Im getting around 65-70 degrees in most game and i was curious, is this OK? It seems a little bit too hot to me but im not exactly the most knowledgeable on temps and stuff.
Yes, 65-70 under load is a normal temperature and isn't exceeding the limits of the card. For your reassurance the cards automatically throttle themselves before they get too hot.
Hi Conor,
To answer this we will need to know what card you have as AMD usually run hotter than Nvidia - eg. Nvidia 970 or AMD 390 etc.
And what brand as they have different cooling solutions - eg. Asus DC2 or MSI Twin Frozr etc.
And what games-different GPU loads.
But in general 65-70C isnt too bad running modern games.
I run a 280.
Thanks for the reassurance :).
280 at 70C is just fine. My 270X hits 70 on Witcher 3 so there is no problem. I believe the cards was rated 95C max temperature, so 70 is way under it.
Alright, thanks mate :).
When I was still using my (Sapphire) 270X 2GB, I was not able to get playable FPS in Witcher3 on my 1080p screen.
With my Fury, it works but not with the 270X...
Sapphire Toxic R9 270X is my gpu... I basically crippled post processing to be able to keep over 45 on high graphics.
If I turn it off completely, meaning no AA, no filters, no nothing, it gets 50+. If I lower the resolution to 900p I can still turn on some post process stuff and be near 60.
From what I have seen with MSI Afterburner, my limiting factor is the ram. I only have 4 gigs and 99% of the time the ram was full... CPU was not 100%, GPU was not 100%
Over 80C is when you need to start to worry. Over 70C is warm, and you should consider taking steps to try to reduce it. Below 70C is good.
90c is more of the fret point. Modern cards are made to push themselves until they hit either their silicon limit, their power limit, or their temperature limit. People bashed the Titan X cooler for running at 84c but thats the temperature the card is supposed to turbo too. Running under the max temp is definitely preferable, although when the real danger point is 95c, 80c is even a little conservative.
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This is certainly true!
I, with a lot of others, don't like to stress my components quite that much. Every 10C of temperature difference doubles or halves the life expectancy of a transistor.
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Yes, this is the philosophy I live by. It's better to run as cool as possible to maximize hardware longevity. However, if you upgrade frequently, this might not matter to you as much.
Heat destroys electronics.
Those temps are fine for a 7950/r9 280 my HD 7950 (overclocked) will hit 74c on a game that maxes its usage you only need to start worrying when you hit 80-85c on that card.
Perfectly fine. You can use MSI Afterburner to set your own fan curve if you're not comfortable with it hitting 70. Unless you have a reference card ofc.