Palit 3080 Gaming Pro super hot?

texxx74 · 12 Dec 2020 at 16:33

Hi all
Installed the card yesterday, fired up the benchmark, very fast but hot. I mean, I can keep gpu temp at about 74C with aggressive fan profile, but the side of the card is so hot you could burn yourself.
I have never had a card that was so hot before and I had many, usually top ones.
Is it normal with 3080 series or there is something fundamentally wrong with my one?

Any advice appreciated.

Hakanese · 12 Dec 2020 at 16:41

It's normal for the 3000 series as a whole, the backplates get crazy hot, more so then my 5700 XT that I had before the 3090 I have now

turbot1984 · 12 Dec 2020 at 16:46

Sounds too hot. I have fan profile set to 100% at 65c and it stays around 63c after some hard gaming. Have you over-volted or got poor case ventilation?

banbom44 · 12 Dec 2020 at 17:02

texxx74 said:
Hi all
Installed the card yesterday, fired up the benchmark, very fast but hot. I mean, I can keep gpu temp at about 74C with aggressive fan profile, but the side of the card is so hot you could burn yourself.
I have never had a card that was so hot before and I had many, usually top ones.
Is it normal with 3080 series or there is something fundamentally wrong with my one?

Any advice appreciated.

Have you checked the airflow inside your case my Gaming pro 3090 was hitting 81 degrees on default fans i removed the front panel from my case it was blocking my fans and my temps are fine now.

texxx74 · 12 Dec 2020 at 17:07

turbot1984 said:
Sounds too hot. I have fan profile set to 100% at 65c and it stays around 63c after some hard gaming. Have you over-volted or got poor case ventilation?

I did not over volted, it is stock, no overclock. I will be rather thinking about under volting the card. Case is open. I have fan at about 80% to keep gpu at 75ish. 100% fan is way too loud to me. Anyway the main problem is not gpu temp, its the card works as a heater, the whole room heats up.

texxx74 · 12 Dec 2020 at 17:10

banbom44 said:
Have you checked the airflow inside your case my Gaming pro 3090 was hitting 81 degrees on default fans i removed the front panel from my case it was blocking my fans and my temps are fine now.

Case is open right now. Is your Palit not that hot at the side and top? My asus xonar stx right above my card is getting super hot as well, which worries me too.

banbom44 · 12 Dec 2020 at 17:14

texxx74 said:
Case is open right now. Is your Palit not that hot at the side and top? My asus xonar stx right above my card is getting super hot as well, which worries me too.

You might just have a bad card i had a 2080 ti FE and i had to put fans on 100 percent to keep it from going over 85 degrees i hated the noise at first but i got used to it.

Hakanese · 12 Dec 2020 at 17:15

I'd look at undervolting it, drop a little mhz off the core clock and see how much Wattage you can drop off the card, it makes a big difference, I've dropped from an average 370watt to 270Watts on a 3090 with no perceptible changes in performance unless I run an overlay. But a hot backplate is the norm for these cards.

smogsy · 12 Dec 2020 at 17:28

plalit are known to be hot, my MSI gaming X trio 3090 hits 80C with default fan profile (msi PROFILE IS TERRIBLE only reaches 40% fan speed) with a decent profile it sits at 70C with 65% fans

70-80C is pretty normal for top end cards

texxx74 · 12 Dec 2020 at 17:32

Hakanese said:
I'd look at undervolting it, drop a little mhz off the core clock and see how much Wattage you can drop off the card, it makes a big difference, I've dropped from an average 370watt to 270Watts on a 3090 with no perceptible changes in performance unless I run an overlay. But a hot backplate is the norm for these cards.

I will but first I would like to establish if the card is not faulty. I will test more after work.

turbot1984 · 12 Dec 2020 at 18:00

One thing I will add is that CODMW knackers fan profile, so card gets up to 75c.. no idea why?

no_1_dave · 12 Dec 2020 at 20:05

An open case can be worse than a closed case.
An open case encourages air to just sit there heating up. A closed case with proper airflow will remove hot air and help cool your components. Try creating some airflow over/across the card to keep it cooler

varkanoid · 19 Dec 2020 at 23:26

texxx74 said:
I will but first I would like to establish if the card is not faulty. I will test more after work.

How did you get on with taming the 3080 ? The 3070 I have maxes at 76c in games and for me this is like 10c too much. Just running it on stock not tried to run it cooler yet.

Also just realised this card has 3 fans but GPU-Z and its own Thundermaster software show 2 fans?

texxx74 · 20 Dec 2020 at 00:36

varkanoid said:
How did you get on with taming the 3080 ? The 3070 I have maxes at 76c in games and for me this is like 10c too much. Just running it on stock not tried to run it cooler yet.

Also just realised this card has 3 fans but GPU-Z and its own Thundermaster software show 2 fans?

I did not have much time to play with it. On default my card was about 78, with one for one fan profile it stays at low 70C while benching. I saw my son play Cyberpunk today and it was sitting at 66C. I would find anything at the range of 76C acceptable, we talking top tier cards here. What worried me with my Palit, is how much it heats the room. The side of the card is so hot, I can't keep my finger on it for a second. Never had a card like this. This is stock, not even thinking about overclocking, will definitely try undervolting if I decide to keep the card.

varkanoid · 20 Dec 2020 at 10:36

I swore I never would undervolt a card but last night I did. Currently stable at 900mv @ 1980mhz with temps so far dropped to 66c whereas before it was 76c.
Plus 1000mhz on the memory.

Its actually 500 points quicker in Time Spy than the stock settings with factory overclock. Its also over a 1000 points more than when I had my 2080ti.

What puzzles me is there are 3 fans but only 2 readings. I have a feeling 2 of the fans are linked on the board hence why GPU-Z etc only shows 2 readings.

Just ran Superposition and got 25239 on 1080p Medium default settings and that put my 206th on the leaderboard and it beat some 3080's. 63c temp max.

Hakanese · 20 Dec 2020 at 10:52

Yes the 2 outer fans are linked as 1. You can test this out in thunder master software.
The undervolting benefits seem to be across all the aib boards as people are reporting better stability and performance.

pp111 · 20 Dec 2020 at 13:53

texxx74 said:
Hi all
Installed the card yesterday, fired up the benchmark, very fast but hot. I mean, I can keep gpu temp at about 74C with aggressive fan profile, but the side of the card is so hot you could burn yourself.
I have never had a card that was so hot before and I had many, usually top ones.
Is it normal with 3080 series or there is something fundamentally wrong with my one?

Any advice appreciated.

This is really the one issue with the 3080. It's produces a lot more heat than the last generation. Not only is it going to run hotter but it pretty much demands a well ventilated case or it's going to run a LOT hotter.

But bear in mind that a benchmark is not very realistic. Run some games and see how it goes. Also try limiting the frame-rate to something sensible. In the end if all else fails you can always try undervolting. Don't forget that many modern titles have DLSS.

I mean what I do is first try changing the fan curve, then under-clocking a little and try undervolting a little. Thing is though that the 3080 consumes a heck of a lot of power and that has to go somewhere.

Chris Salt · 21 Jan 2021 at 00:14

i have palit Jetstream 3070 hit 80c on full load only way i found is to downclock card

Woodsta888 · 21 Jan 2021 at 00:46

Benchmark will run a card hotter than games will. A 3080 will warm up a room though!

rn2 · 21 Jan 2021 at 01:03

Nearly all of the 3000 series cards will work just as well with an undervolt and will also rwsikt in about 10 oc lower temperatures. The fans will be spinning slower too.