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ASUS GTX 970 running temperature
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Soldato
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Hi.. SORRY
In all honesty whilst waiting for the system to get to its equalibrium temperature at idle well .. i fell asleep xD.
Ive come back to the system now
Load temps before were as you said around 60-65
now i am seeing 1 card at 36c and the other card at 43c
In all honesty whilst waiting for the system to get to its equalibrium temperature at idle well .. i fell asleep xD.
Ive come back to the system now
Load temps before were as you said around 60-65
now i am seeing 1 card at 36c and the other card at 43c
Blimey - quite a difference! Many thanks for the info. I'm still rock-steady on 60C, nothing running but this browser window, with the side removed from the case. Wonder if there's a batch of badly-pasted cards out there?
I'm reluctant to void my warranty by cracking it open (the card's only a few months old). I might show willing by fitting the new case fans, and if things don't improve, contact Overclockers / Asus to see if they'll do anything about it...
Resurrecting this old thread to report back & ask for opinions...
To recap: I came here seeking advice as my ASUS GTX 970 Strix was idling at 60 - 65C (pottering on web, doing email). Have tidied up the cables and added / upgraded fans wherever practical, and GPU temp is now down to circa 46C at idle (fans at 0%), so a good improvement, but still not as cool as others I read about.
I don't think I can really aircool the case any better than it is now. Room temp is around 25C (admittedly we keep a fairly warm house...).
Do you guys think there's any more improvement to be had here? The reason I'm still fussing about this is I'm still getting periodic black screen crashes when the computer's not under any harsh load (see original post). But I can't in all conscience blame it on the GPU right now as it's good as gold when my son's hammering it in demanding games. In general we've been well pleased with this card.
It's quite hard to see the wood for the trees on this one...
It would be nice to eliminate the GPU from the black screen problem though. Having done some reading elsewhere on this site, I was wondering if OCUK would continue to honour my warranty if I replaced the thermal paste (something I'm perfectly confident to do myself). Couldn't see a definitive answer on that topic, but I haven't been in touch with customer services yet either. Replacing the paste certainly seems to have had a dramatic effect for Harry5522 above, and I keep reading how this card should idle around 30C.
Thanks for reading - any thoughts?
To recap: I came here seeking advice as my ASUS GTX 970 Strix was idling at 60 - 65C (pottering on web, doing email). Have tidied up the cables and added / upgraded fans wherever practical, and GPU temp is now down to circa 46C at idle (fans at 0%), so a good improvement, but still not as cool as others I read about.
I don't think I can really aircool the case any better than it is now. Room temp is around 25C (admittedly we keep a fairly warm house...).
Do you guys think there's any more improvement to be had here? The reason I'm still fussing about this is I'm still getting periodic black screen crashes when the computer's not under any harsh load (see original post). But I can't in all conscience blame it on the GPU right now as it's good as gold when my son's hammering it in demanding games. In general we've been well pleased with this card.
It's quite hard to see the wood for the trees on this one...
It would be nice to eliminate the GPU from the black screen problem though. Having done some reading elsewhere on this site, I was wondering if OCUK would continue to honour my warranty if I replaced the thermal paste (something I'm perfectly confident to do myself). Couldn't see a definitive answer on that topic, but I haven't been in touch with customer services yet either. Replacing the paste certainly seems to have had a dramatic effect for Harry5522 above, and I keep reading how this card should idle around 30C.
Thanks for reading - any thoughts?
Still sounds too hot. My MSI 980 Gaming edition idles at about 30 degrees with idle fans and hovers around 55-60 degrees under load (playing GTA V for example). Even under 100% usage benchmarking i don't think i have seen it go over 65 degrees.
While your Strix could run a bit cooler than that, I still doubt it's the culprit behind the crashes. Quite a lot of users have been reporting varying idle/load temps even on the same brand 970s/980s. For example, my Strix can top out at 72-75c when overclocked and pushed to the absolute max, yet some people claim that their cards only reach 55-60c which I find completely bonkers as even Asus's official specs state that the card's load temp should be around 70-72c;p And the Strix will rarely idle at 30c, so don't worry. The typical idle temp for this card is around 40c so you're only 6c off the mark.
Do you happen to have a spare GPU lying somewhere around your house? Or maybe a friend who could lend you one so that you could test it and see whether you'd still get those crashes? That might be a good way to start troubleshooting.
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My strix idles 33-35ish.
First fan kicks in about 50c
second fan kicks in 60 ish
I've monitored them and on the short vid below, fan % is fan1, fan rpm is fan2.
Just a quick render test in gpuz to add a load to it, no AB, stock nvidia fan profile, no OC.
First fan kicks in about 50c
second fan kicks in 60 ish
I've monitored them and on the short vid below, fan % is fan1, fan rpm is fan2.
Just a quick render test in gpuz to add a load to it, no AB, stock nvidia fan profile, no OC.
Why not just open afterburner an enable a custom fan curve?
I have the msi 970 i run it at min 25% fan speeds all the time,still cant hear it over the rest of my system,all my other fans are low RPM too.Tops out at 65c heavily Oc'ed 60% fan speed
I have the msi 970 i run it at min 25% fan speeds all the time,still cant hear it over the rest of my system,all my other fans are low RPM too.Tops out at 65c heavily Oc'ed 60% fan speed
Ta - that's reassuring feedback, and I have made a serious improvement to the temperature with the fan changes.
Like you, I suspect my black screen culprit lies elsewhere, and there are plenty of other potential causes (server backups, dicey drivers, poor joint somewhere on motherboard, memory etc etc - I've been working through them).
If anything, it was scrutinising the crashes that got me looking at the GPU temperature in the first place, so maybe it was good that the wider problem brought the high GPU temp to my attention, and spurred me on to improve my case cooling. I'll try to borrow another GPU for a week or so as you suggest (that won't please my lad - he loves the 970). I must confess, I'd like to be able to drive that temp a bit lower if I can. I think I'll also ask customer support if it'd be OK for me to repaste the GPU.
This is the first PC I've built, and I'm sure there's room for some tweaks & improvements.
I might give that a go - although it'd niggle the OCD part of me that I'd be cranking up the fans to compensate for something not being right elsewhere.
Noise isn't really a factor for me - happy to have more noise in exchange for safety / performance.
Jono8 & breadturbo - thanks for your contributions too (and for that vid). It's very helpful to get opinions from those in the know - this is a great forum. Even when there are problems, I do enjoy the tinkering!
I do agree that your temperatures are unusually high BUT I'd like to add that your 970 will not be damaged unless it goes well over 80 degrees for a long period of time (and this won't happen because the card throttles at 81 degrees). Also, idle temperatures have almost no impact on lifespan, so although this is annoying at least you don't need to worry about it doing damage.
On the subject of the crashes, have you checked windows event viewer? This contains records of all crashes and their causes which would be invaluable for trouble shooting this issue. Have a look in the criticals section.
On the subject of the crashes, have you checked windows event viewer? This contains records of all crashes and their causes which would be invaluable for trouble shooting this issue. Have a look in the criticals section.
I haven't looked in Event Viewer, thanks for the tip. I'll educate myself in how to interpret it. It's not strictly true for me to say the PC crashes - but the screens go black & sound stutters, and the disk light flashes - but it seems like the computer's still running in there. Sometimes I can even launch Task Manager (which weirdly, sometimes shows on the black screens). I have to force the power off and reboot, after which it's as good as gold. Next time it happens whilst I'm in front of the PC I'll be ready & will look at the Event Viewer immediately after I restart.
Ta!
Ta!
Sounds quite unusual...kinda of a 50% crash 
By the way, Event Viewer keeps a record of all events since you installed windows so it might still be worth scrolling through them quickly even if you can't reproduce the crash. Hopefully something obvious will jump out at you.
By the way, Event Viewer keeps a record of all events since you installed windows so it might still be worth scrolling through them quickly even if you can't reproduce the crash. Hopefully something obvious will jump out at you.