MSI GeForce® GTX 1080 AERO 8GB OC Temperature Problem

MrShinoOG · Mar 20, 2018

I noticed my GPU (MSI GTX 1080 Aero 8GB OC) temperature in every game I run on the highest settings were consistently 88-89 degrees Celsius. The fans are automatically reaching 95% to try to cool it off. I feel as if this is a bit odd because I don't think that graphics cards should be getting that hot. I would like to note that I have been noticing this ever since I received my computer 5 months ago. Even when I play on the lowest settings, the card temperature gets to around 85 degrees Celsius. So the question is, is it normal for my GPU to get that hot?

13thmonkey · Mar 20, 2018

80-85 I'd not be concerned with, 85-90 I would.

So you brought this pre-built? What fans do you have pushing air into the case and pulling air out of the case?

MrShinoOG · Mar 20, 2018

I'm not sure what type of fans that I have, but would it help answer your question if I sent a picture of the rig?

13thmonkey · Mar 20, 2018

Just count them, intake and exhaust. Picture might help. Is it prebuilt?

MrShinoOG · Mar 20, 2018

It is pre built.
Here is the pictures of the fans:
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13thmonkey · Mar 20, 2018

and which are intake and which are exhaust?

MrShinoOG · Mar 20, 2018

I think the top is the exhaust but I’m not sure. How can I tell?

13thmonkey · Mar 20, 2018

feel the airflow?

MrShinoOG · Mar 20, 2018

Yea I feel the air coming out from the top

13thmonkey · Mar 20, 2018

and the front?

MrShinoOG · Mar 20, 2018

I assume the front is the intake I don’t feel much air coming out

13thmonkey · Mar 20, 2018

I think that you have too many fans exhausting at the top, you've got 4 in total, and only 2 feeding it, that will pull air straight past the GPU leaving it with little fresh air to work with. Either turn down the top fans so that they are barely running, or disconnect 2 of them, leaving one at the top, and the rad fan.

MrShinoOG · Mar 20, 2018

I will try this tomorrow and I’ll let you know what happens.

MrShinoOG · Mar 20, 2018

I disabled 2 fans on the top and the temperature stays around 86-87 degrees celsius, sometimes reaching 88.

13thmonkey · Mar 20, 2018

How are your fans powered? from the mobo or from molex straight to the PSU, or perhaps via a fan controller or distribution board?

MrShinoOG · Mar 20, 2018

1 to the mother board, the rest straight to the PSU

13thmonkey · Mar 21, 2018

So fans are probably running at full speed unless they are only using the 5V lines. I see no reason why it would be like this, you should have enough fresh air coming in, you shouldn't be diverting it all to the top of the case, at 90%+ fan speed it should be better than that.

One last check, all of the fans on the gpu are spinning? You'll have to physically look at them to be sure.

The only concern is that your ambient might be really really high, 35c+ might create that kind of problem.

If you have a normalish ambient, then talk to the people you brought it from.

MrShinoOG · Mar 21, 2018

I just tried lowering the gpu temp on msi afterburner and it doesn't go higher than 82 degrees celsius, but it is lowering my clock speed. Anything about that?

13thmonkey · Mar 21, 2018

That's lowering the max temp it will work at, so it's not boosting as high.

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