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1080TI clock speeds and temps high when idling

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Hi everyone, I have a Nvidia 1080TI (Zotac amp extreme edition) and I run a triple 27" monitor set up. I have two 144hz gaming monitors and one IPS 60hz monitor. Now I have read about graphics cards constantly running on high clocks with a set up like this and I can confirm mine does too.

My core clock runs at about 1550MHz out of a possible 1993MHz and memory runs maxed out at 5599MHz constantly even when idling. I have tried power on adaptive mode in nvidia control panel but this does not solve the issue.

I have read about Nvidia inspector and using the multi display power saver utility and I can confirm it works great, my graphics card clocks down to 608MHZ core and 405MHz memory when idling or not doing much.

However is this the best and only option for getting the graphics card to clock down when not needed to be running so high? Also I game a lot and if I run nvidia inspector and forget to turn it off then my games run awfully. Its a bit of an annoyance having to remember to turn it on and off so again is it the best solution? Are Nvidia not doing anything about this?
 
I'm not sure if the issue is still known, or was fixed. But running 144hz refresh on the desktop used to make GPU's not idle.

Set your desktop refresh to 120hz and set your power management to optimal, it should solve the issue.
 
Multi monitor iirc causes the card to not down clock fully, hence higher than normal idle temps.

(Teaching you to suck eggs as I have now fully read your post ;))
 
Thanks for the replies, I always set my refresh rate via the Nvidia control panel, oddly I cannot see where to change it in on Windows 10?!! Used to be in display but it isn't there...
 
You can change refresh rate within the Change Resolution tab under the Display header in Nvidia control panel. If its not there try reinstalling Nvidia control panel. Noticed on a few occasions when the driver install seemed to mess up some headers were missing.

Within Nvidia control panel, Manage 3D settings, would just check to ensure your not also set to "Maximum Performance" which will hold 3D clocks constantly.
 
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