GPU still over-temping

[baffa]

I am a Gigabyte GTX 580 owner since 2 weeks. Things run really hot here aswell but it tops out at ~83C with 60-65% fanspeed after I rearranged my case fans.

I tried to figure out what caused the 99% usage but the only thing i noticed was the more options I played with the more I filled up my video ram.. This game is like running furmark or something!

[JumpingHubert]

Originally Posted by baffa

I tried to figure out what caused the 99% usage but ...

if you want to get for example 50% gpu-load you will get half of framerate. Do you understand now?

[nigelmcelwee]

Originally Posted by JumpingHubert

if you want to get for example 50% gpu-load you will get half of framerate. Do you understand now?

I dont know if it works quite like that however with ROF on max settings I see GPU usage fluctuate between 40-70 percent and I stay at my vsync lock of 60 FPS regardless.

[baffa]

Originally Posted by JumpingHubert

if you want to get for example 50% gpu-load you will get half of framerate. Do you understand now?

Don't be silly Obviously something is wrong here, no game should never have a constant max load.

Show me any game in the World that have this exact behaviour as we have here.

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by nigelmcelwee

Sorry guys I forgot to do my sig in theses forums. I usually post on SIMHQ. Ok here are my specs:

EVGA X58 Classified board
Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition @ 4.2 ghz
Megahalems Rev. B Intel CPU Cooler
PNY GTX 580 263.09 WHQL
6 GB Corsair DDR3 oc'ed with xmp 1.2 profile
Obsidian Series 800D ATX Gaming Case
Samsung 24.6" @1920x1080

My GPU runs at about 40 Celcius normal...under a load in Rise of Flight, WOP, Call of Duty, FSX, DCS A10, DCS Black Shark, or BFBC2 it runs at about 70 celcius. I can tell you, my case is not the problem. My cooling is not the problem. My GPU is not the problem. I have three, yes three extra cooling fans in the case. two blowing on my CPU and my GFX card, and one pulling hot air out. This is the ONLY game where temps go above the mid 70s. I even ran Rise of Flight for three hours the other night and checked and not once did my card peak above 73 celcius under load.

My headphones arent the problem either. Have you ever heard a GTX 580 fan running at above 4000 RPM?? Its insanely loud. THe auto fan control is running this high to keep the GPU from frying.

So saying that my configuration, oh wait im sorry..let me say it like you did, MY CONFIGURATION is the problem is quite a stretch considering that my configuration seems to work in every other single game I play, not to mention every other game I dont play anymore such as IL2-1946, SH4, Mafia II, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor,...shall I continue the list?

Maybe you need a bigger air inlet!! Try cutting a 5 inch circle for a large fan to draw more air in. the internal fans are only blowing whatever your case air temp is unless you have cut holes and mounted fans drawing air from outside the case.

[nigelmcelwee]

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

Maybe you need a bigger air inlet!! Try cutting a 5 inch circle for a large fan to draw more air in. the internal fans are only blowing whatever your case air temp is unless you have cut holes and mounted fans drawing air from outside the case.

I dont think thats the issue either. I have an obsidian gaming case. This thing has a giant circular mesh inlet on the top of the case about 15 inches long and 5 inches wide for extra air. Thats 75 square inches of extra air inlet to cool my equipment. Just gotta be careful not to spill anything on the case!

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by nigelmcelwee

I dont think thats the issue either. I have an obsidian gaming case. This thing has a giant circular mesh inlet on the top of the case about 15 inches long and 5 inches wide for extra air. Thats 75 square inches of extra air inlet to cool my equipment. Just gotta be careful not to spill anything on the case!

He, he, now you are on the grill.... PHOTOS please !

And do not tell it is the one with the PSU at the bottom (=sucking air out from the bottom of the case) and the big fun from the top (=sucking air out from the top of the case) ?
Great stuff, so, where does the cool air from outside get inside the case?
I see a bigger airflow chalenge than you think...

Make your life simpler, get a thermometer and place it near the air fan of your 580GTX. Look at the air temperature your GPU cooler is taking in order to cool down your GPU.
If it is too high then this is the start of te things to fix.

The other remains your 99% which hopefully will be fixed by your new NV drivers.


Good luck!

[JumpingHubert]

Originally Posted by nigelmcelwee

I dont think thats the issue either. I have an obsidian gaming case. This thing has a giant circular mesh inlet on the top of the case about 15 inches long and 5 inches wide for extra air. Thats 75 square inches of extra air inlet to cool my equipment. Just gotta be careful not to spill anything on the case!

I don´t understand whats the problem: you have high temps in COD. So you have to make better cooling (change heat paste of gpu or add a fan to your card or whatever) or play another game. There are no other alternatives. Logic. Why this thread is growing and growing....stupid.

[Doc_uk]

Drag your fridge into room were computer is, take door of fridge put computer inside.... solved

[b101uk]

try some different Nvidia drivers like the 270.51 beta or the 270.61 WHQL which are reportedly much better/more efficient for 500 series GPU and work like a dream on my GTX275 unlike any of the 260 series drivers

see: www.nvidia.com - Driver Download - search

remover one of the sides from your PC case to see if temperatures stay the same under load, if its then >5C cooler with the side off then you have a cooling problem perhaps with fan flows working agenised each other given if you have 2 fans blowing in you will actually have 3 fans sucking out (PSU, GPU, and 1 case fan) thus if the case fan & PSU fan are powerful then they will reduce flow from the GPU fan exhaust as the case will be in partial slight vacuum when it should at the very least match outside pressure or be a slight positive case pressure.

Likewise if you haven’t thought about air flow properly the intake for the GPU could be sheltered from the cool air flow in the case.

FYI: the Maximum GTX580 Temperature is 97 C vs. the 105C of the 200 & 400 series GPU