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GPU Overheating! Need some advice.

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April 8, 2014 2:42:34 PM

So this is the first day something like this has happened. Built this system about two years ago - haven't had any major problems or crashes since today. It's been exceptionally warm in California these past two days, but today I crashed out of playing Arkham Origins. The screen went kind of green and garbley and it quit out to my desktop.

Here's the pertinent specs: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7LAjVwvUwmDdTB...

The temps in the image are my idle temps. They seem high to me. But I just tried re-playing Arkam Origins and my GPU got up to 73°C, which is way too high.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can keep my GPU temps down? I boosted the GPU fan speed in EVGA Precision X to 100% and it blasted air - so I know the GPU fan is definitely working. Other than that I have the 3 fans that came with my case - a NZXT Switch 810 plus a Coolmaster Hyper 212 EVO on the CPU to cool it.

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April 8, 2014 2:57:57 PM

73 Degrees isn't way too high. It is getting close to the max of 75-80 for that card though. Those temps you posted at idle aren't high at all either.
Set your fan curve to have the fan blowing faster at lower temps and you'll get that temp down.
Do a game run with the fan fixed at 100 percent and I'll bet the temp will go down a lot.
When the room temp is up a lot, you'll just have to turn the fan speed on the card up. Should be good to go.
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April 8, 2014 3:02:03 PM

Oh ok. So it's common for people to have to do some adjusting to your GPU fan speed depending on environment variables? I thought something might have been wrong with my card. Thanks for your help!
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April 8, 2014 6:55:02 PM

ohcrapitsjeremy said:
Oh ok. So it's common for people to have to do some adjusting to your GPU fan speed depending on environment variables? I thought something might have been wrong with my card. Thanks for your help!


Yes it's normal.
Also, looking at your fan curve, the fan speed doesn't go up to 100 % until 90 degrees. This is much to hot for that card (according to nvidia specs). I would set the 100 % to ~75 degrees so that your fan ramps up in speed before the card gets too hot. You should be able to keep that same curve no matter how hot the room gets. If the room is cool, it simply won't have to turn the fan speed up. Thats the beauty of a fan curve.
I guess my point is simply to keep the fan speed at 100 percent before the max temp of the card - generally you'll never get close to that temp unless you start overclocking (thats another can of worms though).
Good luck!

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