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EVGA 1080 FTW Thermal Mod made a difference

Exibit

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EVGA 1080 FTW
My temeratures while in Battlefied 1 were averaging 70c with all settings on Ultra - Resolution 3840 x 2156 (DX12 Off)
Received the thermal pads from EVGA now my temerature while at desktop, browsing ect only issue I had was the 2 larger pads they sent were two small, I had to use the VRM Thermal Pads to make up for the shortfall.
(So I have not done the VRM Mod)
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When in game
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Depends on the map I have seen the termperature increase to 60c but nothing higher than that
 
Those temperatures your monitoring are the GPU core - which is not the problem with the 10 series EVGA cards. The GPU core cannot overheat, it will simply safely throttle if it ever got too hot.

The problem is the VRM cooling, which you cannot monitor using software. These could be running at 120c+ and you wouldn't know using software, which is the whole issue with EVGA's 10 series ACX 3.0 piece of crap.
 
Yea, the GPU is just a standard Nvidia issue GPU. The problem is the other components stuck on the card by EVGA that are not up to scratch, mainly poor quality and poorly cooled VRMs.
 
That is more likely when you applied better TIM or more effectively added it compared to the automated system EVGA use to have seen those reduced temps and assuming your now using the latest BIOS fan profile would also help so that is much more likely in honesty.

Although not sure what have done with what pads as you appear to add them somewhere else.
 
You must live in a very cold house to have a idle temperature of only 19 degrees. My idle temp at the moment is 19 degrees and that's with the liquid in my loop at 17 degrees.

Where did you put the pads then if you didn't put them on the vrm's which they were intended for?
 
Exibit said:
Well applying the TIM has made a difference as you can see from the temperature of the GPU,
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Not sure if trolling or....confused.

The thermal mod is NOT meant to reduce your GPU temperature. It's meant to reduce your VRM temperatures. You CANNOT monitor the VRM temperatures in software, those numbers your reading are useless to see if the thermal mod was successful.

Did you update the VBIOS? That's probably what's reducing your GPU temperature. It will make the fans spin much faster, making the EVGA card one of the loudest 10 series cards out there.
 
Dave2150 said:
Not sure if trolling or....confused.

The thermal mod is NOT meant to reduce your GPU temperature. It's meant to reduce your VRM temperatures. You CANNOT monitor the VRM temperatures in software, those numbers your reading are useless to see if the thermal mod was successful.

Did you update the VBIOS? That's probably what's reducing your GPU temperature. It will make the fans spin much faster, making the EVGA card one of the loudest 10 series cards out there.
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Nearly 1000rpm fan speed at 19c idle when at default it's 0. 49c under load is probably within minutes of going under load in a room you could keep ice cream in. All so fishy.
 
pastymuncher said:
You must live in a very cold house to have a idle temperature of only 19 degrees. My idle temp at the moment is 19 degrees and that's with the liquid in my loop at 17 degrees.

Where did you put the pads then if you didn't put them on the vrm's which they were intended for?
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To get those temps I would have to use them the thermal pads to insulate my underware. I get an idle of 29 c with heating on with no pads and the bios mod.

With thermal pants and an open window I am sure it could be lower:cool:
 
Dave2150 said:
Not sure if trolling or....confused.

The thermal mod is NOT meant to reduce your GPU temperature. It's meant to reduce your VRM temperatures. You CANNOT monitor the VRM temperatures in software, those numbers your reading are useless to see if the thermal mod was successful.

Did you update the VBIOS? That's probably what's reducing your GPU temperature. It will make the fans spin much faster, making the EVGA card one of the loudest 10 series cards out there.
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What is there to be confused about, and why am I trolling?

I said that removing the factory applied TIM and re-applying my own to the GPU has reduced my temps

Yes I did apply the new bios and have changed the fan profiles so it does not sound like a jet, the first screen shot is on air at desktop, the second is in game BF1 Ultra Settings
 
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Exibit said:
What is there to be confused about, and why am I trolling?

I said that removing the factory applied TIM and re-applying my own to the GPU has reduced my temps

Yes I did apply the new bios and have changed the fan profiles so it does not sound like a jet, the first screen shot is on air at desktop, the second is in game BF1 Ultra Settings
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You also said that the thermal mod made a difference and then talked about GPU temps on a custom fan curve which the thermal mod didn't affect.
 
Some of the temps quoted in this thread are a bit odd.

It does not matter if you are using air or water when it comes to minimum temps, the lowest you can get is a few degrees above room temp.

Here is my air cooled FE1080 at idle. The fans are @100% and the card is underclocked and underpowered. My room temp is 23C.

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The card is also in a huge case with very good air flow.
 
After installing my pads my temps dropped nearly 10c. The pads EVGA sent me were the correct size. No issues at all, In fact I have the coolest GPU I've ever owned. Will be buying EVGA again. Cheers :)
 
five8five said:
Has the computer just started up from cold? Temp seems too low?
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The desktop temperature was taken after the pic had been on for about 5 mins, the temperature taken while in BF1 was after approx 30 minutes game play depends on the map I have seen on on screen display from the EVGA prescion app go as high as 58c
 
Exibit said:
What is there to be confused about, and why am I trolling?

I said that removing the factory applied TIM and re-applying my own to the GPU has reduced my temps

Yes I did apply the new bios and have changed the fan profiles so it does not sound like a jet, the first screen shot is on air at desktop, the second is in game BF1 Ultra Settings
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Again.

1. the new TIM will have made a massive difference
2. The mew bios reduces your temps

3. By not even using the pads on the vrm , that will have not made any difference
 
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