Why is my 980Ti GPU Temp too high?

I was watching a video on how to overclock the GPU using MSI Afterburner and noticed that the guy's GPU temp was around 40C while he was encoding the video he was doing so I checked my GPU temp and was shocked that it's 72C for the first GPU and 69C for the second GPU and I haven't even overclocked the GPU yet and this is just in the Windows 2D environment.


Is this normal or is there anything I need to worry about? Heck if my GPU temp is so high without even playing any games, I doubt I have any room for overclocking.

What do you think? My monitor is an ASUS PG278Q running @ 144 Hz



I just realized that the guy in the video is running a waterblock and I am just on air cooling on my GPUs, could that be the reason why his temps are so low and 71C on idle is actually normal?

 

Something is loading your GPUs. If they were idle, the TDP wouldn't be at a steady 31.5% of the limit and your clocks would be in 2D mode too. The fact your fan is spinning so high shows that as well. The Tjmax for GM200 is like 91-95C so you're only 20C away on the low side.

 

Could it be Google Chrome?

PS: Even if I overclock my core by +150 and memory by +200, it is still stuck @ 72C ! what the heck

By manually choosing a fan profile of 3300 RPM the temp goes down to 55C but I don't want to run the fans all the time like that

Strange, I just rebooted and the TDP went down and so did the temp. I have a suspicion that Google Chrome was causing this:

 

If I remember correctly, running more than one display might cause nvidia to run 3d clocks instead of 2d even on desktop. It was a while ago so I don't know if it has been fixed.

 

If you use shadow play occasionally I will have the issue with the Nvidia CaptureServer service holding my clocks at maximum and not allowing the card to downclock on my 980 Ti. It happens randomly. A fix would be to either reboot, or to end process on that service and the clocks will immediately clock back down to idle/2d clocks.

 

Running the ROG monitor at 144hz on the desktop shoots temps up. Drop it to 120 and your temps will drop.

 

It's the same for every 144Hz screen and kind of negates the point of 144Hz lol. I always set to 120 since I really can't tell the difference between 120 and 144, and it's damn near impossible to get any modern game to run past 120FPS at 1440p on ultra anyway.

 

Try using MDPS to force dwm.exe to P2 or P8

 

I've noticed my 980Ms do this now... I just disable the cards and re-enable them and they drop back to 2D clocks. It's odd because at first I thought it was Skype since closing it once made it drop back to 2D clocks but I disabled Skype and it still wouldn't drop after a gaming or benchmark session so I just disabled the cards. With that said, those temps are still way too high. Reference temps are like 41C at idle. When my 980Ms get locked, running the same 1.018v actually, with 1038MHz base clock, they idle in the mid 40s and Clevo has very simple fan profiles. Barely on, gaming, and max. With the fans barely on, they are whisper quiet, probably less than 10% of their max. I'd check your airflow.

 

Wow, thanks for this. Went from like 23% TDP to 8% when dropping from 144Hz to 120Hz.

 

I'll have to check this out. Even though it's 99% placebo..I can so tell the 24hz/fps difference

 

I couldn't tell you if I'm 100, 120 or 144 Hz to be honest. Anything over 75-90 is really hard to tell for me at least.

 

To me anything about 75 hz is buttery smooth. 60 hz sucks!