- May 24, 2005
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Thinking of replacing the thermal paste on the pair of EVGA 980 TI ACX cards I have now. A few months ago I had the Titan Xs with ACX cards and they ran way cooler. The ACX fans have to run 15% fan speed higher on these 980 Tis to maintain the same temps (~85C) versus the Titan Xs w/ ACX Coolers, which really increases the noise. Good lord the stock EVGA thermal paste must be crap because I have the side case open, it's practically an open bench.
I have the 980 Tis running at stock clock speeds (1190MHz) and they can't even keep up with my old Titan X's in temps (was running them at 1425MHz). Since the cooler is identical, and the ASICs of the cards are all about the same (70% range for both 980 Tis and Titan Xs) I'm suspecting this is a thermal paste issue since I used Noctua NT-H1 I had sitting around on the Titan Xs when I had originally installed the ACX coolers on them.
So should I just re-paste the cards using regular Noctua paste or should I try something more exotic or like liquid metal?
I have the 980 Tis running at stock clock speeds (1190MHz) and they can't even keep up with my old Titan X's in temps (was running them at 1425MHz). Since the cooler is identical, and the ASICs of the cards are all about the same (70% range for both 980 Tis and Titan Xs) I'm suspecting this is a thermal paste issue since I used Noctua NT-H1 I had sitting around on the Titan Xs when I had originally installed the ACX coolers on them.
So should I just re-paste the cards using regular Noctua paste or should I try something more exotic or like liquid metal?