GPU idling at 10c, then when I launch game it hits 100c

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cbogus123

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Okay so my gpu is a gtx 970, whenever I'm playing Player Unknown's Battlegrounds my gpu temp shoots up from around 10c to around 100c, and my cpu shuts down the graphics card to save it. Any idea why this might be happening?
 
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Unless you live in somewhere really cold (or have a really good air conditioner) or use water cooling, I highly doubt your GPU idles at 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit, for American perspective). You may have a sensor problem. Try removing the card, cleaning out the dust, and reseating the card into the PCI-E slot, then check the temps. A GTX 970 shouldn't ever get that hot unless you are purposefully overclocking it to the GTX 480's level of hell.
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Unless you live in somewhere really cold (or have a really good air conditioner) or use water cooling, I highly doubt your GPU idles at 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit, for American perspective). You may have a sensor problem. Try removing the card, cleaning out the dust, and reseating the card into the PCI-E slot, then check the temps. A GTX 970 shouldn't ever get that hot unless you are purposefully overclocking it to the GTX 480's level of hell.
 
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cbogus123

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I removed the gpu and then cleaned it, and it says the gpu temperature is at 28c, so that may have fixed it
 
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You'll have to apply some new thermal paste if you removed all of the old stuff. Make sure you put a small amount (rice-grain size) in the center and spread it evenly and thinly with an old credit card. Then reinstall the heatsink. Using it without thermal paste can potentially lead to dangerously high temperatures, but using it with too much thermal paste can result in the same, because thermal paste is actually a thermal insulator, but is used because it is less so than air.
 
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