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September 25, 2014 9:06:04 AM

is the idle temperature for the MSI gtx 970 supposed to be 60 degrees idle? I know the fans are not spinning before reaching 65 degrees, but the fans on my old gtx 660 ti where hardly spinning and idling at 40 degrees, should I be worried?

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September 25, 2014 9:08:01 AM

No, i don't think so. I believe you should worry when it hits 80 or 90 degrees
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September 25, 2014 9:09:06 AM

Unless you got a card defected out of the box, i doubt anything is wrong. MSI cooling is almost as good add Gigabyte, which is excellent. ALL HAIL TWIN FROZR V
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September 25, 2014 9:10:48 AM

So its only because of the default fan setting? I have increased the fan speed to 10% at 40 degrees to keep the card a bit cooler, I dont like it running that hot 24/7
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September 25, 2014 9:15:37 AM

I saw that the idle temperatures they got over at guru3d, was 29 idle and 68 degrees at load, so something must be wrong with my card? I'm a bit nervous because this is my first time buying a brand new card at release.
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September 27, 2014 7:23:50 AM

Mine idles at 28c. You did take off the massive notification sticker right? Not that it would effect idle temps as the fans don't spin until under load. You shouldn't need to be changing fan speeds at all.
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September 27, 2014 7:29:29 AM

That seems odd. I'm worried I've made the wrong decision going with MSI.
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September 27, 2014 7:34:19 AM

Alex Kelly said:
That seems odd. I'm worried I've made the wrong decision going with MSI.


It's certainly not a wrong decision... it sounds defective to me to be honest. Having a faulty item can happen with any brand, don't let it put you off. I'd take it out and just give it a once over, make sure everything looks OK. I'm extremely happy with my MSI GTX970.
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September 27, 2014 8:55:37 AM

After adjusting the fan curve myself, the gpu doesnt go over 67 degrees :p , I think the gpu gets a bit hot because it is placed at the bottom, where the airflow is a bit restricted compared to the rest of the cabinet.
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September 29, 2014 3:09:44 AM

Are you running multiple monitors, and also have you looked at the clock speed of the card when at the desktop (using GPU-Z or Afterburner for instance)?

I ask because I'm in a similar boat but my problem seems to be related to having a 3-monitor setup. At desktop my clock speed is 899 Mhz which is way above normal (and results in a similar 58C idle temp to yours). If I disable a monitor or use nVidia Inspector to force multi monitor power saving, it drops the clock to 135 Mhz and a much lower idle temp.
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September 30, 2014 4:43:07 PM

Lag said:
is the idle temperature for the MSI gtx 970 supposed to be 60 degrees idle? I know the fans are not spinning before reaching 65 degrees, but the fans on my old gtx 660 ti where hardly spinning and idling at 40 degrees, should I be worried?


I was just searching for the same issue.. My new msi gtx 970 was idle at 59-60 c. I assume it's normal
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September 30, 2014 5:07:01 PM

My specs are

MSI X99S SLI PLUS ATX 2011E
I7 5820k
16 gb ram
2tb wd hd
Msi Gtx 970

I have 3 spanning 24 inch monitors set in surround mode at 5870 x 1080 resolution and one 42 inch lcd TV above it at 1920 by 1080.

Idle temp at 58-60 c.. Fan comes on at 60 and cools to 56-57.

I don't think there is anything wrong with the idle temp at 55-60..
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September 30, 2014 7:21:52 PM

Hi Guys, i just got my MSI GTX 970 a few days ago. My idle temps were like a bit of a concern to me till i found this thread and it seems we are all in the same boat.
My idle temps would hit close to 55c and at times 60c just watching Youtube or browsing the net. I have a 22inch on the left and 27inch on the right both at 1920 x 1080. The fans will not kick in until i game which temperatures reach 65c and it never goes above 70c...mainly stays at around 69c last played Metro Last night Redux.
I was a bit concerned for the idle temp. so i emailed MSI and there Support Specialist answered that 50c to 55c on idle is normal operating temperature. Not much to worry.
If you guys are worried, you can always create a fan profile in Afterburner or set "User define" and it will adjust according got your fan curve settings. i tried it and the fans were spinning at 45% and the idle temp. went to 42c-44c, at times even 39c
But once again, MSI designed for the fans only to kick in at a certain temperature i.e. 65c or less while gaming and fans stop under those temperatures.


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September 30, 2014 11:55:36 PM

I don't believe there's a problem with the cooling on your GPU's, it's just something on your PC is using a little of the GPU and activating slightly higher clocks than proper "idle". Maybe running multiple screens is the cause, I don't think it's a worry. Proper idle for me is 135Mhz GPU, 324Mhz RAM, 270Mhz Shader. Temps of around 28c to 31c.
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October 1, 2014 1:13:05 AM

I'm curious, though, because I know the multi-screen high clock was an issue on old cards (e.g. 500 series) and nVidia simply said "it's just how they work", but that they also fixed it in later cards. I'm wondering if said fix hasn't been migrated into the driver support for the 900-series cards yet?
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October 1, 2014 1:42:16 AM

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October 1, 2014 2:42:43 AM

I'd suggest you bother to actually read the question or the discussion after it, as none of those relates to what we are talking about.
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October 1, 2014 1:02:44 PM

Yes, I am in fact running a multiple monitor setup, I will download Nvidia inspector and check if this fixes things. Thanks for your suggestion.

Edit: It is my multi-monitor that was the culprit. Downloading Nvidia Inspector and adding multi-monitor power saving solved the problem :D  Thank you for your help everyone, weird that Nvidia hasn't fixed this though. Oh well, Nvidia inspector did the trick alright!!
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October 1, 2014 1:18:57 PM

Just bear in mind you'll need to add your 3D games manually to the Power Saver if you use that solution (I find this better than using the "Activate Full 3D by GPU Usage" option). Bit annoying but it's better than higher PC temps. :) 
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October 1, 2014 3:00:06 PM

My fans are always spinning. They just move very slowly on the 970. When I play games I can hear them get faster. I don't think there ever completely stopped unless my card is messed up.
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October 2, 2014 9:54:25 AM

Well, I cant really hear the fans on the gpu because of all my fans in the CM HAF 922 cabinet xD
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October 2, 2014 10:02:50 AM

I have two Zotac 970`s and they idle in the mid fifties and get around 75-78c when in full use...
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October 2, 2014 12:15:46 PM

Well, to me it doesn't matter :p  Because I have my Beyerdynamic DT 770 to block out the noise :D 
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