GPU and CPU heating issues...maybe?

thebolt · Aug 28, 2013

I'm having some heating issues that I don't entirely understand. I have an i7 3770 processor and when I'm gaming, the max temp any of my cores hit was 54 degrees. I have an HD 6950 running with fans up at about 80% (any higher than that and you hear a mechanical clicking noise which is obnoxious) and also while gaming the max it ever reached was 51 degrees. But it seems that on occasion my video is cutting out in certain games that are pushing me graphically. But aren't the temps still too low to be having this issue? 51 is not an extreme temp for a GPU as far as i'm aware nor is 54 for a CPU. What am I missing?

For reference, I am not overclocking. My CPU cores tend to idle between 40 and 45 degrees. My GPU idles at 40. I just cleaned out all of my fan dust about a week ago.

JackNaylorPE · Aug 28, 2013

Sounds like frame latency issue.....

http://techreport.com/review/23981/radeon-hd-7950-vs-geforce-gtx-660-ti-revisited/11

Loaded 13.8 beta drivers ?

Trenchcoat · Aug 28, 2013

Those temparatures are well within reason, low in-fact for a 6950. It will help alot to expand on what you mean by video cutting out and in what resolution, games and detail settings. Other helpful info is your power supply details.

thebolt · Aug 28, 2013

Trenchcoat :

My power supply is 620 watts.

A more detailed explanation of my video issue...most games play fine. SOME games, the game will freeze for a few seconds (this is usually accompanied by the sound skipping like a record or playing one flat note over and over...whatever the last note was that the game played). After a few seconds of obnoxious noise and frozen video my screen will go black for 3 to 5 seconds, and then the game will come back right where I left off. This makes me think the GPU is getting too hot and clicking in a fail safe to cool off. Once the temps rise back up again it'll go through the process of freezing, going to black, and coming back on again. I'm running the program speedfan in the background which records my max GPU temp...I was just playing Burnout Paradise and had the issue 2 or 3 times in a span of five minutes but my maximum temperature was recorded at 51. So either the software is wrong, or something else is going on. Other games that tend to have these issues that i've notice...anything made by valve. Team Fortress 2, Half Life games, etc. I play all of my games in 1920 x 1080 on a single monitor and I play on whatever default settings the game gives me. That is usually max settings although some games will drop that down a bit.

Trenchcoat · Aug 28, 2013

thebolt :

Trenchcoat :

My power supply is 620 watts.

A more detailed explanation of my video issue...most games play fine. SOME games, the game will freeze for a few seconds (this is usually accompanied by the sound skipping like a record or playing one flat note over and over...whatever the last note was that the game played). After a few seconds of obnoxious noise and frozen video my screen will go black for 3 to 5 seconds, and then the game will come back right where I left off. This makes me think the GPU is getting too hot and clicking in a fail safe to cool off. Once the temps rise back up again it'll go through the process of freezing, going to black, and coming back on again. I'm running the program speedfan in the background which records my max GPU temp...I was just playing Burnout Paradise and had the issue 2 or 3 times in a span of five minutes but my maximum temperature was recorded at 51. So either the software is wrong, or something else is going on. Other games that tend to have these issues that i've notice...anything made by valve. Team Fortress 2, Half Life games, etc. I play all of my games in 1920 x 1080 on a single monitor and I play on whatever default settings the game gives me. That is usually max settings although some games will drop that down a bit.

Update your driver software and get back to us.

thebolt · Aug 28, 2013

Trenchcoat :

thebolt :

Update your driver software and get back to us.

Updated my drivers and I'm experiencing the same issues. My speedfan still reads that 51 degrees is the max on my GPU and it is at that point that I assume the video freezes, cuts to black, then comes back.

thebolt · Aug 28, 2013

JackNaylorPE :

I installed the 13.8 drivers and I'm experiencing the same issues.

thebolt · Aug 28, 2013

Trenchcoat :

thebolt :

Trenchcoat :

My power supply is 620 watts.

A more detailed explanation of my video issue...most games play fine. SOME games, the game will freeze for a few seconds (this is usually accompanied by the sound skipping like a record or playing one flat note over and over...whatever the last note was that the game played). After a few seconds of obnoxious noise and frozen video my screen will go black for 3 to 5 seconds, and then the game will come back right where I left off. This makes me think the GPU is getting too hot and clicking in a fail safe to cool off. Once the temps rise back up again it'll go through the process of freezing, going to black, and coming back on again. I'm running the program speedfan in the background which records my max GPU temp...I was just playing Burnout Paradise and had the issue 2 or 3 times in a span of five minutes but my maximum temperature was recorded at 51. So either the software is wrong, or something else is going on. Other games that tend to have these issues that i've notice...anything made by valve. Team Fortress 2, Half Life games, etc. I play all of my games in 1920 x 1080 on a single monitor and I play on whatever default settings the game gives me. That is usually max settings although some games will drop that down a bit.

Update your driver software and get back to us.

Oh and just for fun when I run furmark...my GPU temps pretty much sit around 70 degrees no problem.

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