Graphics Card Temperature

[ngvd]

Hello,

 

In my computer, I have a GTX 970. At idle, the temp is about 30C. While playing games, it can sometimes reach about 83C (Mostly during House Flipper). Is this anything to worry about? It is not overclocked, and I set my fan curve to to be 100% at 80C, but below that, to be 1:1 between temp and fan speed. 

 

Thank You. 

[Spaceman_Wil]

I have the same card and game. House flipper is optimized very poorly so I would like to point out this is not going to be the temp standard for each game.

 

If you would like to check out some better cooling options for the card NZXT has some cool options for mounts(Pun intended) and you can pair it with most AiOs

[Jurrunio]

thermal paste is likely dried to crisps and no longer working well as a heat conductor.

[Electronics Wizardy]

83c is fine and won't hurt it at all. Its basically the max temp on these cards. 

[Guest]

Is it a founders edition? If yes these are typical temps, but nonetheless it's nothing to worry about. If you want to drop the temps try repasting your gpu with something like Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut.

[Jurrunio]

11 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

83c is fine and won't hurt it at all. Its basically the max temp on these cards. 

 

1 minute ago, Konrad Kwasniewski said:

Is it a founders edition? If yes these are typical temps, but nonetheless it's nothing to worry about. If you want to drop the temps try repasting your gpu with something like Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut.

I wont call 83C at 100% fan speed 'fine' or 'typical' even for a blower. 970 is just a 145w tdp card.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

 

I wont call 83C at 100% fan speed 'fine' or 'typical' even for a blower. 970 is just a 145w tdp card.

I used to reach 89C on my RX480 strix before I changed out my thermal paste. 

[ngvd]

I've been thinking of upgrading to a 1070 ti, would the performance increase be worth it over a 970?

[Electronics Wizardy]

5 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

 

I wont call 83C at 100% fan speed 'fine' or 'typical' even for a blower. 970 is just a 145w tdp card.

looking at reviews, its about 80c on the reference cooler, put it in a case, and add a bit of dust and 83c is fine. They put cheaper blower cards on low end cards you can't can't comapre all blower.

[glenalz81]

I found moving from a 970 to a 1070 was a 30% + improvement across the board.

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, ngvandyke said:

I've been thinking of upgrading to a 1070 ti, would the performance increase be worth it over a 970?

Id wait unless you find a very good deal, next gen is around the corner and 1070's will get cheaper and there will be newer faster cards.

[Mick Naughty]

Never had a card reach 80c regardless of fan speed. No metal blower card should see that temp with increased fan speed. 

 

Replace tim and pads if nessasary. Clean the fan and increase case fans if nessasary. 

 

Isn’t normal in any way given the circumstances. 

[nick name]

1 hour ago, ngvandyke said:

I've been thinking of upgrading to a 1070 ti, would the performance increase be worth it over a 970?

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1070-Ti/2577vs3943

 

I saw a difference going from a blower style 1070 that got hot like your card to my new 1070 ti. I think you will notice a difference also. But it may be worth waiting to see what Nvidia has up their leather jacket sleeves first. 

[Sainta]

I'd say reapply the thermal paste and clean the gpu and case fan with some lubricant.

 

It's recommended to replace gpu tim every 1-3 years depends on the workload. Try using the high-end one for about 10 bucks and see the difference. Also it's not good to run fan at 100% for a long time, it sure will wear the fan more quickly, it goes for both gpu and case fan.

[ngvd]

Hi everyone,

 

Thank you for the responses. Just to followup, I wanted to let you know that I installed 2 extra exhaust fans on the top of my machine to see if that would help. Unfortunately, it did not. I believe that the thermal paste hardened up in the GPU which is causing the temps. I've had the card for a little while now (I only paid $100 for it) and I have decided to upgrade to an EVGA GTX 1070 TI SC. Thank you all for your input.

 

Warmest Regards