[Solved] 980Ti Thermal Throttle?

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Ok so I FINALLY got my pc finished and heres a list of the specs: Specs
The GPU ended up being a few days late, so until that came in I installed the intel CPU graphics drivers and played on those for the few days for league and such and it worked great. The the 980Ti came in and well I tried to play again. Btw this is all at 1080P on a 24" 144Hz (set to 120Hz) monitor. The 980Ti gets me like 500ish FPS in league of legends when I have the cap off but i limit it to 120 because I want smooth gameplay and not to run the card so hard. Then I fired up tomb raider and thats when I noticed the temps. Using speedfan I watched as I ran the maxed out tomb raider benchmark (forgot to turn on FPS monitor, will do soon) and the temps climed but stopped at 84 degrees C. Now I know this is HOT and I plan to watercool within the next 6-10 months, but why is it so hot with the airflow I have into the case and the fact that it feels lackluster for the 980Ti to stop at that heat. Like I dont know if it is actually stuttering but when it hits that mark it seems to lose some of its smoothness and just... I dont know. I did install the drivers Nvidia recommended for the 980Ti too so thats probably ok. Has anyone had any experience with this and might know a way to drop temps/reduce the possible throttle? I am extremely happy with this as is but the heat concerns me and I know it wont last as long with this constant heat. I need to test again for temps in League of Legends and CSGO because those are what I am playing 24/7 when Im not at work and I dont want something to go wrong. BTW the CPU temps have never gone above 65 and that was with prime 95 running it at 100% load for 10-15 minutes so I know there IS air being moved but the GPU seems to not take any advantage from it.

P.S. I forgot to say the CPU has a slight quick and dirty 4.3 base clock overclock just so you know the whole image.

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Thats normal for the stock fan profile. If you want to shave a few degrees off then use a tool like MSI afterburner and create your own fan profile.

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Ok cool, I'll try that and see if the temps drop more thanks. Also do you happen to know how to ramp up my case fans cause the speedfan application seems to not want to change any of my fans speeds and I want the fans on the intake and the CPU rad to speed up more and the rear fan to run at a lower RPM but I cant do this.

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Your playing with a 980TI at 1080p Please tell me your joking....

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I indeed am using a 980Ti for 1080 but what I plan on doing is going to three 1080 monitors and eventually picking up a second 980Ti for either 2 or 4K surround later on. Trust me I have a plan and understand that 980Ti is overkill for a single 1080 panel. Please stick to the topic though.

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Seems to have worked great man thanks. Also I set up speed fan to respond by pumping more air in through the front when the card gets hotter too so it's all good now I think.

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That's crazy, a 970/980 can do ultra 1440p no problem

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All I have to say is take 3 1440 monitors and let me know what fps you get on that 970/980, two people ignoring the focus if this thread even after I said its all good now. Can someone lock this thread or close it or something?