- Jul 10, 2012
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I have asked before why my MSI GTX 970 was running so damn hot. It seems to have to push fans to 80% to maintain a fairly high 72 degrees celsius in many games. In a very well cooled and clutter-free case. I just got another identical card for SLI, and usually that would mean both cards got slightly hotter. The old card is still on 72-73, so it hasn't changed despite another card under it. The new however, with an identical fan-profile in MSI Afterburner reached 60 degrees when I benchmarked Heaven 4.
That's 13 degrees celsius difference. And a lot in noise-level. Should I RMA my old card? Or would this be an acceptable temp diff to MSI? Will I have to jeopardize my warranty and open up my first card and try to fix it myself? Because this is totally not acceptable to me. I have been after a quiet and cool rig from the beginning. Having to push the loudest fans in the case (even though they are good for GPU fans) an extra 15+% for one cards defective cooling is not ok.
Edit: read post 3 steps down, hadn't closed case, it's even worse.
That's 13 degrees celsius difference. And a lot in noise-level. Should I RMA my old card? Or would this be an acceptable temp diff to MSI? Will I have to jeopardize my warranty and open up my first card and try to fix it myself? Because this is totally not acceptable to me. I have been after a quiet and cool rig from the beginning. Having to push the loudest fans in the case (even though they are good for GPU fans) an extra 15+% for one cards defective cooling is not ok.
Edit: read post 3 steps down, hadn't closed case, it's even worse.
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