ASUS Strix GTX 970 Max Operating Temperature

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Why my new ASUS Strix GTX 970 is ramping up to the temperature up to 70 deg with in a minute and after that slow rise from 70 to 75 deg and stables in between 75-80 deg there after upon running on graphics intensive task? Is this usual or unusual?

Also one more question ...

Can I put my cabinet in vertical position after installing ASUS GTX 970? why I doubt because, this card is heavy and only screw at one end and PCIx has to bear the complete weight of the card, as screw is located completely aside, whole card weight falls on teeth of this card fixed at PCIx and that teethed circuit looking thin, feeling that it may break? can you suggest any solution
 
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Unusual. With my fans set to 60% it doesn't easily go over even 50-55 degrees under load. In idle It's sitting at 35% speed and idles between 35-40 degrees for me.
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Thank you for the information, can you tell me if possible, what is the max temp of your GPU if you run Unigine heaven 4.0 benchmark ?

 
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While running Unigine heaven 4.0 Benchmark & PC Mark test... so far I ran only these two tests

 
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Of course 80 is too hot. I wasn't denying that, merely stating the chips highest operating point. Ideally you'd want to have the card cooler than 80, but 80 isn't going to do any damage. 85 is the point it's considered to be damaging. Look into it.

 
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My GPU is not getting 80 or over, it is getting stable in between these numbers 75,76,77,78, after 20 mins continuous running

75 deg after 2 mins
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77-78 after 5 mins
76-78 after 10 mins
76-78 after 15 mins
& same after 20 mins

 
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My GPU is not getting 80 or over, it is getting stable in between these numbers 75,76,77,78, after 20 mins continuous running

75 deg after 2 mins
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77-78 after 5 mins
76-78 after 10 mins
76-78 after 15 mins
& same after 20 mins

 
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Make sure your card is screwed into the back properly and it should be fine to sit up vertically. The two screws support the card a lot.

 
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Whilst it's doing no damage, it shouldn't be running that hot so something isn't right here. I feel it could be your air flow. Try putting your case vertical. How many fans do you have?
 
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My room's ambient temperature was around 25 deg while running this test and GPU load was 100% during entire benchmarking (Using GPU-Z I monitored)
 
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Inside the case, there is only one fan and I always keep the case open one side
 
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It won't break or anything. If it is fitted in correctly and screw is tightened up you don't have to worry.
 
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Just a reminder, card will throttle itself when it feels it's getting to that height of temp, so play around with the new card,do some long testing , keep an eye on temp and GPU usage in games with MSI afterburner and don't worry. :)
 
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Thanks for the suggestion, I will change the settings as suggested and re-run the benchmark, I will update you the numbers here after some time ... kindly have a look and suggest if it is OK or not OK, if it is not OK, I will ask for replacement of my card

 
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Sit the case vertical, and put a few more fans in. I think that will make a difference. Your case is hot given the card is a non reference card, and exhausts air into case. It's probably pulling in 25 degree air to GPU. If you have a few fans cooling the case constantly, card pulls in colder air resulting in lower temps
 
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There is no space in my case to put extra fan ... May be I can change card to another PCIx slot and check, my mobo have 2 pcix slots but unluckily both slots lie below the big Cabinet fan
 
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Is this not your case? http://assets.coolermaster.com/global/uploadfile/upload/images/case/CM_Force_500_Webpage_02.png
 
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Yes ... this is the one mine ... the left side plate, I removed completely, will there be any extra benefit of closing this plate with fans fixed on it
 
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Of course. Think about it. You open the side panel, yet what comes inside? Ambient air. 25 degree heat being fed to the GPU cooler, that causes the chip to run hotter. Where as with fans, you're cooler the air down, so the air being fed to the GPU cooler is colder, causing the chip to run cooler. Plus your graphics card is non-reference so it exhausts hot air into the case. You need cold air.
 
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