High Temps GTX 970

[Ilumic]

I recently purchased a second gtx 970 , my first card it fine and runs great, overclocks perfect and temps are spot on , 66 degrees under load and 35 at idle , however I bought a second gtx 970 to sli but the card is terrible it overclocks really badly and the temps are 10 degrees higher than my other card.

 

Also my 4 displays are connected to my first gtx 970 not my new one, so it cant be that causing the heat issues.

 

Things ive tried:

New thermal paste on both cards

added a fan to push air in the gap of the sli

removed the overclock

increased the fan speed

all drivers are up to date

 

Thanks 

[Morgan Everett]

Is the second 970 the exact same model as the first?

[Ilumic]

Just now, Morgan Everett said:

Is the second 970 the exact same model as the first?

yeah they are both EVGA ACX 2.0 SC 

[EPPHO]

2nd card in sli pretty much always runs hotter. Also 76C is not bad for a GPU

[Ilumic]

Just now, frozeNNN said:

2nd card in sli pretty much always runs hotter. Also 76C is not bad for a GPU

I always thought that the top card would be hotter because heat rises, the temps aint bad its just the difference is so much between the 2 cards 

[EPPHO]

34 minutes ago, Lewiscool45 said:

I always thought that the top card would be hotter because heat rises, the temps aint bad its just the difference is so much between the 2 cards 

Nah it depends on the airflow and case size but pretty much in most cases 2nd gpu is hotter. You can try and switch them and see if the current top one will run hotter on 2nd slot and vice versa 

[Ilumic]

17 minutes ago, frozeNNN said:

Nah it depends on the airflow and case size but pretty much in most cases 2nd gpu is hotter. You can try and switch them and see if the current top one will run hotter on 2nd slot and vice versa 

ill give that a go cheers

 

[Ilumic]

23 hours ago, frozeNNN said:

Nah it depends on the airflow and case size but pretty much in most cases 2nd gpu is hotter. You can try and switch them and see if the current top one will run hotter on 2nd slot and vice versa 

I tried this and it solved the problem both gpus are the same temp at idle and at full load, thanks a lot