I began playing Bioshock: Infinite the other day and on the second day of playing I experienced a BSOD after an in game freeze. Looking at the minidump, it blamed the BSOD on nvlddmkm.sys, or basically something related to nvidia.
I already had the latest drivers but I did a driver sweep and reinstalled. I have not experienced the BSOD again but this made me curious and I began monitoring temps while playing.
While under very little load (web browsing etc), or idle, both GPU's sit in the low 30's, mid to high 20's (C). I know these are great temps.
When under load in Bioshock: Infinite on Ultra with FPS limiting disabled, or a GPU benchmark such as Unigine 4, my temps spike up to the low 80's C. These seem high compared to most reports and worry me- I've seen it go up to 84C, and think overheating might have been the cause of the earlier issues. Fan's max out at 60% and are on auto. Most people are saying they average around 70C under full load in BF3, though I do not have BF3 to test.
It is probably important to note that while the games are played on one monitor, I am running dual 1920x1080 monitors. Normally a web browser is open on the non-gaming monitor.
My rig is built well with very little obstruction and proper airflow, including aftermarket top fans and a removed lower HDD bay for more open space. I'm not sure what's going on.
Specs:
Corsair 500r
i5 3570k @ 4.5GHz
Noctua NH-D14
2x EVGA Geforce GTX 670 FTW SLI
Asrock Extreme6 MB
16GB (4x4) GSkill RAM
Corsair HX750 PSU
Crucial m4 256GB
WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD
ASUS DVD/CD
Thanks for any help you can give!
I already had the latest drivers but I did a driver sweep and reinstalled. I have not experienced the BSOD again but this made me curious and I began monitoring temps while playing.
While under very little load (web browsing etc), or idle, both GPU's sit in the low 30's, mid to high 20's (C). I know these are great temps.
When under load in Bioshock: Infinite on Ultra with FPS limiting disabled, or a GPU benchmark such as Unigine 4, my temps spike up to the low 80's C. These seem high compared to most reports and worry me- I've seen it go up to 84C, and think overheating might have been the cause of the earlier issues. Fan's max out at 60% and are on auto. Most people are saying they average around 70C under full load in BF3, though I do not have BF3 to test.
It is probably important to note that while the games are played on one monitor, I am running dual 1920x1080 monitors. Normally a web browser is open on the non-gaming monitor.
My rig is built well with very little obstruction and proper airflow, including aftermarket top fans and a removed lower HDD bay for more open space. I'm not sure what's going on.
Specs:
Corsair 500r
i5 3570k @ 4.5GHz
Noctua NH-D14
2x EVGA Geforce GTX 670 FTW SLI
Asrock Extreme6 MB
16GB (4x4) GSkill RAM
Corsair HX750 PSU
Crucial m4 256GB
WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD
ASUS DVD/CD
Thanks for any help you can give!
don't worry. 
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