- Nov 19, 2014
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Hi guys,
I have been running my 295x2 for around six months now and have not really had any problems, but recently I started to notice FPS drops in my games. Upon further inspection it appears that GPU1 (according to afterburner) is idling at around 51C and GPU2 at around 32C. I decided to run 3dmark to see what impact it was having, and found that within seconds of the test launching, GPU1 hits it's thermal limit at 75C whilst GPU2 (also 100% usage) is around 45C. So it throttles and I lose a huge chunk of performance.
I'm running a custom loop, with an EK waterblock on the card, I've noticed there appears to be some bacterial growth in the block, especially around GPU1. I've put in some ethanol, so hopefully this will flush it out. Do you think it could purely be the growth thats having such an impact on temperatures? Or am I dealing with something else?
Thanks in advance for any help
I have been running my 295x2 for around six months now and have not really had any problems, but recently I started to notice FPS drops in my games. Upon further inspection it appears that GPU1 (according to afterburner) is idling at around 51C and GPU2 at around 32C. I decided to run 3dmark to see what impact it was having, and found that within seconds of the test launching, GPU1 hits it's thermal limit at 75C whilst GPU2 (also 100% usage) is around 45C. So it throttles and I lose a huge chunk of performance.
I'm running a custom loop, with an EK waterblock on the card, I've noticed there appears to be some bacterial growth in the block, especially around GPU1. I've put in some ethanol, so hopefully this will flush it out. Do you think it could purely be the growth thats having such an impact on temperatures? Or am I dealing with something else?
Thanks in advance for any help
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