GPU overheating

[L0str31]

Hi i don know why my GPU overheats while i run Rust its like form 40c goes to 80 c and the fan runs at 70% and its so loud does anyone knows why?

Here The Specs 

Intel core 2 quad Q9450

Ram 8 gb ddr2 

GPU gtx 660 

PSU 300 name unknown

[OLS]

Dust? Old? Bad airflow? 

[L0str31]

Just now, OLS said:

Dust? Old? Bad airflow? 

no the gpu i bought and i saw it was like new from store but i set some stuff at rust set launch option from that time it runs rly fast 

[L0str31]

1 minute ago, OLS said:

Dust? Old? Bad airflow? 

and my room is rly cold my CPU when it was summer running at 70C normal right now at 60 or 58C 

[Darkseth]

What Case do you have? Do you have Fans installed? How many, and where?

 

Which GTX 660 exactly do you have?

 

If unsure, you can provide some Pictures too ^^

[L0str31]

2 minutes ago, Darkseth said:

What Case do you have? Do you have Fans installed? How many, and where?

 

Which GTX 660 exactly do you have?

 

If unsure, you can provide some Pictures too ^^

my pc is dell studio desktop

[seon123]

80°C isn't hot at all, and far from overheating.

[Darkseth]

All right.

Was this GPU included, when you bought the PC, or did you upgraded the GPU afterwards at some point?

 

If it's the latter, that would be it.

 

Your Computer was build as a Desktop PC, a Multimedia / Office PC, with quite weak Hardware. CPU was ok back then, but the GPU was probably just an office GPU, that consumes very little power, and doesn't produce much heat (especially in any office / Desktop / Multimedia scenarios).

Also, that no-name 300w PSU is an indicator for my assumption.

Low heat output --> Case does NOT need to have much fans, or any fans at all --> quiet.

 

Now, you put a strong gaming GPU in the PC. And while it does work, it consumes more power, and generates MUCH more heat. Heat, that can not be replaced fast enough, since your Case does not have any Fans, or it only has 1 small Fan.

Heat gets more and more, GPU gets hotter and hotter, and fans spin up to 70%, to keep the GPU temperature under control.

 

 

Did you had these issues with this GPU all the time? Or is that GPU new?

[Mick Naughty]

Thermal paste prolly. Still gonna be old and dry if the card sat around. Could also be airflow but shouldn't be that bad.

[L0str31]

35 minutes ago, Darkseth said:

All right.

Was this GPU included, when you bought the PC, or did you upgraded the GPU afterwards at some point?

 

If it's the latter, that would be it.

 

Your Computer was build as a Desktop PC, a Multimedia / Office PC, with quite weak Hardware. CPU was ok back then, but the GPU was probably just an office GPU, that consumes very little power, and doesn't produce much heat (especially in any office / Desktop / Multimedia scenarios).

Also, that no-name 300w PSU is an indicator for my assumption.

Low heat output --> Case does NOT need to have much fans, or any fans at all --> quiet.

 

Now, you put a strong gaming GPU in the PC. And while it does work, it consumes more power, and generates MUCH more heat. Heat, that can not be replaced fast enough, since your Case does not have any Fans, or it only has 1 small Fan.

Heat gets more and more, GPU gets hotter and hotter, and fans spin up to 70%, to keep the GPU temperature under control.

 

 

Did you had these issues with this GPU all the time? Or is that GPU new?

yeah the old gpu was gtx 650 asus 1gb the new is gtx 660 twin frozr i got it thanks for tips i didnt know 

[suh))))))))))))]

i would reapply thermal paste

[L0str31]

Just now, suh)))))))))))) said:

i would reapply thermal paste

when i got it iwas new like the owner clean it and change the paste normaly at other game runs good 50C but rust at close to 100% runs rly hot but ill check it later

[Qyoon]

Maybe the rad is not correctly screwed.

Even one or two mm can make a huge difference.