ti.

For curiosity, what's the idle frequency when running just one monitor?

Unfortunatley I'm abroad till sunday. But I'll contact by brother and he'll do that tests. Hopefully I'll be able to post them tommorow allready. Please be patient, I really want to help and solve thid problem not only for me but for anybody else with simmilar problem Thanks

[MEC-777]

Unfortunatley I'm abroad till sunday. But I'll contact by brother and he'll do that tests. Hopefully I'll be able to post them tommorow allready. Please be patient, I really want to help and solve thid problem not only for me but for anybody else with simmilar problem Thanks

 

No worries. Let us know when ever you find out.

[Caloon]

No worries. Let us know when ever you find out.

Ok

[Caloon]

My R9 290 idles at 32 degrees with one monitor and about 42 with two monitors. There's a little extra load on the GPU which causes the higher idle temps, so that is normal.

I'm not too familiar with how Nvidia throttles their GPUs at idle and with multiple displays, but yours is idling at 1000mhz which seems high, IMO. My 290 throttles right down to 300mhz at idle. That's probably part of the reason for high idle temps on your 980Ti.

For curiosity, what's the idle frequency when running just one monitor?

My brother just made few tests. With one monitor the gpu temps are 63(one degree less than with two screen)

[MEC-777]

My brother just made few tests. With one monitor the gpu temps are 63(one degree less than with two screen)

 

And I would also assume the card was still idling at 1000mhz as well?  

 

Do you run it with stock clock settings or do you have an overclocked profile enabled? 

 

I think it would be beneficial to find out from other 980ti owners what frequency their cards idle at and compare. My other thought is you have some kind of program or app running in the background that is keeping the core clocks up instead of letting it idle down... Just thinking out loud...

[xAcid9]

Higher temp is normal when you're on dual monitors because your Memory clock should be on 3D states which is max all the time but your Core clock should throttle down to idle state like always. I suggest to reinstall the driver and use DDU for removal.

[Caloon]

And I would also assume the card was still idling at 1000mhz as well?

Do you run it with stock clock settings or do you have an overclocked profile enabled?

I think it would be beneficial to find out from other 980ti owners what frequency their cards idle at and compare. My other thought is you have some kind of program or app running in the background that is keeping the core clocks up instead of letting it idle down... Just thinking out loud...

Jup. Clock speed are still 1000mhz.I checked the task manager, bht I cant find the problem.

I'm thinking of posting a thread on geforce forums. Hopefully they could help

Thanks a lot

[Caloon]

Higher temp is normal when you're on dual monitors because your Memory clock should be on 3D states which is max all the time but your Core clock should throttle down to idle state like always. I suggest to reinstall the driver and use DDU for removal.

I know that it has higher temps. But I did the same tests with one monitor and the temps stay almost the same. It's weird because i usually had idle temps on 40-45, but now they are 60-65... I assume this has sth to do with memlry clock, since they don't drop. At idle I have 1000mhz... That's not good.

Yes I'll try to reinstall the drivers and hopefully It will help.

Thanks for help. I'll keep on posting information on this forum

[m_tieu]

"This is a hardware limitation with desktop and older notebook GPUs, and not a software bug. When multiple displays are connected and active, the GPU will always operate with full clock speeds in order to efficiently drive multiple displays–even when no 3D programs are running." Page 36: http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/340.43/340.43-win8-win7-winvista-desktop-release-notes.pdf

[MEC-777]

"This is a hardware limitation with desktop and older notebook GPUs, and not a software bug. When multiple displays are connected and active, the GPU will always operate with full clock speeds in order to efficiently drive multiple displays–even when no 3D programs are running." Page 36: http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/340.43/340.43-win8-win7-winvista-desktop-release-notes.pdf

 

I wonder why they do this. As I mentioned earlier, my 290 is driving two displays and it idles right down to 300mhz and never ramps up the clock until the load requires it. But, that's an AMD card and this is an Nvidia card we're talking about. Still doesn't seem right to me. Especially something as powerful and a 980Ti shouldn't need to run at 1000mhz to "effectively" drive multiple displays when a 290 can do it at 300mhz.

[Caloon]

"This is a hardware limitation with desktop and older notebook GPUs, and not a software bug. When multiple displays are connected and active, the GPU will always operate with full clock speeds in order to efficiently drive multiple displays–even when no 3D programs are running." Page 36: http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/340.43/340.43-win8-win7-winvista-desktop-release-notes.pdf

Thanks, but why is memory clock still at 1000mhz when only one monitor is connected? And I don't see a solution here. I don't wont my gpu to run at full speed when in idle. Does this PhysX help? Will then my gpu downclock?

Edit:I don't think that that's a "hardware limitation" and it has to do sth wih "older gpus". My sistem is only one month old...

[m_tieu]

Thanks, but why is memory clock still at 1000mhz when only one monitor is connected? And I don't see a solution here. I don't wont my gpu to run at full speed when in idle. Does this PhysX help? Will then my gpu downclock?

Edit:I don't think that that's a "hardware limitation" and it has to do sth wih "older gpus". My sistem is only one month old...

It says desktop gpus and "older notebook gpus." Yours is a desktop gpu and not a laptop gpu so old doesn't apply to you. There are solutions where people force lower power states to get the card to idle. This problem is very common and is not limited to just nvidia cards. Amd seems to have this problem as well. It also happens on high refresh rate monitors like 144hz and multi monitor set ups.

[Caloon]

It says desktop gpus and "older notebook gpus." Yours is a desktop gpu and not a laptop gpu so old doesn't apply to you. There are solutions where people force lower power states to get the card to idle. This problem is very common and is not limited to just nvidia cards. Amd seems to have this problem as well. It also happens on high refresh rate monitors like 144hz and multi monitor set ups.

Oh. My bad. I don't really know much about overclocking. I predict that I'll have to mess with MSI afterburner and change the wattage that thw card is getting. If you know how to solve this problem step by step it would be very well apreciated.

[Caloon]

-snip-

I've read it again (Page 41 not 36), but there is no solution what so ever. I don't like my card going full speed in idle. I've also disconnencted one monitor and the clock speeds stays the same. I fon't know what to do

[m_tieu]

Oh. My bad. I don't really know much about overclocking. I predict that I'll have to mess with MSI afterburner and change the wattage that thw card is getting. If you know how to solve this problem step by step it would be very well apreciated.

You might want to check this out: http://pcgamesbeat.blogspot.ca/2012/08/enable-power-saving-mode-on-nvidia-gpus.html but proceed at your own risk.

[Caloon]

Hey guys!

 

I know that I didn't post much for a very long time, but all my GPU problems have been solved with help of my friend.

 

How to solve the problem:

 

-Run your system in save mode and then run this programme. Select Graphic driver (in my case NVIDIA) and  then click Clean and restart (highly recommended) button.

 

After that, just install your drivers again (in my case GeForce Experience) and that's it. 

 

Here are some GPU-Z screenshots.

Before new Drivers:

After reinstalling Drivers:

 

Both screenshots were made while at idle. 

 

I'd like to thanks all you guys for your suggestions and I hope that my post will help solve your problems.