20 degree increase in average idle temps

zombiegenesis · 23 Mar 2011 at 19:39

Usually my computer runs at a fair 30 on idle, and reaches around 50-60 on load for heavy games. That's just fine by me.

Today however I turned on my computer, and after an hour or so of doing nothing but Microsoft Word I thought I'd open MSI Afterburner- only to find my GPU was running at 50 on idle!

I haven't tried running anything graphically demanding on it, I fear it may implode. What could have caused this? Is there a fault here?

I've turned it off since and let it 'cool' but on boot it just heads right up to the 50's again.

stokecity_m · 23 Mar 2011 at 19:42

GPU or CPU?

zombiegenesis · 23 Mar 2011 at 19:43

GPU- my CPU temps are between 30 and 40 which is pretty much normal.

Tealc · 23 Mar 2011 at 20:39

Think my 6950 is about 45 at low idle but it goes up a bit if I enable my second monitor or play a video as the powerplay clocks it up quite a bit. At 6970 clocks I'd imagine it'd pop up a bit.

Conversely my 4890 would idle at 60 at default idle clocks and 48 with modified idle clocks.

50 degrees isn't that hot for a highish end card.

ohhbass · 23 Mar 2011 at 20:46

It was quite warm today, maybe ambient temp pushed it up a bit?