Asus Gtx 660Ti Nearly maxing out HELP!!!

Gavin_94 · 13 Jul 2013 at 09:32

Hi, well i just bought grid 2 and i started it up and put the graphics on high and then i started to hear a buzzing noise coming from my graphics card i googled it and saw that it might be stressing it, i then opened a software that came with the graphics card called asus gpu tweak and saw while grid was running it was hitting 98% usage and the temp reaching about 60-70c. could there be a fault with my card? or am i doing something wrong? :confused:

Cpu: Intel i7 3770k @ 3.5GHz
Ram: 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR3 (1600mhz)
Graphics card: Asus Gtx 660Ti

Doomedspeed · 13 Jul 2013 at 09:35

What settings was grid 2 on? And what resolution are you playing at?

Gavin_94 · 13 Jul 2013 at 09:44

grid 2 was on high and im playing at 1920x1080

Martini1991 · 13 Jul 2013 at 09:52

Why wouldn't it be maxing out

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cjbagnall · 13 Jul 2013 at 09:52

Sounds like it could be coil whine. If it is, its a common problem with graphics cards, usually when your getting high fps. Your gpu usage and temps are fine.

Gavin_94 · 13 Jul 2013 at 09:54

Martini1991 said:
Why wouldn't it be maxing out ?

why should it be maxing out?

Gavin_94 · 13 Jul 2013 at 10:10

even when i put it on ultra low it still hitting 98% wtf

Martini1991 · 13 Jul 2013 at 10:31

Gavin_94 said:
why should it be maxing out?

Because unless you've set a frame limit, the card will push as many possible frames as it can... (Assuming no bottleneck)
Any game I'm not maxing out my GPU is a concern

Kaapstad · 13 Jul 2013 at 11:14

Gavin_94 said:
i then opened a software that came with the graphics card called asus gpu tweak and saw while grid was running it was hitting 98% usage and the temp reaching about 60-70c. could there be a fault with my card? or am i doing something wrong?

Martini1991 said:
Why wouldn't it be maxing out ?

Well this is a bit different from the normal questions posted like "my GPU is hitting 95c and I am only getting 75% usage"

rolypolyman · 13 Jul 2013 at 12:38

OP nothing wrong with 98% Gpu usage, this is good and your temps are excellent. As for the noise, probably as said above, coil whine is very common and with use it may even disappear.

oldestgregg · 13 Jul 2013 at 12:40

Kaapstad said:
Well this is a bit different from the normal questions posted like "my GPU is hitting 95c and I am only getting 75% usage"

Haha too true there mate, Thought I had woke up in a parallel universe

Orcvader · 13 Jul 2013 at 12:44

It's a good thing that your card is maxing out... it means it's working as it should be. It also points to a possible GPU bottleneck with Grid 2

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And those are very, very good temps for max load, I would consider overclocking it

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Gavin_94 · 13 Jul 2013 at 16:05

Haha I do see the noob side of it now but thanks a lot anyways

BluD · 13 Jul 2013 at 16:10

try enabling Vsync to get rid of the noise, if it works its just coil whine.

Gavin_94 · 14 Jul 2013 at 09:08

And what would ulot say is the max temp the card should be reaching?

Jono8 · 14 Jul 2013 at 09:12

In this thread " argh my card is not being bottlnecked,working fine and running at decent temperatures!"

HangTime · 14 Jul 2013 at 10:25

Underclock your cpu to 1ghz, might 'fix the problem'

rolypolyman · 14 Jul 2013 at 10:42

Gavin_94 said:
And what would ulot say is the max temp the card should be reaching?

Well that depends on a lot of things; card cooler, case cooling, ambient temp etc, however under AnandTech running furmark which is as hard a workout as your card will get Max temp was 78c, obviously their system is different but it gives you an idea, idle temp is 31c, have a look at the link I gave you and you will see temps for various games.

Geeman1979 · 14 Jul 2013 at 10:45

HangTime said:
Underclock your cpu to 1ghz, might 'fix the problem'