GPU POWER CONSUMPTION ON 104% WTF

[SeeFights]

My friends GPU is at 104% power consumption and staying at 70^oC and he has a 970 any help. this happens when playing the witcher 3

[spark12072001]

If the card is overclocked and the powerlimit is raised, then it is perfectly normal.

[SeeFights]

Just now, spark12072001 said:

If the card is overclocked and the powerlimit is raised, then it is perfectly normal.

but he has never Overclocked it

[annoyingmoments]

It is overclocking I guess. It uses 104% Power, means that there is an extra 4% power draw so, the voltage gets higher as current stays the same. I guess it is auto-overclocking.

[danomicar]

It might just be giving itself a power boost to help with the added load or cooling capacity

[SeeFights]

Just now, annoyingmoments said:

It is overclocking I guess. It uses 104% Power, means that there is an extra 4% power draw so, the voltage gets higher as current stays the same. I guess it is auto-overclocking.

WTF i have never heard of "auto-overclocking"

[Wiflare]

2 minutes ago, SeeFights said:

WTF i have never heard of "auto-overclocking"

they call it gpu boost or something

[SeeFights]

Just now, Wiflare said:

they call it gpu boost or something

oh ok thats better

[TheRandomness]

3 minutes ago, SeeFights said:

WTF i have never heard of "auto-overclocking"

GPU Boost. Does it by itself if thermals allow for it.

[annoyingmoments]

1 minute ago, SeeFights said:

WTF i have never heard of "auto-overclocking"

Depending on your/his GPUs vendor, there might be a feature made by them, so if the GPU is under load it will overclock itself by programming to give a pint of extra perfomance and therefore (in theory) a better gaming experience. Similar to "Turbo Boost" on CPUs. Or it is just overclocked by the vendor at default settings.

[Dzzope]

There are 2 clocks stated on the card.. the base and the boost clock. If the cards algorythims detect there is spare TDP to be used, it will boost clocks and power to meet that target.

 

It's kinda overclocking.. it's more to do with viriable clocks than overclocking... The cards work these days by having a sey of limits and rules and they work within these to judge how much GPU power to give.. eg when your on the desktop and idle, the clocks drop significantly.

[SeeFights]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

GPU Boost. Does it by itself if thermals allow for it.

should he be worried about the 70^oC

[TheRandomness]

Just now, SeeFights said:

should he be worried about the 70^oC

Nope.

[annoyingmoments]

1 minute ago, SeeFights said:

should he be worried about the 70^oC

Not even a little bit.

[SeeFights]

1 minute ago, TheRandomness said:

Nope.

ok thanks, i only asked because i have a 960 and i never see those numbers but my friend has a 970 and we got worried

[SeeFights]

1 minute ago, annoyingmoments said:

Not even a little bit.

when should he be worried

[racer243l]

3 minutes ago, SeeFights said:

when should he be worried

83°C is the limit when the GPU will start to throttle to cool down

[annoyingmoments]

1 minute ago, SeeFights said:

when should he be worried

Beginning with the 85+ degrees Celsius I would watch out, as there might be something wrong.

[typographie]

41 minutes ago, SeeFights said:

should he be worried about the 70^oC

Most cards actually aim for 75–80°C in their stock configuration these days. And if they don't get that hot, they clock themselves up until they do (or until they hit the limits of GPU Boost, whichever comes first). If it would go over the temperature target, it should clock itself down.

 

If your friend really doesn't want it to behave that way, he could install MSI Afterburner and set his own power target to 100%. There's no reason to do so, though.