- Apr 16, 2011
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My GPU gets hotter every time a game application is in the foreground.
If I alt tab, even if the game window is still visible and I only alt tab to a small window like Skype my GPU cools down and the fan noise reduces. However when I go back to the game, even if the game is in windowed and not maximized my GPU simply keeps getting hotter and hotter making more and more noise.
I kept it up once and it went up to 89 C while making seriously a lot of noises.
The PC shut off in the past from alone and I assume it was because the GPU hit max temp.
I have no idea why this happens and I changed thermal paste but it still happens. I don't think this has anything to do with the GPU cooler since I am obviously hearing it run faster. I also have plenty of fans in my case and this didn't happen before. I also switched out CPU, mainboard and RAM but it still happens.
Is the card simply faulty?
If I alt tab, even if the game window is still visible and I only alt tab to a small window like Skype my GPU cools down and the fan noise reduces. However when I go back to the game, even if the game is in windowed and not maximized my GPU simply keeps getting hotter and hotter making more and more noise.
I kept it up once and it went up to 89 C while making seriously a lot of noises.
The PC shut off in the past from alone and I assume it was because the GPU hit max temp.
I have no idea why this happens and I changed thermal paste but it still happens. I don't think this has anything to do with the GPU cooler since I am obviously hearing it run faster. I also have plenty of fans in my case and this didn't happen before. I also switched out CPU, mainboard and RAM but it still happens.
Is the card simply faulty?
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