GTX 970 at 0-1% Load, but 40 degrees on idle?

[JWolfCrafter]

I have no idea why my card is being so hot on idle. Normally it hovers around 29 degrees to 32 degrees, but now its getting up to 40? The red bar in PrecisionX (Picture 1) is also normally all the way down and not filled at all.

Pictures (In top-down order): PrecisionX, GPU-Z (Graphics Card Tab), GPU-Z (Sensors Tab), Task Manager (Processes Tab)

http://imgur.com/a/XVuFs

http://imgur.com/a/QcX7J

http://imgur.com/a/0iuSx

http://imgur.com/a/3hQp1

 

I ran MalwareBytes once, restarted after removing all the stuff it said to, ran it again and it came up as 0 viruses found. Problem is still here.

[Will Or occ]

I have a 970 and its the same its b/c the fans dont spin unstil 60c so its fine that teps are nothing for a gpu you are good!

[JWolfCrafter]

Just now, Will Or occ said:

I have a 970 and its the same its b/c the fans dont spin unstil 60c so its fine that teps are nothing for a gpu you are good!

No but my fan curve is on aggresive and its never done this before. Its always been 30c at idle, never more. And the red bar has never gone this high when im not playing a game.

[Will Or occ]

2 hours ago, JWolfCrafter said:

No but my fan curve is on aggresive and its never done this before. Its always been 30c at idle, never more. And the red bar has never gone this high when im not playing a game.

Well 40c is fine I am at 1% load rn and getting that nothing to stress about b/c gpus are fine at the temp 

[Skiiwee29]

Mutli Monitor setup? If so, even with low load, your still ramping up the core clocks much higher than it would with a single monitor and will cause the temps to be warmer than normal. Same if your using higher refresh rate monitors too. 

[JWolfCrafter]

8 minutes ago, legacy99 said:

Mutli Monitor setup? If so, even with low load, your still ramping up the core clocks much higher than it would with a single monitor and will cause the temps to be warmer than normal. Same if your using higher refresh rate monitors too. 

Only one monitor, which is why im confused.

 

2 minutes ago, rrubberr said:

You're right, I didn't see the screenshots. If you have Google Chrome installed, try ending the Crash Handler tasks (don't remember what specifically they're called) and see if that helps.

Crash Handler isnt running (I configured chrome settings so that it didnt do that. I also tried ending chrome completely (in task manager) and the clock speed didnt change.

[Imakuni]

23 minutes ago, JWolfCrafter said:

I have no idea why my card is being so hot on idle. Normally it hovers around 29 degrees to 32 degrees, but now its getting up to 40? The red bar in PrecisionX (Picture 1) is also normally all the way down and not filled at all.

Pictures (In top-down order): PrecisionX, GPU-Z (Graphics Card Tab), GPU-Z (Sensors Tab), Task Manager (Processes Tab)

http://imgur.com/a/XVuFs

http://imgur.com/a/QcX7J

http://imgur.com/a/0iuSx

http://imgur.com/a/3hQp1

 

I ran MalwareBytes once, restarted after removing all the stuff it said to, ran it again and it came up as 0 viruses found. Problem is still here.

The reason why it's so "hot" is because the clocks are high, even on idle. This could be caused by a number of reasons, multi-monitor setups and having the power preference set to maximum performance being 2 of them that immediately come to mind. Have your card downclock and temps will go down.

 

With that said, though, I wouldn't worry about it. Not one bit. 40C is perfectly fine. To be honest, your card shouldn't even be idling in the first place, consider that a bonus.

[Altecice]

7 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

The reason why it's so "hot" is because the clocks are high, even on idle. This could be caused by a number of reasons, multi-monitor setups and having the power preference set to maximum performance being 2 of them that immediately come to mind. Have your card downclock and temps will go down.

 

With that said, though, I wouldn't worry about it. Not one bit. 40C is perfectly fine. To be honest, your card shouldn't even be idling in the first place, consider that a bonus.

I agree, this is most likely the cause.

[JWolfCrafter]

2 minutes ago, Altecice said:

I agree, this is most likely the cause.

Ok so I was totally watching the JayzTwoCents video on overclocking pascal cards when I saw the "change it to Maximum Performance". And now that I changed it back to "optimal power", its back to normal. Guess this thread was just me being stupid then. Sorry about that

[manikyath]

if you notice temps going up, its worth checking for dust.