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Zotac 980ti gtx temperature

RecklessAZN

RecklessAZN

RecklessAZN

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Got this card a few days ago and was just wondering if the card is running on acceptable temperature and if the air cooled setup in my case needs upgrading since I feel like the card is pretty hot.

The card idles on around 55-60 degrees and reaches an average of 78-83 degrees during 100% gpu usage. I feel like the idle temp may be a bit too high. Not sure if the high idle temp is due to energy profiles. Energy profile for nvidia is set to adaptive but overall OS power consumption has been set to high performance.

Edit: temps are measured using HWmonitor and the card is normal amp edition not extreme.
Fan setup for my case is h110 2x 140mm top facing downwards. 2x 120mm front intake and 1 X 140mm outtake at the back.

Specs if necessary

I7-4790k stock speed at 4.4ghz (idle temp at 32-34 and maximum 54 at full load)
H110 fans facing into case
cosmos SE case
teamgroup xtreem set to 2133mhz
Samsung EVO pro ssd
Zotac 980ti amp
 
I dont know if the zotac variant is fanless on low load mode which is what my MSI 980ti does, I idle at 55-60 which is perfectly safe. Those load temps seem fine also.
 
On load temps between 74-80 seem normal if its blowing air in your case, mine is stable at 73 on full whack with case open but then is a dust magnet. got to take account of the weather and your room temps too. But yes idle temps are higher if fan does not switch on till certain temp in gaming which i think its
fine. Im sitting here right now and its 48 degrees , just using a browser on my G1 gigabyte.
 
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OS set to high performance will be stopping the card from downclocking I would imagine. Will also stop speedstep working on your CPU.
 
Ah okay. Thanks for the feedback. Glad to know others are experiencing similar temps. I'll move the machine to the coolest place in the house and keep case open. If temps are way lower then I will consider rebuilding the cooling setup.
 
Set a custom fan profile in afterburner.

Mine seems to hover around 70-75c but my cooling is crap in the case.
 
If it's the amp, the stock fan profile is gash. Open up afterburner or similar and set a 1:1 fan profile for fan speed and temp, barely breaks 70c and idles a few degrees over ambient for me.
 
Love the zero fan function, but you do then start to hear the noise of other components that you never noticed before. Card still idles in the high 20's too which is nice.
 
I've got the same card and when it idles drivers/system sometimes leaves it at 1050MHz/full memory speed. At this point my temperatures are around 55-57 (even with 20% fan profile in AB). If it works my card idles with speeds 135MHz(gpu)/405(memory), fans at 0%, temperature is around 34-36C.

So check what speed do you have when it idles.

At load speed mine overclocked (1430/7800) has temps around 80-82 while playing whitcher 3 (with AB fan profile up to 70%)
 
DBT85 said:
Set a custom fan profile in afterburner.

Mine seems to hover around 70-75c but my cooling is crap in the case.
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Definately agree with this approach. I knocked 20 C off my top TX load temps with an aggresive profile. Lower one benefits too when in action.

Good luck
 
Was using zotac's shipped software before and now I know it sucks. MSI afterburner is well better. Set a 1:1 curve on fan speed and temps have instantly dropped at least 15+. Thanks for the help guys.

@Gregster I'm running 2x 24" 1080p 60hz monitors at the moment.
 
RecklessAZN said:
Was using zotac's shipped software before and now I know it sucks. MSI afterburner is well better. Set a 1:1 curve on fan speed and temps have instantly dropped at least 15+. Thanks for the help guys.

@Gregster I'm running 2x 24" 1080p 60hz monitors at the moment.
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Try disconnecting your 2nd monitor (or disabling it in windows) to see if the clock and temp will go down.

Cause running more than one monitor can mean it won't be downclocking/downvolting like single monitor will.
 
If your card is running at 1050mhz idle you need to change the power mode in nvcp to adaptive a and not max performance, my card idles at 135mhz
 
yup thanks for the help guys. Its idling at 30 degrees now and max load only reaches 72 degrees maximum during maxed 4.0 heaven unigine benchmarking.

@pgi947 yes the nvcp power usage had been at adaptive the whole time.
 
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