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evga 980ti over heating?

bigmac121

bigmac121

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66c idle
88c in ROTTR menu

I have tried older drivers which came down to 83
Dirt3 88-91c
d/genration 88c

I have uninstalled precision x no difference

I think this has happenned when I updated my drivers. Approc 2 weeks ago. When I got the card everything was fine.

I have used DDU.

I am running out of hope!
 
Take a picture of the inside of your case please and stating how many fans you have too.

I will help you with that as I have the same card, before you take it apart and redo the thermal paste which I'm sure it will not need doing.


I know Spikey sold you the card and he originally purchased it from Voltage too. But Spikey RMA-ed the original card and you have the RMA card now. So I know the history behind the 2 cards ;).


Also what OS are you on and have you made sure you don't have a bitcoin miner virus on your system or any other type of virus that uses the GPU ?

Check the idle use and temps and make sure not to run anything like browsers that can use the GPU acceleration and give strange readings.


The card will not turn on fans unless the card temp hits 60C+ that is normal, also make sure you didn't click the switch on the card from Normal to LN2 OC, top of the card little dip switch.

Do that above and shout again mate and I will help you sort it.


ALSO if you have flashed any VBIOS on the card remove it and stick the stock one back on and remove any overclocking utility that starts up with the system. Also have you been overclocking it ? And what Volts did you push threw it and what speeds were you getting ? I ask this because some people load up a VBIOS that can damage their card if they don't know how to overclock correctly with a fully unlocked VBIOS. Are you seeing any strange artifacting and driver resets when using it ?
 
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Purgatory said:
Take a picture of the inside of your case please and stating how many fans you have too.

I will help you with that as I have the same card, before you take it apart and redo the thermal paste which I'm sure it will not need doing.


I know Spikey sold you the card and he originally purchased it from Voltage too. But Spikey RMA-ed the original card and you have the RMA card now. So I know the history behind the 2 cards ;).


Also what OS are you on and have you made sure you don't have a bitcoin miner virus on your system or any other type of virus that uses the GPU ?

Check the idle use and temps and make sure not to run anything like browsers that can use the GPU acceleration and give strange readings.


The card will not turn on fans unless the card temp hits 60C+ that is normal, also make sure you didn't click the switch on the card from Normal to LN2 OC, top of the card little dip switch.

Do that above and shout again mate and I will help you sort it.


ALSO if you have flashed any VBIOS on the card remove it and stick the stock one back on and remove any overclocking utility that starts up with the system. Also have you been overclocking it ? And what Volts did you push threw it and what speeds were you getting ? I ask this because some people load up a VBIOS that can damage their card if they don't know how to overclock correctly with a fully unlocked VBIOS. Are you seeing any strange artifacting and driver resets when using it ?
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Win 10 64bit Pro.
Card is as I got it. But thanks.
 
Thanks all BUT can you help me with one thing please.

Here goes........:D

I booted into safe mode.
Windows used my Benq which is not set as Primary (thank the stars)
While in safe mode I couldn't here the fans. Thet were not spining as I touch them. Left it for around 15 mins.

Then I had a Sherlock moment.
Booted up normally again 66c.
unplued the 4K Acer, down to 40c
Plugged it back in, turn off gsync, set power man to adap.
Still no difference.
switched acer off still 66c.
Pull out dp cable temps back down:confused:
 
bigmac121 said:
Thanks all BUT can you help me with one thing please.

Here goes........:D

I booted into safe mode.
Windows used my Benq which is not set as Primary (thank the stars)
While in safe mode I couldn't here the fans. Thet were not spining as I touch them. Left it for around 15 mins.

Then I had a Sherlock moment.
Booted up normally again 66c.
unplued the 4K Acer, down to 40c
Plugged it back in, turn off gsync, set power man to adap.
Still no difference.
switched acer off still 66c.
Pull out dp cable temps back down:confused:
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the temps will go up if a monitor is connected. if no monitor is connected then the GPU goes into sleep state eg not running.
 
bigmac121 said:
Sorry guys...
BenQ was set uo to 144mhzz when I dropped it to 120 the temps dropped.
I will test the Acer by it's self to today and report back.
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This is probably the reason for the high idle temps. Nvidia cards can't go into their lowest power state and drive 144hz monitor so if you set the desktop to run at 144hz the card stays in a higher power mode and you get higher temps. Dropping the desktop res to 120hz fixed the problem. You can still chose to run games at 144hz via the ingame graphics options without having to adjust the desktop res so there isn't really a reason to run the desktop at 144hz.
 
Jeps said:
This is probably the reason for the high idle temps. Nvidia cards can't go into their lowest power state and drive 144hz monitor so if you set the desktop to run at 144hz the card stays in a higher power mode and you get higher temps. Dropping the desktop res to 120hz fixed the problem. You can still chose to run games at 144hz via the ingame graphics options without having to adjust the desktop res so there isn't really a reason to run the desktop at 144hz.
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bigmac121 said:
Thanks all BUT can you help me with one thing please.

Here goes........:D

I booted into safe mode.
Windows used my Benq which is not set as Primary (thank the stars)
While in safe mode I couldn't here the fans. Thet were not spining as I touch them. Left it for around 15 mins.

Then I had a Sherlock moment.
Booted up normally again 66c.
unplued the 4K Acer, down to 40c
Plugged it back in, turn off gsync, set power man to adap.
Still no difference.
switched acer off still 66c.
Pull out dp cable temps back down:confused:
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If two monitors are connected the graphics card does not throttle back as much when idling. Its as simple as that. FYI the card still see's the other monitor even when its turned off.
 
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