980 Ti wont downclock when idle causing high temperatures.

[Badger]

Recently I just realized my 980 Ti temps were higher than normal around 35-37c when idle, normally they would be around 26-27c when idle. I checked MSI afterburner and saw that my memory clock was up to 4000mhz and my base/core clock was up to 1000mhz which is what I have it overclocked too but at idle. I tried researching most of it online but couldn't find a solution. Most people said it was due to dual monitor setups running at a high refresh rate. Both of my monitors are 144hz, I tried changing my second monitor to 85hz to see if it would downclock back to normal but still no avail. 

I found a temporary solution by downloading and using NVIDIA Inspector and using the Multi Display Power Saver tool and targeting my GPU and it allows it to downclock back to normal. This isn't the best solution though that I'm looking for because then I have to go through the hassle of turning it on and off again. 

Here's the problem in action: Link

Any help is appreciated I've tried spending the past few hours finding a solution.

[Masada02]

3 minutes ago, Badger said:

Both of my monitors are 144hz

This is why. Nvidia never fixed the issue of running high clocks at idle with high refresh rate monitors. They may have fixed (or made it better) when using just one, but 2 or more is still a known issue.

[Elerek]

Maybe you've got malware mining bitcoins on you system? Just a crazy guess. I can't see the file you uploaded from behind my work's firewall.

[reapzzer]

Can confirm. When using more than one monitor with 144Hz (In my case the ASUS PG278Q 144Hz+G-Sync and a random 1080p60 monitor) will prevent my 980Ti from downclocking. 

 

Ah and going down to 120Hz fixes it at least for me

[Max_Settings]

My card does the same thing. If you have high refresh rate or multiple monitor it runs at a high clock speed at idle

[WereCat]

36 minutes ago, Masada02 said:

This is why. Nvidia never fixed the issue of running high clocks at idle with high refresh rate monitors. They may have fixed (or made it better) when using just one, but 2 or more is still a known issue.

 

34 minutes ago, reapzzer said:

Can confirm. When using more than one monitor with 144Hz (In my case the ASUS PG278Q 144Hz+G-Sync and a random 1080p60 monitor) will prevent my 980Ti from downclocking. 

 

Ah and going down to 120Hz fixes it at least for me

May be just a Maxwell thing?

I have 1080ti + 165Hz G-Sync 1440p monitor + 60Hz 1080p monitor and the card downclocks all the way down to 139MHz core on idle and 405MHz VRAM.

 

[Qi_Forever]

If you do some research you find this is a common problem (maybe a multi-monitor set-up problem).

 

 If you change your monitors refresh rate to 60MHz your temps should start to drop (your graphics card will change to idle mode)

 

Otherwise, like you said you can have Nvidia Inspector running and force GC to idle which is a not ideal.

 

There is a compromise,  If I'm not gaming I will run the monitor at 100Mhz and it seems to balance everything out.

 

Not I definitive fix, however it helps.

 

Let me know how you get on.  

 

Some bright spark must have a toggle or reg hack

[WereCat]

Hmmm, do you have ShadowPlay enabled and it is also enabled to record desktop?

If yes, try to turn it OFF and see if that fixes it.

[Edwired287]

Well that may be the point when running dual screen causes high temps in idle state. I prefer to stick with 60hz monitor without the risk of retina damge or splitting headaches. That just me really

[3 Lions]

22 minutes ago, WereCat said:

139MHz core on idle and 405MHz VRAM.

Exactly the same as my 1070, I think they've changed something in the latest driver as mine always had an idle clock of 215MHz. 

[Edwired287]

To be truthful i got tunnel vision which i can only see the center of the screen

[Badger]

1 hour ago, Masada02 said:

This is why. Nvidia never fixed the issue of running high clocks at idle with high refresh rate monitors. They may have fixed (or made it better) when using just one, but 2 or more is still a known issue.

Oh alright, I assumed it was a driver issue. I uninstalled my drivers completely and my clock speeds were back to normal when idling. My best guess it has to be a driver issue because when I update them the clock speeds stay at a constant high clock. 

 

Thanks for the help I'm just gonna probably just stick with it as it's not a big issue for me really. 

1 hour ago, Elerek said:

Maybe you've got malware mining bitcoins on you system? Just a crazy guess. I can't see the file you uploaded from behind my work's firewall.

Nah, I just did a fresh installation of Windows 10 about a month ago. Checked all my processes and services and ended all of them to find out if one of them was the culprit and didn't find a difference. My GPU usage is only around 0-5% when using just Chrome. 

[Qi_Forever]

Just spent last hour tinkering with fans and refresh rates.  

 

GC was running hot. So I lowered refresh rate on Monitor. Still the same. Then I released X-Split was still running in background (doh) and some reason GPU Tweak II had not loading on boot (Win 10 is challenging although I do like it).

 

Tweaked GPU fan curve and internal fans linked to headers on the card.  

 

Down from 54c to 30c at idle.  Fans all whisper quiet.  

 

Card seems to be idling correctly.   Do get that odd clock spike hmmm

 

This was defiantly not the case when I had SLI 780's.  

 

What was that multi-monitor program Luke used to rave about.  It sits in sys tray gives you easy monitor control.  May-be that is an easy way to tweak refresh rates when not gaming.

 

Sorry this is totally off topic...

I'm sure Nvidia miss with drivers for there non-flagship hardware (last gen and below).  My 780's used to crash all the time under heavy gaming, drove me nuts. could have only been the drivers doing this.  As they passed every stress test under the sun.  They only every failed in game.  No matter how configure even slightly under clocked.  Cards did not like advance details at all.  However this is a different story all together.

 

 

[reapzzer]

1 hour ago, Edwired287 said:

I prefer to stick with 60hz monitor without the risk of retina damge or splitting headaches. That just me really

Wat

[Masada02]

2 hours ago, WereCat said:

 

May be just a Maxwell thing?

I have 1080ti + 165Hz G-Sync 1440p monitor + 60Hz 1080p monitor and the card downclocks all the way down to 139MHz core on idle and 405MHz VRAM.

 

Maybe. It's been a weird issue over the years that really doesn't matter that much. I can say that my 980TI runs at like 900mhz all the time with my 240hz and 120hz monitors hooked up.