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3070FE Overheating?

JamesU2005

JamesU2005

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Brand new 3070FE installed today.

At idle the card hovers at 40c but within minutes of playing a game it ramps up to 80c, with almost max fans.

Does this sound faulty? Anything worth a try?
 
JamesU2005 said:
Brand new 3070FE installed today.

At idle the card hovers at 40c but within minutes of playing a game it ramps up to 80c, with almost max fans.

Does this sound faulty? Anything worth a try?
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Does it then hold at 80?

What case and what cooling do you have in it? Have you tried with the side off. If your case isn't getting cool air in then it'll get toasty.
 
I found mine did get quite hot at stock, but that's because the fan curve was extremely relaxed. Definetly shouldn't be hitting both 80 degrees and max fans, unless your case is a complete hot box.
 
What case do you have? I'm not sure if it would class as "faulty" because those temps won't harm the card but they do seem a bit excessive at stock speeds, especially with max fan. I have a 3070 FE in a case with poor ventilation optimized for silence (Define R5, only 2 slow case fans) paired with a hot processor (5900X) and even while gaming with the GPU maxed out it only hits ~70c and the fan stays at 50-55%.

You can pretty easily undervolt most 3070 FE cards without losing any performance so that might be worth looking into.
 
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I have come across some info about the thermal pads being really bad in some of these - according to these reports replacing the default ones improved the thermal performance drastically. Maxing out the fans combined with the high temps - definitely don't not something you should treat as normal.
 
His Core is hot not his VRam, unless he states his set up impossible to tell but probably poor airflow/case.

I had to make some changes to my Phantom 630 (massive airflow) due to 3090FE.
 
Had to make some changes to my case due to the rear exit fan on the 3070FE or temperatures would increase - not so much on the GPU though initially it would be the CPU that ran hotter than normal but eventually the rest would warm up more than I'd like as well.

It is fairly normal for these cards to run around 80C though - you might lose a boost bin or two compared to cards that naturally run a little cooler.
 
Tried to run some more tests. Fan is actually hovering around 70% speed (used GPU-Z) . Yet to see the card rise about 80c though.

I might try re-seating it. Not sure what that'll do.

I enabled Resizable Bar if that could be a reason?

The case is a small Corsair Air 240, so could definitely be that. Although my 1070TI never reached anything like this so quickly.

Pretty crazy that it drops like 40c in a matter of minutes though.
 
If the 1070Ti was also an FE it has the Core fan at front so nearer airflow.

The 3000FE's have the Core fan at rear so further back and may be restricted by other cards bellow it (if you have a soundcard or such like I had to move down on a riser) and it could be sucking hot air in from its own exhaust if you have meshed PCI I/O covers (I taped over mines due to the 3090FE).

I get nowhere near 80C gaming or even in Heaven or Valley and that is 2200mhz Core but with high fan (I do not mind noise if gaming).
 
JamesU2005 said:
Brand new 3070FE installed today.

At idle the card hovers at 40c but within minutes of playing a game it ramps up to 80c, with almost max fans.

Does this sound faulty? Anything worth a try?
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Sounds like my old r9-390 she ran at 80c for four years passed on to new home and still going strong

On the plus side it used to heat the kitchen Kelly complains about the current system
 
Yeah could be right, see if I can get some slim fans to fit. Down there I could probably fit one. Where would be best to place it? Towards the front or back of the card?
 
Are you talking about putting it underneath the card for horizontal air flow, or laying it flat on the bottom, drawing air in from the bottom?

I presume horizontal. Do you have intakes at the front of the case? May make more sense to have it exhausting, to encourage airflow from front to back, smooth flow, whilst allowing it to also be "sucked" up into the card for cooling. Will also avoid it fighting against airflow from the opposite direction.

Equally, it may be better to have it suck in from the rear and straight up into the card from there, since it'll be closer.
 
Have bought some low profile fans to place at the bottom of the case blowing fresh air directly at the card. Will do some more measurements.

BUT the strangest thing, is the Card ramps up to 99% usage within game menus and then drops whilst in gameplay. Weird right?!?
 
JamesU2005 said:
Have bought some low profile fans to place at the bottom of the case blowing fresh air directly at the card. Will do some more measurements.

BUT the strangest thing, is the Card ramps up to 99% usage within game menus and then drops whilst in gameplay. Weird right?!?
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Could be CPU limited in game but running at crazy FPS in the menu.
 
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