Is my new ASUS 670 DCII 4GB card running too hot?

[Whitestar127]

There's something I don't really understand here. I'm running EVGA Precision X without any overclock applied. When I run the Heaven benchmark for about 20 minutes the temp reaches 70 degrees. And that happens even if I have the fan at 80% constantly. Is this normal for a DCII card? I would think I should be able to keep it under 70. Nothing big happened when it hit 70 degrees though, so maybe it doesn't matter? I was told thermal throttling would kick in, but I didn't really notice any difference watching the OSD.

I also notice in the OSD when running Heaven that the GPU clock fluctuates between 980 (boost clock) and 1110.5 (maximum core clock). Does it do this always or is this Precision X pushing the GPU clock?

Is there a way to lock the GPU clock at say 980 or maybe 1000 so that maybe I can keep it under 70 degrees?

Kind of underwhelmed by the DCII cooling solution here.

 

[nightspydk]

The temp peaks at 70 deg that's imo quite normal and since you are pushing the card it would do that. Since the 4xx series it is what I have xperienced. The card won't obviosly be damaged from that experience. That it does not further increase in temps only indicate the card is fully functional. The clock travels up and down. No mystery there either. It's all done to make sure the minimum effort is applied by the gfx under a certain condition. I admit it lokks weird on a benchmark, but it is quite normal.

Try MSI afterburner if you want to force clocks or fans.

Hope it helps the understanding and feel free to correct any misinformation.

 

[Whitestar127]

Thanks a lot, that eased my mind a bit.

It may have increased to 71 or maybe even 72 at some point also, but the temp curve seems to flat out thereabout.

Aha, so Afterburner can lock the clock but Precision X can't? You wouldn't happen to know how to do this in Afterburner would you? Just in case I have problems figuring it out on my own.

 

[tweakboy]

Dude, your fine even @ 80 to 90c ...so actually your is doing great 70's c under full load and 80 percent fan thats normal.