GPU 980ti Temps

hobib_ali · 27 Sep 2015 at 01:23

its been about 4 days since my new ti has been installed

I have not played a single game yet but everytime i put my hands on the backplate of my ti its seems really hot, and all im doing is internet browsing...

my 980 was no where near this temp, so installing gpuz its shoes the temp as: 60.c

is that normal? whats the normal temp that it should be under normal load and full load?

CEUOTC · 27 Sep 2015 at 02:20

1. Make and model? (Reference design/Non-reference)
2. Are you running dual monitor?
3. Clean install of drivers?
4. Plenty of airflow in case?
5. Zotac Amp has a no fan mode until @ ~60'c. However mine does not run that hot when surfing the net. (Corsiar 350D with 4x140mm fans)

Twirlywoos · 27 Sep 2015 at 02:25

Is touching the backplate something you like to do

r7slayer · 27 Sep 2015 at 02:32

Is it one of these cards which doesn't use the fans until a certain temp threshold? So the fans only kick in once past 60 odd degrees which is possibly to maintain passively with internet and general use. Gaming ramps up the temps which in turn kicks in the fans.

Might be why the card seems quite hot/warm. Which brand is the card?

setter · 27 Sep 2015 at 03:52

Even if the card has zero fan setting. 60c is very high. Dual monitors by any chance.

hobib_ali · 27 Sep 2015 at 04:07

CEUOTC said:
1. Make and model? (Reference design/Non-reference)
2. Are you running dual monitor?
3. Clean install of drivers?
4. Plenty of airflow in case?
5. Zotac Amp has a no fan mode until @ ~60'c. However mine does not run that hot when surfing the net. (Corsiar 350D with 4x140mm fans)

its a zotac amp extreme, the massive one
single monitor 2560x1400
clean install drivers and windows
massive case, CM cosmos with 220mm fan and others

well its gets really hot, no other cards were like this and ive had many GPU's, maybe fans dont work all the time like other cards, so ive manual controlled the fan at 50% all the time, 30.c and still on 30.c when i play wargame red dragon, nice and cool now,auto mode now but surfing i cant put my fingers on the backplate for more than 10 secs, is that normal?

hobib_ali · 27 Sep 2015 at 04:08

Twirlywoos said:
Is touching the backplate something you like to do

just testing the heat, I spent 689 and 450 in the last 3 months on cards so want to make sure all is ok

hobib_ali · 27 Sep 2015 at 04:09

setter said:
Even if the card has zero fan setting. 60c is very high. Dual monitors by any chance.

no single 28 inch at 2560x1440

Thats what I mean, 60.c on browsing the web is weird right?

hobib_ali · 27 Sep 2015 at 04:14

ok is this normal too?

just turned the gpu fans to normal mode and within minutes it jumps back up to 60.c and ive noticed that the 3 fans are spinning every 5 seconds for 2 secs, then spins for 2 secs after another 5 secs stop and so on, is that normal?

Joe! · 27 Sep 2015 at 05:01

Sounds like your card has the fan controller issue that plagues the Zotac AMP! and KFA HoF...

Not too sure if there is a fix for it unfortunately.

CEUOTC · 27 Sep 2015 at 06:36

For piece of mind run the fans manually, however does seem to hot for just surfing the web. I would contact Zotac just in case.

whyscotty · 27 Sep 2015 at 07:35

144hz monitor?

Gregster · 27 Sep 2015 at 07:46

whyscotty said:
144hz monitor?

This is my thinking. If it is, set 120Hz on the desktop and that will lower the clocks and card temps.

Joe! · 27 Sep 2015 at 07:52

Wasn't there some sort of issue in Win10 that made the card run at full clocks all of the time?

I remember reading about it on here a couple of times.

hobib_ali · 27 Sep 2015 at 17:01

Gregster said:
This is my thinking. If it is, set 120Hz on the desktop and that will lower the clocks and card temps.

ok i will try that, at the mo its on 144hz, but im running maually now,

ps running manually kills the life of the fans..

hobib_ali · 27 Sep 2015 at 17:02

Joe! said:
Wasn't there some sort of issue in Win10 that made the card run at full clocks all of the time?

I remember reading about it on here a couple of times.

im on windows 7 64bit, but really want to upgrade, but windows 10 is still in its early stages so drivers ect will be an issue.

hobib_ali · 27 Sep 2015 at 17:06

Also i dont like this power saving modes where fans only kick in after a set temperature, i think the fans should be on all the time and increase with the temps going higher, the zotac function also has this stop and start system where if ur web browsing only the fans go on and off, a few secs at a time...

right now ive set the fans manually at 20%, temps right now is 37.c which is perfect,,,

Seanspeed · 27 Sep 2015 at 17:13

hobib_ali said:
Also i dont like this power saving modes where fans only kick in after a set temperature

Same here. Just doesn't make me comfortable. Fan noise is imperceptible at low GPU use anyways. Would rather keep idle temps down just for peace of mind. I've got a MSI 970 that cuts off below 50 degrees, but I set a custom fan profile so that it's at least running 25% at all times. Drops temps by 5-10C at idle, which makes me feel better.

JediFragger · 27 Sep 2015 at 17:20

Gregster said:
This is my thinking. If it is, set 120Hz on the desktop and that will lower the clocks and card temps.

Greg, I've also noticed that the clocks are higher when running 144Hz. Is their a way of running 120Hz on desktop then it automatically switching to 144Hz in games? Or just do it manually?

thanks

whyscotty · 27 Sep 2015 at 17:54

Just set games to 144hz using in game options and desktop to 120