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GPU reaching high levels after reformatting PC

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July 3, 2014 2:49:14 AM

Ok so, I reformatted my PC and Installed everything just fine, but when I start to play BF4 or any other steam game (CoD, BL2) I'm reaching around 70-75c on my GTX 660 3GB FTW which I was never hitting before reformatting.

I'm not the best with these type of problems so If I sound retarded my bad, but anyone have any Idea how to fix this? If there's even a fix, without deleting System32(trolls).

Thanks.

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July 3, 2014 3:02:46 AM

I'd say those temps are pretty normal for your card. You might want to check that all of your fans are spinning and that there is no excessive amount of dust in your case/GPU.
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July 3, 2014 3:15:23 AM

Eduello said:
I'd say those temps are pretty normal for your card. You might want to check that all of your fans are spinning and that there is no excessive amount of dust in your case/GPU.


It's weird because I was never getting these temps before the reformat so It's only just started to happen I did make sure to check for dust but everything Is spotless and working fine.
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July 3, 2014 3:20:10 AM

Has your performance stayed the same or has it improved compared to what it was before the reformat?
It might be that your system was clogged up and that the CPU was limiting the performance of the GPU (not letting it run at 100%, generating less heat), but now that you reformatted it, the CPU no longer has to deal with all the useless stuff you may have had running in the background, therefore letting the GPU use 100% of its potential in games (this is pretty far-fetched though).
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July 3, 2014 3:25:27 AM

Eduello said:
Has your performance stayed the same or has it improved compared to what it was before the reformat?
It might be that your system was clogged up and that the CPU was limiting the performance of the GPU (not letting it run at 100%, generating less heat), but now that you reformatted it, the CPU no longer has to deal with all the useless stuff you may have had running in the background, therefore letting the GPU use 100% of its potential in games (this is pretty far-fetched though).


It's still basically the same.
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July 3, 2014 3:29:54 AM

Well that was a long shot, how about the idle temps, are those the same or have they gone up as well?
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July 3, 2014 3:32:45 AM

Eduello said:
Well that was a long shot, how about the idle temps, are those the same or have they gone up as well?


Gone up from 43 to 48-50
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July 3, 2014 3:35:57 AM

And your room temps have stayed the same? What about the CPU temps, have those changed?
Also, have you installed the latest drivers? Keep in mind that if you had a custom fan profile for your GPU (Did you?), it has been wiped as well.
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July 3, 2014 3:37:51 AM

Eduello said:
And your room temps have stayed the same? What about the CPU temps, have those changed?
Also, have you installed the latest drivers? Keep in mind that if you had a custom fan profile for your GPU (Did you?), it has been wiped as well.


Yeah room temps are the exact same CPU temps are 22 but around 49-53 playing BF4, CoD, BL2. Also nah I didn't have any custom profiles. All drivers are latest too.
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July 3, 2014 3:42:12 AM

Well in that case I'd run a virus scan with Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/
Your system may have a virus that's using the GPU for bitcoin mining or something like that.
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July 3, 2014 3:59:06 AM

Eduello said:
Well in that case I'd run a virus scan with Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/
Your system may have a virus that's using the GPU for bitcoin mining or something like that.


Kk, I somehow had 10 things detected 1 coming from my coretemp but all cleaned now.
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July 3, 2014 4:03:03 AM

Are the temps still the same?
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July 3, 2014 4:04:38 AM

Eduello said:
Are the temps still the same?


Yeah
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July 3, 2014 4:08:37 AM

Try making a custom fan profile if the temps bother you; I honestly can't come up with anything else.
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July 3, 2014 4:09:19 AM

Eduello said:
Try making a custom fan profile if the temps bother you; I honestly can't come up with anything else.


I honestly didn't think anything would help but I appreciate you taking time to try and help, thanks dude.
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July 3, 2014 4:45:43 AM

No problem, let's hope you can figure it out :) 
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