GPU Temperature & GPU Core! Greatly increased while playing a particular game! Safety questions!

[BernieUK]

Hello all.

I have an old gaming Overclockers rig - Intel 7 processor, 16gb RAM. Bought it a number of years ago and it has given great service. A couple of years ago I changed the graphics card to an Asus Nvidia Geforce RTX 2060.

I recently started playing a more "graphics intensive" game - namely Walking Dead Definitive Series.

While playing I noticed the graphics card fan being a little noisier. I assume it is just because the game needs a little more help with the heat so the fan has to work harder. I thought it would be prudent to monitor the GPU temperature.

While playing the GPU core temperature is around 80c and the GPU is around 75% to 85%. When NOT playing and nothing else running other than a browser or Outlook GPU core is around 53c and the GPU core 3% to 5%.

I lowered some of the game settings from high detail etc down to low. Average GPU temp is now around 55c and the core 40%

Is the greatly increased temperature and core use while playing this game a cause for concern? I have to admit to being a little out of touch with IT as of late.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

 

[Drumroll]

First advice, without taking the card apart, would be to check if there's enough airflow. Remove side panel and check of the temperatures improve. If they do, wou must find an away to increase airflow.
Second, check for dust build-up (too much dust accumulated on the fin area).A simply compressed air spray can sort out if that is the issue.
Last resource would be repaste. But considering 5hat your card 8snt old, and the issue is recent, I don't believe it was a poor thermalpaste application from the begging, and the card is not old enough to require new thermalpaste, plus the issues with warranty if opening the card. A good thermalpaste can help reduce temperatures, but not a miracle.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

80c is normal

 

[Aretak]

Not really. 80 degrees is a little on the high side, but still absolutely fine and nothing to worry about. Nvidia's reference designs targeted 83 for a long time, at which point the card will start throttling clock speed to manage the temperature. Some games are also just much more intensive than others, and it's not always the ones you'd expect. World of Warcraft gets my card 7-8 degrees hotter than Cyberpunk 2077, despite the latter pegging it at 100% usage at all times. Just a difference in how the game is using the GPU's resources I'd imagine.

I've never found Telltale games to be that intensive though. Are you running with an uncapped framerate and v-sync off? Enabling v-sync should help cool things down a bit if so.

 

[Drumroll]

Not really. 80 degrees is a little on the high side, but still absolutely fine and nothing to worry about. Nvidia's reference designs targeted 83 for a long time, at which point the card will start throttling clock speed to manage the temperature. Some games are also just much more intensive than others, and it's not always the ones you'd expect. World of Warcraft gets my card 7-8 degrees hotter than Cyberpunk 2077, despite the latter pegging it at 100% usage at all times. Just a difference in how the game is using the GPU's resources I'd imagine.

I've never found Telltale games to be that intensive though. Are you running with an uncapped framerate and v-sync off? Enabling v-sync should help cool things down a bit if so.

Good call. Cap the frames and see how it goes, or if you manage to track the issue down to this game only.

 

[Tetras]

If it doesn't crash or start showing weird pixels, colours and lines then you're good

Would be prudent to check airflow 'n stuff as said above.

 

[BernieUK]

Thank you all for the replies!

 

[smogsy]

if you care you could always increase fan speed