GPU Change Out Question

CurrentResident2008 · Jan 9, 2017

I currently have a Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Zotac brand. Recently it has started to get extremely warm (HOT) when playing games; I have already checked the fan, heatsink, etc for debris, but that all seems fine; I am trying to figure out what I can replace it with; Am I correct is understanding that any GTX 970 would work as a replacement or do I have take other things into consideration. Any help would be greatly appreciated

NiaNia · Jan 9, 2017

Replacing a GPU with the same GPU shouldn't cause a problem, so long as it's temps were caused by itself.

CurrentResident2008 · Jan 9, 2017

NiaNia :

Any idea what else could be causing the issue? I've read various things about other causes of problems, such as bios failing (which didn't make sense). I did the entire cleaning bit I could (compressed air, small vacuum) but it still seems to run hot

NiaNia · Jan 10, 2017

How hot are we talking?
Use EVGA precision to look at voltage and edit voltage as such.
Are your fans spinning?

CurrentResident2008 · Jan 10, 2017

NiaNia :

Well, when running Diablo 3 last night, it shut it self off (screen went black, PC still running); I rebooted the PC, started up CPUID HW Monitor, saw the card sitting @ 36C, started D3 again, and it started climbing to about 79C - 81C, at which point it went black screen again. I checked the card at that point, saw a bit of dust, aired it, vacuumed it, then restarted the pc and booted up Smart Game Booster Monitor, started a different game (World of Warcraft) and after about 5 minutes or so, it gave me an alert that the GPU was getting hot and to check the heat sink and fans, at which point I decided not to run games till I figure out what to do.

EDIT - also, forget to mention, the fans are running, though I think they may be slow

NiaNia · Jan 10, 2017

CurrentResident2008 :

NiaNia :

Well, when running Diablo 3 last night, it shut it self off (screen went black, PC still running); I rebooted the PC, started up CPUID HW Monitor, saw the card sitting @ 36C, started D3 again, and it started climbing to about 79C - 81C, at which point it went black screen again. I checked the card at that point, saw a bit of dust, aired it, vacuumed it, then restarted the pc and booted up Smart Game Booster Monitor, started a different game (World of Warcraft) and after about 5 minutes or so, it gave me an alert that the GPU was getting hot and to check the heat sink and fans, at which point I decided not to run games till I figure out what to do.

EDIT - also, forget to mention, the fans are running, though I think they may be slow

NiaNia · Jan 10, 2017

I really suggest you use EVGA Precision and change the fan speeds. Or edit the temp/fan ratio. I can't for the life of me remember what's it called. Ex: "If load 80% then fan 90%

CurrentResident2008 · Jan 10, 2017

NiaNia :

I did look at the program you suggested, but I'm not sure exactly what I do with it. I was able to figure out how to make the fun run faster, but I had read a post that this may actually cause the fans to become unstable; the current info it shows (without any games running) is GPU Clock 135 MHZ, Memory Clock 324 MHZ, Voltage 875 MN, GPU Temp 33C

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