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August 6, 2014 2:41:18 PM

Well I installed my EVGA ACX cooling version of the GTX 770 not long ago, maybe two weeks. Lately I've been playing Sleeping Dogs, on ALMOST max settings, because it does have a bitter of stutter if I turn on the crazy ultra AA setting, but most max, and that reaches around 75 degrees and fan speed reaches about 60 percent, and GPU usage only about 75% (all according to GPU-Z). Okay I wasn't too surprised really, it's a real nice looking game, even if 360 and PS3 era. Tonight I thought I'd try out my new Saints Row 4 DLC. So the game looks pretty good, it's a open world game and there's a lot of graphical power going into this since you can see a lot of things at once and they're all pretty crisp looking. I run the game on Ultra preset at 1080p, and within five minutes of playing, my GPU is crazy loud because of the fans, they go to about 65%, and it's apparently 80 degrees hot, feels hotter TBH cause I'm only feeling the side of the case and it's hot, and it's using 98% GPU load, though the game looks nice and runs at 60FPS, I feel this isn't right. I'm wondering if GPU-Z shows that the graphics card's temps more than 80 degrees, and I'm sure 80 isn't that healthy, and I don't know I feel like the game shouldn't be this demanding. Also when I open the game, there is a strong coil whine, and when playing there is a slight grinding that isn't usually there, which I actually had on my old GPU too. Help.

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a c 1430 U Graphics card
August 6, 2014 2:47:38 PM

Well having max op temp in the high 90'sC nothing wrong with you temps which can be caused by bad airflow in case. If you have sounds on both GPU's maybe it something else like PSU or CPU cooler.
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a b U Graphics card
August 6, 2014 2:48:02 PM

OK, Lets start with do you have case fans to vent the hot air out of the case?

Next if the grinding noise was there with the other card it is not the GPU it is something else, probably a fan some where, possible PSU fan.

That GPU will throttle the GPU clock speeds if it gets to hot so no need to worry about chip damage but I suggest you feed the case more air.
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a c 179 U Graphics card
August 6, 2014 2:49:09 PM

Although those temps are a little high, 80C is not dangerous or close to damaging the card.(most GPUs can run safely to 100C).

If the temps and noise are annoying to you, then consider RMAing the card. But its not necessary.
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a b U Graphics card
August 6, 2014 2:50:54 PM

If you run a game at max/almost max settings it certainly will tax your GPU. The numbers you're seeing are normal although 80C is little bit high for a GPU to be completely happy.

You could try downloading MSI Afterburner to boost your fan speeds.

http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

Otherwise the standard advice of lowering graphical settings and/or resolution to reduce GPU strain is advisable.

Finally, you could install an after-market cooler on your GPU. Something like the Kraken X-41 which is comparatively easy to install for most watercoolers. That will keep your temperatures nice and low, reducing any worry about heat straining your GPU.

http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/145-kraken-x41-liqui...

Hope that helps.
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August 6, 2014 11:19:51 PM

rolli59 said:
Well having max op temp in the high 90'sC nothing wrong with you temps which can be caused by bad airflow in case. If you have sounds on both GPU's maybe it something else like PSU or CPU cooler.


Yeah I'm just a bit worried because my other card, the Gigabyte Windforce x3 version which I sent back because I was worried something was wrong with it, I'm pretty sure that ran the game at about mid 60's to early 70 degrees and at about 50% fan speed and my fans are going at apparently 65% which sounds quite more than it should like I wonder what 100% would be if that's the case. They're both GTX 770's, and although the Gigabyte is about 4CM longer with 3 fans, mine now is the EVGA with ACX cooling which is 2 slightly larger fans.
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August 6, 2014 11:21:55 PM

bgunner said:
OK, Lets start with do you have case fans to vent the hot air out of the case?

Next if the grinding noise was there with the other card it is not the GPU it is something else, probably a fan some where, possible PSU fan.

That GPU will throttle the GPU clock speeds if it gets to hot so no need to worry about chip damage but I suggest you feed the case more air.


Yes I have one intake fan which blows over the GPU, and one, rear exhaust fan. Also if the PSU would be making that noise, does that mean something would be wrong with it? Also I'm really not sure about the TDP on the GPU-Z app, I know it's the power supply related, and when idle it's like 5% but when active it can go up to like 99% I think I mean I don't know what that means.

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August 6, 2014 11:23:55 PM

Thelps said:
If you run a game at max/almost max settings it certainly will tax your GPU. The numbers you're seeing are normal although 80C is little bit high for a GPU to be completely happy.

You could try downloading MSI Afterburner to boost your fan speeds.

http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

Otherwise the standard advice of lowering graphical settings and/or resolution to reduce GPU strain is advisable.

Finally, you could install an after-market cooler on your GPU. Something like the Kraken X-41 which is comparatively easy to install for most watercoolers. That will keep your temperatures nice and low, reducing any worry about heat straining your GPU.

http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/145-kraken-x41-liqui...

Hope that helps.


Thank you for the advice. I just think, if my game can run at 60FPS with this graphics card, why bother lowering the graphics? What graphics would be best to lower? I don't really want to lower much, like I really love textures, I'm quite a fan of shadows and ambient occlusion, and what about V-sync? Also, I've found having V-sync enabled or disabled on some games can changed the noises the GPU makes. Weird or normal?
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August 6, 2014 11:24:54 PM

Novuake said:
Although those temps are a little high, 80C is not dangerous or close to damaging the card.(most GPUs can run safely to 100C).

If the temps and noise are annoying to you, then consider RMAing the card. But its not necessary.


Thank you, I'll try to put up with it and don't want to return it to EVGA if it still technically works the way it should, I mean I think it should.

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a c 1430 U Graphics card
August 7, 2014 6:27:06 AM

What are your other specs? Include make model of PSU.
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August 7, 2014 10:33:06 AM

rolli59 said:
What are your other specs? Include make model of PSU.


Corsair CX750M power supply, Western Digital green 2TB HDD, i5-4670k quad core 3.4Ghz, Gigabyte Z87-HD3 motherboard, TP-LINK wireless card, uh LG DVD optical drive, Corsair Vengeance 8GB RAM.

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a c 1430 U Graphics card
August 7, 2014 10:44:20 AM

All OK components so a matter of airflow in the case.
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August 8, 2014 4:26:51 AM

rolli59 said:
All OK components so a matter of airflow in the case.


ok thank you. these past 2 times opening my pc it could be a coincidence but im sure i hear a squeeky noise when turning on my pc like it kind of sounds like a rusty old gate opening


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a c 1430 U Graphics card
August 8, 2014 7:23:44 AM

Try to identify where it comes from, most likely a fan and it is easy to eliminate case fans by unplugging them one at a time.
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August 9, 2014 2:19:47 PM

rolli59 said:
Try to identify where it comes from, most likely a fan and it is easy to eliminate case fans by unplugging them one at a time.


im not sure what it could be but im hearing it sometimes when booting up the PC only. not even when its in operation. is it dangerous?

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a c 1430 U Graphics card
August 11, 2014 8:57:53 PM

xMRxVENGEANCEx said:
rolli59 said:
Main thing with Richland upgrade from Trinity was on power efficiency not exactly performance http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/a10-6700-a10-6800k-...


i dont understand


Posted in the wrong thread! Not sure forum or my mistake.
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August 14, 2014 3:24:29 PM

rolli59 said:
xMRxVENGEANCEx said:
rolli59 said:
Main thing with Richland upgrade from Trinity was on power efficiency not exactly performance http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/a10-6700-a10-6800k-...


i dont understand


Posted in the wrong thread! Not sure forum or my mistake.


aha dont worry lol. but what do you say about these noises? the PSU fan noises when under load and the very slight squealing that sometimes happens when turning on the pc? worth worrying about or leave it be and ill be fine?

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a c 1430 U Graphics card
August 14, 2014 7:40:40 PM

It is annoying to have those sounds but not dangerous if you can find the faulty component you can replace it.
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August 15, 2014 12:05:37 AM

rolli59 said:
It is annoying to have those sounds but not dangerous if you can find the faulty component you can replace it.


Haha thanks. Another thing I found really weird was, is that I can run Skyrim on max settings with quite a few good graphics mods and my GPU temp goes no higher than 60?! And the usage isn't even that high either. And the fans only need to spin about 10% faster than when idle. I'm quite confused really.

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a c 1430 U Graphics card
August 15, 2014 3:39:18 AM

xMRxVENGEANCEx said:
rolli59 said:
It is annoying to have those sounds but not dangerous if you can find the faulty component you can replace it.


Haha thanks. Another thing I found really weird was, is that I can run Skyrim on max settings with quite a few good graphics mods and my GPU temp goes no higher than 60?! And the usage isn't even that high either. And the fans only need to spin about 10% faster than when idle. I'm quite confused really.



That the GPU does not max out is because the CPU is not keeping up which is common with Skyrim.
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August 15, 2014 5:27:30 AM

rolli59 said:
xMRxVENGEANCEx said:
rolli59 said:
It is annoying to have those sounds but not dangerous if you can find the faulty component you can replace it.


Haha thanks. Another thing I found really weird was, is that I can run Skyrim on max settings with quite a few good graphics mods and my GPU temp goes no higher than 60?! And the usage isn't even that high either. And the fans only need to spin about 10% faster than when idle. I'm quite confused really.



That the GPU does not max out is because the CPU is not keeping up which is common with Skyrim.


Ah I see. Thank you.Well I'll pick you as best solution for all the help and thanks a lot but could I please message you if I have anything else I'm worried about? Save me from posting another thread.

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August 15, 2014 5:59:35 AM

80C is safe. 90C is not so good but u can carry on. near to 100 and above is dangerous but I recommend that above 90C means u card is going to warning area. Clean you card's fan but not with the blower. See its thermal paste but thermal paste issues are very rare (I will not recommend this at this time).
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a c 1430 U Graphics card
August 15, 2014 9:50:43 AM

xMRxVENGEANCEx said:
rolli59 said:
xMRxVENGEANCEx said:
rolli59 said:
It is annoying to have those sounds but not dangerous if you can find the faulty component you can replace it.


Haha thanks. Another thing I found really weird was, is that I can run Skyrim on max settings with quite a few good graphics mods and my GPU temp goes no higher than 60?! And the usage isn't even that high either. And the fans only need to spin about 10% faster than when idle. I'm quite confused really.



That the GPU does not max out is because the CPU is not keeping up which is common with Skyrim.


Ah I see. Thank you.Well I'll pick you as best solution for all the help and thanks a lot but could I please message you if I have anything else I'm worried about? Save me from posting another thread.



No problem always answer my PM's.
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August 16, 2014 12:19:06 AM

rolli59 said:
xMRxVENGEANCEx said:
rolli59 said:
xMRxVENGEANCEx said:
rolli59 said:
It is annoying to have those sounds but not dangerous if you can find the faulty component you can replace it.


Haha thanks. Another thing I found really weird was, is that I can run Skyrim on max settings with quite a few good graphics mods and my GPU temp goes no higher than 60?! And the usage isn't even that high either. And the fans only need to spin about 10% faster than when idle. I'm quite confused really.



That the GPU does not max out is because the CPU is not keeping up which is common with Skyrim.


Ah I see. Thank you.Well I'll pick you as best solution for all the help and thanks a lot but could I please message you if I have anything else I'm worried about? Save me from posting another thread.



No problem always answer my PM's.


Thank you. Uhh one last thing on the thread, I'm starting to get very worried this morning. Yesterday I was running Far Cry 3 on High/Very High settings with 4x MSAA and HDAO (Or at least that's what it was set to this morning). So either it set itself to HDAO for some reason or, my performance has suddenly dropped a lot because I started playing it this morning and when I opened the door from a starting safe house to get outside, it lagged a lot, must've gone down to 30FPS or maybe less, but then I set the AO to SSAO and the performance was still laggy but went up quite a bit but went smooth when I started playing for a few minutes. It was like my graphics card was bad performance when started up freshly. Also I really don't know if this is something but when things were rendering in the distance they were very pixelated and I don't know if that's normal or if the paranoia has gotten to me, but that seemed odd. Also there was a guy at the bottom of the road that was glitching out until I got closer to him and it could've been a one-off or it could've been a sign of something bad. What if my graphics card is dying? It also seems to hit 80 degrees when playing this and all of this, the performance, maybe even the temps don't seem right since yeah the game looks really nice, but it's a 360 era game you know. Ugggggghhhhh.
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a c 1430 U Graphics card
August 16, 2014 8:49:01 AM

What you are describing could be a card failing, maybe worth contacting EVGA's excellent customer support.
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August 17, 2014 2:54:44 AM

rolli59 said:
What you are describing could be a card failing, maybe worth contacting EVGA's excellent customer support.


Well I'm glad they have excellent customer support. One of the reason's I got EVGA. Could I just wait it out and see if I can bear whatever it throws at me or shall I immediately contact them? Just incase it isn't a failing card?

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a c 1430 U Graphics card
August 17, 2014 3:04:39 AM

I would do it immediately, they may have a solution if the card is not faulty or they will do RMA with you.
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August 17, 2014 3:18:06 AM

rolli59 said:
I would do it immediately, they may have a solution if the card is not faulty or they will do RMA with you.


Ehhh I mean I don't know rolli. I'm so sick of being worried and shit about my PC, like I feel like everything is wrong with it. My hard drive is the noisiest thing in my system, graphics card gets hot and noisy when strange noises, especially when V-sync is off, my motherboard just could be a problem since I feel like everything is going wrong yet I can't see why and I mean, like someone said my PCI-E slot was too loose for my GPU and I suppose my computer has different amounts of times where some times it's speedy on start up and sometimes it's not as well, same with my power supply, that could be the reason all stuff seems to go bad, as well as makes noises when running demanding games, same with CPU I guess as it's the main processor and maybe it drags the GPU down also? IDK if I was cut out for this, you're suppose to love and cherish your PC, like a newborn babby.

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