GTX 780 Classified (with no OC) runs over 80c if i let it.... :(

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hey guys... i've got a evga gtx 780 classified...and it is running VERY hot compared to what i've found in search results...which seems to average anywhere from 50-60(excellent) to 70-74(average) to 75-79(above average). It does this even with the fan running @ 98%.IIf i keep clock and memory at +/- 0...and turn up the power and temperature in precisionX it goes up to 85ish degrees in bf4...if i unlink temp and power and leave power @ 100% while bumping up temperature to lets say....90...it would probably get to 90 eventually. but i've seen it hover around 85 for 20ish minutes. I saw it go as high as 87 after like thirty minutes of playing.

PC case: thermaltake chaser a71 with all the stock fans...one 200x200x30 up front, one 200x200 on side panel, 200x200x30 on top of case, and one(yes i know this is supposed to be an exhaust) fan connected to a corsair h60 cpu water cooler as intake. i know this fan is uspposed to be an exhaust but honestly.....15 degrees is a major difference in temperature...isn't it? especially considering most of the temperatures i found online were of 780s being atleast slightly overclocked one would think....

what do you guys think? RMA time? i also wasn't sure how to test and make sure my fans are all running properly. i went into bios and turned off the fan control so they would all run at max, and it made a major noise difference so i assume that means they were all running at max but i'm not sure...i dont feel like the large fans are running very fast. any way to test them other than speedfan? speedfan confuses me and sometimes the pwm of two of them drops to 8 and 24 or some other random set of very low percentages and changing the numbers does absolutely nothing except on the corsair fan.

oh, and ambient temps= 70-73F. I've even tried sitting it directly above an air vent, and we have a brand new unit so the air might as well be ice coming out of that vent. barely any difference. have yet to play with window open, but that doesn't solve my problem...and the chaser isn't exactly a cheap, know-to-be-hot case.
 
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sounds like an rma situation to me likely due to bad thermal paste application.

you should be using msi afterburner though for overclocking and read outs. download the latest msi ab and let us know what it says the core temp is. also gpuz should report temp too. having more than one programs readings would be nice.
sounds like an rma situation to me likely due to bad thermal paste application.

you should be using msi afterburner though for overclocking and read outs. download the latest msi ab and let us know what it says the core temp is. also gpuz should report temp too. having more than one programs readings would be nice.
 
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yeah...i'm pretty sure hwinfo was reading the same numbers and i have gpu-z but have never used it except to read the asic quality on the 780 in question. i'll try that out when i get home!

as a side note your signature lists this as your computer:
i5-2500k - Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 - CM Hyper 212 - Evga GTX780 Classified - Kingston Hyper X Blu 1600 2x4GB - Intel 330 SSD 180GB - WD Green 1.5TB HD - OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w - Asus BD-R - Thermaltake V3 Black ATX Case - Achieva Shimian QH270 27" 1440p

that's EXACTLY what i had until a month ago. instead of the v3 black i have the chaser, and instead of the hyper x blue i have 16 gb blue now, and a seaggate 2tb instead of your hdd. funny.
 

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If the problem persists, then you should not try to take it further as it sort of looks like a faulty card to me. You should RMA it and get a new one, if you get the same issue with the new one, then you should try to look into the issue further.

Let me know what happens when you're back home, and if you have any questions, I'll be checking this frequently. Have a good one.
 


my classy 780 doesn't run anywhere near your temps, i have to give it a very good overclock to get to 80c.
 

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This. Any card should not be running around that temperature. Well, except if it's an AMD reference card, those tend to get quite hot..
 

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In addition i couldn't get above +100 (i would shut it down if the temps spiked but i never got that far) core clock without it freezing the game. i would have to tab and kill the process to play again. i also tried this after bumping up voltage via precision x.