GPU temperatures.

[lttlejoe]

Although I've had computers for many years I'm completely new to gaming and GPUs, having only ever had need of using the onboard graphics.
To cut a very long story short I've fitted a GTX 1060 3Gb Mini into my current rather ancient AM3 mobo with equally archaic Phenom 11 x 4 BE and 8Gb RAM and I've been using it for experimenting with entry level gaming to see if I can get on with gaming before I upgrade the mobo etc and I've been totally surprised at the results which have far exceeded my expectations from such an old mobo and CPU.

It's playing games like Fortnite @ 1080p at the very highest settings and the frame rate is averaging around 80-90 and most games are running at around 60fps without needing to drop down on settings so just for the moment, until I have time to fit a new mobo and probably a Ryzen 5 2600, I'm using this set up for everyday computing as well as entry level gaming.

I've been using Nvidia's Firestorm software to monitor the 1060's temps and so far they have not exceeded a maximum of about 67-68 deg C with the fan running at around 60-65% after around 2 hours of solid gaming play with demanding games, but as I haven't any experience about GPU temps, does this sound reasonable?

I did replace the old Phenom stock cooler which was dreadful with a Rajintek Arctic 7 cooler which is OK and a big improvement for normal day to day computing but not I suspect for gaming as when the CPU is under load during gaming, it's reaching temps of up to 65-67 deg C which I suspect is somewhat high though the CPU fan certainly isn't racing by any means and which I've been monitoring with 'Core Temp 1.12.1' software which might not be perfectly accurate. The CPU clock is stock speed of 3.2Ghz so it's not overclocked.
I'll re-check the cooler's seating and re-apply maybe not so much Arctic Silver this time to see if it improves things but I won't be fitting another cooler as I'll be replacing this CPU and mobo when I have time.

Everything is housed in a good sized old ( 2011) Akasa Raptor gaming case which suits my case needs perfectly and I've fitted 4 new fans and a 6 speed fan controller in anticipation of the new mobo and CPU so everything should be good for when I fit the upgrade parts but I just wanted an idea of what temps I can expect the GTX 1060 GPU to reach when working under gaming load.

 

[twistedheat]

Plenty of the 1060s that I've seen reviewed regularly sit in the 70-75c range under full load. I believe the card does not start downclocking until 83c with the actual temp limit being 92c I think, sure I read that somewhere. So your GPU temperatures are perfectly fine and in fact leave room for some GPU overclocking if you so wish

 

[Stretlow]

Although I've had computers for many years I'm completely new to gaming and GPUs, having only ever had need of using the onboard graphics.
To cut a very long story short I've fitted a GTX 1060 3Gb Mini into my current rather ancient AM3 mobo with equally archaic Phenom 11 x 4 BE and 8Gb RAM and I've been using it for experimenting with entry level gaming to see if I can get on with gaming before I upgrade the mobo etc and I've been totally surprised at the results which have far exceeded my expectations from such an old mobo and CPU.

It's playing games like Fortnite @ 1080p at the very highest settings and the frame rate is averaging around 80-90 and most games are running at around 60fps without needing to drop down on settings so just for the moment, until I have time to fit a new mobo and probably a Ryzen 5 2600, I'm using this set up for everyday computing as well as entry level gaming.

I've been using Nvidia's Firestorm software to monitor the 1060's temps and so far they have not exceeded a maximum of about 67-68 deg C with the fan running at around 60-65% after around 2 hours of solid gaming play with demanding games, but as I haven't any experience about GPU temps, does this sound reasonable?

I did replace the old Phenom stock cooler which was dreadful with a Rajintek Arctic 7 cooler which is OK and a big improvement for normal day to day computing but not I suspect for gaming as when the CPU is under load during gaming, it's reaching temps of up to 65-67 deg C which I suspect is somewhat high though the CPU fan certainly isn't racing by any means and which I've been monitoring with 'Core Temp 1.12.1' software which might not be perfectly accurate. The CPU clock is stock speed of 3.2Ghz so it's not overclocked.
I'll re-check the cooler's seating and re-apply maybe not so much Arctic Silver this time to see if it improves things but I won't be fitting another cooler as I'll be replacing this CPU and mobo when I have time.

Everything is housed in a good sized old ( 2011) Akasa Raptor gaming case which suits my case needs perfectly and I've fitted 4 new fans and a 6 speed fan controller in anticipation of the new mobo and CPU so everything should be good for when I fit the upgrade parts but I just wanted an idea of what temps I can expect the GTX 1060 GPU to reach when working under gaming load.

my 1070 runs at 70-75 when gaming with the fans running at 100%

 

[lttlejoe]

Well just to make sure I've run Fortnite for over an hour again and I'm getting GPU temps of 68-69 deg C absolute max with the GPU fan speed at roughly the same figure of 68-69% at full load, so it seems that there is a little headroom but with my limited knowledge, I'm not sure I'd want to risk any OC'ing it at the moment.

As for the CPU, it reaches a max of 69 C with only the CPU cooler fan in operation but the fan isn't running crazy like the old CPU cooler fan used to do and by running the 140 mm exhaust fan directly over the CPU cooler, it drops the CPU temp down by 4 or more degrees and by adding in the rear exhaust fan it drops another degree or so from the CPU and the GPU buy 4 or so degrees. The fans are not racing and only just nicely ticking along so the noise from them is relatively unobtrusive.
I've checked the loads on the CPU and they are not maxing out and remain in the 70-90% bracket under gaming load so the CPU isn't holding the GPU back on the games I'm playing at the moment.