Does multiple monitors increase temps?

[b00merang69]

GPU-Z or AIDA64 or any such aps.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Try dropping the refresh rate down to 120Hz, as that can work too.

 

[Zeebedy]

Try dropping the refresh rate down to 120Hz, as that can work too.

Dropped the two assisting monitors back down to 60hz and my main 32" down to 120hz and it has downclocked..

Tried all of above and the monitors were showing full pelt clocks just as shown in afterburner at the beginning of the thread!

One quick Q though, running my "gaming screen" (main) im guessing there wont be a world of difference from 144hz to 120hz??

 

[MagicBoy]

High 30s?

Best call the fire brigade...

 

[LoadsaMoney]

One quick Q though, running my "gaming screen" (main) im guessing there wont be a world of difference from 144hz to 120hz??

Nope, i went from 144 to 100, and can't tell a difference

 

[Zeebedy]

High 30s?

Best call the fire brigade...

lol im a temp / performance whore, what can I say

Nope, i went from 144 to 100, and can't tell a difference

Great! Thanks again dude!

 

[smilingcrow]

It's been a feature of some cards for years that idle power consumption can jump from under ten to over thirty Watts with multiple monitors.
This has mainly been a Radeon issue in recent years and it varies by module.
Techpowerup measure it in their reviews.

 

[CuriousTomCat]

More monitors = more work for the GPU. That work leads to heat. There's no hiding from it.

1st law of thermodynamics;

Law of Conservation of Energy - energy cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system.

Rudolf Clausius and William Thomson already answered this thread in 1850.

 

[MyBrainz]

Same temps, differences are power, controller load and memory.

Spoiler: 1-3 Display Usage, GPU-Z

1 Monitor

2 Monitors

3 Monitors