Hey folks,
I noticed recently (via HWMonitor) that my GPU (GTX 1080 FE) would go from low to high clock speeds when idle.
Did a quick search on it, and the info I encountered most often, was that it was either a program or bad PSU (in my case, a year old Corsair RM850i that has no issues other than the not uncommon tendency to produce a slight electric click when powering down due to relays discharging).
I tried closing most of the programs I suspected could be the cause (via task-manager), but it persisted.
I tried deactivating my antivirus/firewall (Panda), but again, no change - albeit perhaps I need to reinstall it or out right get rid of it, as I couldn't get its process to stop either way.
I then decided to check whether or not I had hit some setting in EVGA PrecisionX, and set it to revert to standard settings just to be sure.
However, I gave its hardware diagnostic tool a quick glance, and found that the clock speeds were reported as completely stable at low levels while idle, yet they were still jumping away on HWMonitor.
So I could have both programs running, with core and mem clock of my GTX 1080 jumping up and down every few seconds or so in one, while completely stable in the other.
If it's important, I'm using both the latest nVidia drivers and latest version of HWMonitor.
Question is, which should I trust? And should I look to do something about it in case HWMonitor is correct? Or is it just normal behaviour and nothing to be alarmed about (which EVGA support told me - checking here too just to be sure)?
For what it's worth, the GPU idles at around 36-38℃ (which I am kind of impressed by, it being a blow-exhaust and all, but I digress.)
I noticed recently (via HWMonitor) that my GPU (GTX 1080 FE) would go from low to high clock speeds when idle.
Did a quick search on it, and the info I encountered most often, was that it was either a program or bad PSU (in my case, a year old Corsair RM850i that has no issues other than the not uncommon tendency to produce a slight electric click when powering down due to relays discharging).
I tried closing most of the programs I suspected could be the cause (via task-manager), but it persisted.
I tried deactivating my antivirus/firewall (Panda), but again, no change - albeit perhaps I need to reinstall it or out right get rid of it, as I couldn't get its process to stop either way.
I then decided to check whether or not I had hit some setting in EVGA PrecisionX, and set it to revert to standard settings just to be sure.
However, I gave its hardware diagnostic tool a quick glance, and found that the clock speeds were reported as completely stable at low levels while idle, yet they were still jumping away on HWMonitor.
So I could have both programs running, with core and mem clock of my GTX 1080 jumping up and down every few seconds or so in one, while completely stable in the other.
If it's important, I'm using both the latest nVidia drivers and latest version of HWMonitor.
Question is, which should I trust? And should I look to do something about it in case HWMonitor is correct? Or is it just normal behaviour and nothing to be alarmed about (which EVGA support told me - checking here too just to be sure)?
For what it's worth, the GPU idles at around 36-38℃ (which I am kind of impressed by, it being a blow-exhaust and all, but I digress.)
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