980ti high temps?

[Cvdasfg]

I ran the heaven benchmark on my 780ti and it got to about 70c after a long period of time running the  benchmark.. After 45 seconds of running the benchmark on my 980ti it hit 80c... Am i missing something? Is this normal?

 

Both are strix OC editions 

[Senzelian]

I ran the heaven benchmark on my 780ti and it got to about 70c after a long period of time running the  benchmark.. After 45 seconds of running the benchmark on my 980ti it hit 80c... Am i missing something? Is this normal?

 

Both are strix OC editions 

Both should theoretically run at around the same temperature.

But because the sensor placement, thermal paste and fan speed could be different it would make sense that one of the cards runs signifintly hotter than the other.

First thing I would do is to have a look at the fan profile of your 980Ti. I heard that the new Strix cards don't have a very agressive fan profile anymore, so they will automatically run hotter. It shouldn't be a problem.

[The Official Czex]

What case? You may have bad airflow.

 

EDIT: Also, fan profiles.

[don_svetlio]

Strix - that's the issue. Asus cards have gotten worse over the years

[Altecice]

This is normal for SLI. Your top card has to deal with the heat rising from the bottom car + cool its self. Meanwhile the bottom card gets all the cold air it needs.... 80c is not high for 980Ti's.

[Cvdasfg]

This is normal for SLI. Your top card has to deal with the heat rising from the bottom car + cool its self. Meanwhile the bottom card gets all the cold air it needs.... 80c is not high for 980Ti's.

 

Dont have SLI?

Strix - that's the issue. Asus cards have gotten worse over the years

Looked around a lot and they had the best oc out of the box ( i dont like doing it myself)

 

What case? You may have bad airflow.

 

EDIT: Also, fan profiles.

TX10 have 22 fans promise its not airflow

[don_svetlio]

Dont have SLI?

Looked around a lot and they had the best oc out of the box ( i dont like doing it myself)

 

TX10 have 22 fans promise its not airflow

Then you've not seen Lightning or Kingpin cards

[The Official Czex]

Dont have SLI?

Looked around a lot and they had the best oc out of the box ( i dont like doing it myself)

 

TX10 have 22 fans promise its not airflow

 

Crank up the fan speeds. My STRIX does fine on the default, though...

[Patrick Bateman]

fan speed under load? and the strix cooler sucks

[MEC-777]

Strix - that's the issue. Asus cards have gotten worse over the years

 

This. Except I don't think they have gotten worse or that they are "bad cards", rather they simply prioritize silence over ice-cold temps. 

 

Make a silent card and people will complain it runs too hot. Make a cool running card and people will complain it's too loud. Can't please everyone. That's why software like MSI AB exists.

[don_svetlio]

This. Except I don't think they have gotten worse or that they are "bad cards", rather they simply prioritize silence over ice-cold temps. 

 

Make a silent card and people will complain it runs too hot. Make a cool running card and people will complain it's too loud. Can't please everyone. That's why software like MSI AB exists.

Sapphire Nitro series - cool and quiet with overbuilt coolers. Same for the Vapor-X

[Cvdasfg]

Then you've not seen Lightning or Kingpin cards

$200 more though. lol and as far as i saw they wheren't any higher from factory? maybe im wrong i cant remember. 

[don_svetlio]

$200 more though. lol and as far as i saw they wheren't any higher from factory? maybe im wrong i cant remember. 

Factory OC is meaningless with Nvidia - GPU Boost 2.0 does that for you. Also - Those cards have MUCH beefier coolers - Lightning is enormous and Kingpin is 100% copper.

[Altecice]

Dont have SLI?

 

 

Oooops sorry I misread your post. Its still normal for 980Ti's to high 80's with a factory OC.... they run warm. I have mine topping 88c with my OC on them.

[Cvdasfg]

Factory OC is meaningless with Nvidia - GPU Boost 2.0 does that for you. Also - Those cards have MUCH beefier coolers - Lightning is enormous and Kingpin is 100% copper.

Eh i guess. To late now i guess

 

Oooops sorry I misread your post. Its still normal for 980Ti's to high 80's with a factory OC.... they run warm. I have mine topping 88c with my OC on them.

Ok good to know

[Najuno]

First of all do not worry at all. These temps are quite normal for Maxwell cards with a GM200 chip under air. My Titan Xs were way worse with the standard heatsink. The STRIX is a fine card that has a custom PCB and a very good VRM block.

 

Then let us talk about then myth about Lightning and Kingpin for a second. The MSI Lightning is a card with a big cooler that is not exactly known to be super quiet unlike the STRIX because the focus of this card is not performance and be as quiet and enjoyable as possible in games, no it is maximum performance. Does it mean you can OC higher? No it doesn´t and the reason for that is when it comes to Maxwell cards there´s more to eyxtrem OCing than just a big cooler or a cherry picked chip.

Alright then there´s the other story about the Kingpin from EVGA... the Kingpin is nothing but the final version of the Classified. A bit more refined but that´s about it. Is that all? No there is more to it. First of all extrem OCing starts with performance watercooling and goes up to LN2.... not air cooling. The Kingpin is such a card made for extrem OCing best case with LN2. Now is this the best OC card out of the box? Nope sorry to destroy that myth too but the best OCer out of the box is the EVGA Classified, and the reason for that is, that it is pretty much the only card that is not part of nVidia´s Greenlighnt program. In order to use the Kingpins full OC potential you need a hardware device to unlock the voltage manually.

[MEC-777]

Sapphire Nitro series - cool and quiet with overbuilt coolers. Same for the Vapor-X

 

Make a card that is cool and silent and people will complain it's too big.

 

But yeah, those are awesome cards. 

[don_svetlio]

Make a card that is cool and silent and people will complain it's too big.

 

But yeah, those are awesome cards. 

Vapor-X are small - 7970 Vapor-X was smaller than a lot of current cards thanks to the absurd amount of copper

[Cvdasfg]

First of all do not worry at all. These temps are quite normal for Maxwell cards with a GM200 chip under air. My Titan Xs were way worse with the standard heatsink. The STRIX is a fine card that has a custom PCB and a very good VRM block.

 

Then let us talk about then myth about Lightning and Kingpin for a second. The MSI Lightning is a card with a big cooler that is not exactly known to be super quiet unlike the STRIX because the focus of this card is not performance and be as quiet and enjoyable as possible in games, no it is maximum performance. Does it mean you can OC higher? No it doesn´t and the reason for that is when it comes to Maxwell cards there´s more to eyxtrem OCing than just a big cooler or a cherry picked chip.

Alright then there´s the other story about the Kingpin from EVGA... the Kingpin is nothing but the final version of the Classified. A bit more refined but that´s about it. Is that all? No there is more to it. First of all extrem OCing starts with performance watercooling and goes up to LN2.... not air cooling. The Kingpin is such a card made for extrem OCing best case with LN2. Now is this the best OC card out of the box? Nope sorry to destroy that myth too but the best OCer out of the box is the EVGA Classified, and the reason for that is, that it is pretty much the only card that is not part of nVidia´s Greenlighnt program. In order to use the Kingpins full OC potential you need a hardware device to unlock the voltage manually.

Thank you for this answer. You answered very well and I greatly appreciate your insight

[Najuno]

Thank you for this answer. You answered very well and I greatly appreciate your insight

No problem you are wlcome .