- May 7, 2015
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I bought this card about 5-6 months ago. It works like a charm for the most part. Never had any issues with overheating, stuttering, not a single thing.
I generally never had overheating issues until now.
These are my Temps before I noticed a drastic change:
(The card is running on Default Clocks, with the supposed "Superclocked" Settings Gigabyte runs this card at. So basically, I hadn't overclocked this card "myself").
The temps stay around 30°C - 40°C idle. 75% - 80% of Fan: 2600 RPM
When running GPU intense games maxed out: 52°C - 64°C. 100% of Fan: 3300+ RPM
When running Non-GPU Intense games maxed out: 50°C - 57°. 100% of Fan: 3300+ RPM
GPU Intense games I play would be: Dying Light, DayZ SA, Skyrim (Modded), Arma 3, Battlefield 4, Metro 2033, The Witcher 2, and etc.
Non-GPU Intense games I play would be: Arma 2, Civ 5, Civ Beyond Earth, CS:GO, Rust, Fallout 3 & New Vegas with Intense Mods, Battlefield 3, World of Tanks, Mass Effect 3, and etc.
Now the Temperature/Climate where I live hasn't changed for about two months (even present), which the card temps were never showing signs of overheating until now. So climate change and temperature in my location isn't the culprit (Same for my house; I like my house cooled).
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I noticed about 2 Weeks ago that my 970 was running ridiculously hot when playing this one game called Survarium. It was mainly running at 69°C and maxed at 72°C. Figured maybe the game was badly optimized and that it has nothing to do with my card. Later after playing different game to different game I noticed that its temperature didn't really change at all.
When playing Non-GPU Intense games the card would get up to the 69°C mark and follows the same rhythm like Survarium, with the max at 72°C. *???* It makes no sense!
GPU Intense games are even worse! It goes from 70°C to a max of 80°C! That is just ridiculous!
I also noted that after I completely close a game (task manager style) the temps do a QUICK jump from example: 80°C to 70°C nearly instantly or by 1 second. Then after about 20 seconds it idles at 42°C - 50°C. That's pretty fricking quick! You'd think maybe my temp program would be the culprit as it would be telling me the wrong temps, but ruled this out. I used multiple programs and they're literally the exact same, minor difference but the same. In addition my room gets sucked dry of anything cold and becomes very hot (making me sweat after a long time) and my case vents out hot heat. The side of the case (motherboard side) is also noticeably hot.
I've been snooping around many forum posts about people with similar issues. Some of the "suggester's" said it was normal for temps like that, others said that it was high but its not something to complain about. *???* Sure... maybe the card can handle the heavy banter, but in long-term I'm not going to shorten my cards life because 80°C is nothing to worry about... Lies!
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Here's what I thought was the culprit... I know, it sounds dumb, but it happens more than you think. I believe the culprit was the new Nvidia Drivers for the new crap pc port Batman game. Ever since I updated to the newest (353.30) Driver... that's around the time I noticed the temps were getting out of hand! Coincidence?
What stops me now is that I did a Rolled back to my previous Driver and nothing changed. But could that new Driver still have an effect on my card even if I rolled back?
Now I don't know what to do. None of my friends have this issue and my friends who own the G1 970 don't get temps like I do. I doubt that the card is defective, or perhaps just crapped out on me over time. Yes I heard many issues with the 900 Series cards, specifically the 970. It's complete BS honestly, and this 4GB VRAM advertisement (when its really 3.5GB) doesn't help it either (has anybody sued them yet for false advertisement yet?). If the issue is my card by itself, I'm going to be utterly disappointed. Guess I might have to save up for the 980ti.
If any of you can help me out here, please lend me a hand! Anything helps!
Specs:
CPU: i7 4790K @ 4.0 GHz
GPU: G1 Gigabyte GTX 970 "Superclocked Windforce Edition"
PSU: Corsair TX850 Gold
MOBO: MSI Z87-GD65
CASE/TOWER: Cooler Master Elite 430 Black
OS: Windows 8.1 64bit
I generally never had overheating issues until now.
These are my Temps before I noticed a drastic change:
(The card is running on Default Clocks, with the supposed "Superclocked" Settings Gigabyte runs this card at. So basically, I hadn't overclocked this card "myself").
The temps stay around 30°C - 40°C idle. 75% - 80% of Fan: 2600 RPM
When running GPU intense games maxed out: 52°C - 64°C. 100% of Fan: 3300+ RPM
When running Non-GPU Intense games maxed out: 50°C - 57°. 100% of Fan: 3300+ RPM
GPU Intense games I play would be: Dying Light, DayZ SA, Skyrim (Modded), Arma 3, Battlefield 4, Metro 2033, The Witcher 2, and etc.
Non-GPU Intense games I play would be: Arma 2, Civ 5, Civ Beyond Earth, CS:GO, Rust, Fallout 3 & New Vegas with Intense Mods, Battlefield 3, World of Tanks, Mass Effect 3, and etc.
Now the Temperature/Climate where I live hasn't changed for about two months (even present), which the card temps were never showing signs of overheating until now. So climate change and temperature in my location isn't the culprit (Same for my house; I like my house cooled).
---
I noticed about 2 Weeks ago that my 970 was running ridiculously hot when playing this one game called Survarium. It was mainly running at 69°C and maxed at 72°C. Figured maybe the game was badly optimized and that it has nothing to do with my card. Later after playing different game to different game I noticed that its temperature didn't really change at all.
When playing Non-GPU Intense games the card would get up to the 69°C mark and follows the same rhythm like Survarium, with the max at 72°C. *???* It makes no sense!
GPU Intense games are even worse! It goes from 70°C to a max of 80°C! That is just ridiculous!
I also noted that after I completely close a game (task manager style) the temps do a QUICK jump from example: 80°C to 70°C nearly instantly or by 1 second. Then after about 20 seconds it idles at 42°C - 50°C. That's pretty fricking quick! You'd think maybe my temp program would be the culprit as it would be telling me the wrong temps, but ruled this out. I used multiple programs and they're literally the exact same, minor difference but the same. In addition my room gets sucked dry of anything cold and becomes very hot (making me sweat after a long time) and my case vents out hot heat. The side of the case (motherboard side) is also noticeably hot.
I've been snooping around many forum posts about people with similar issues. Some of the "suggester's" said it was normal for temps like that, others said that it was high but its not something to complain about. *???* Sure... maybe the card can handle the heavy banter, but in long-term I'm not going to shorten my cards life because 80°C is nothing to worry about... Lies!
---
Here's what I thought was the culprit... I know, it sounds dumb, but it happens more than you think. I believe the culprit was the new Nvidia Drivers for the new crap pc port Batman game. Ever since I updated to the newest (353.30) Driver... that's around the time I noticed the temps were getting out of hand! Coincidence?
What stops me now is that I did a Rolled back to my previous Driver and nothing changed. But could that new Driver still have an effect on my card even if I rolled back?
Now I don't know what to do. None of my friends have this issue and my friends who own the G1 970 don't get temps like I do. I doubt that the card is defective, or perhaps just crapped out on me over time. Yes I heard many issues with the 900 Series cards, specifically the 970. It's complete BS honestly, and this 4GB VRAM advertisement (when its really 3.5GB) doesn't help it either (has anybody sued them yet for false advertisement yet?). If the issue is my card by itself, I'm going to be utterly disappointed. Guess I might have to save up for the 980ti.
If any of you can help me out here, please lend me a hand! Anything helps!
Specs:
CPU: i7 4790K @ 4.0 GHz
GPU: G1 Gigabyte GTX 970 "Superclocked Windforce Edition"
PSU: Corsair TX850 Gold
MOBO: MSI Z87-GD65
CASE/TOWER: Cooler Master Elite 430 Black
OS: Windows 8.1 64bit
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