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Is this GPU temperature appropriate?

Geosurface

Geosurface

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I have an EVGA GeForce GTX 670 purchased earlier this year.

In Windows 7 it's running at like 52-54 °C and in MechWarrior Online (a randomly selected GPU intensive-ish game) it was 76-77 °C

Is that pretty normal?
 
Looks a little high (especially the idle temperature) but not dangerous. What is the ambient temperature?

You might want to try making a custom fan profile with MSI Afterburner.

Also might want to clean your case and the GPU if a lot of dust has built up.
 
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hyrule4927 said:
Looks a little high (especially the idle temperature) but not dangerous. What is the ambient temperature?

You might want to try making a custom fan profile with MSI Afterburner.

Also might want to clean your case and the GPU if a lot of dust has built up.
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Just cleaned it with my powered blower yesterday, it's in an HAF case, lots of empty space inside the case, large fan on side, front, and top... good flow behind case.

I removed the GPU yesterday and manually blew it out, too. Checked it's fan area, etc... seemed pretty clean even before I did anything to it.

Ambient temp... unsure... 76 °F outside, inside? oddly feels a fair bit cooler than that despite us not having any AC or even fans on right now... windows just open... nice breeze. I'd suspect it's in the 60's °F
 
This was taken during Hitman: Absolution - anything of concern on there?

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again is the reference? if it is then of course its fine and actually on the lower end for full load. have you really not ever looked at a single review?
 
toyota said:
again is the reference? if it is then of course its fine and actually on the lower end for full load. have you really not ever looked at a single review?
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I am not a numbers guy or much of a tech guy... I've built a few PCs over the years, but my knowledge level (while higher than the average person, of course) is much lower than most here. I'm a casual PC geek, I guess.

I've been having some PC reboots lately in a couple of games and I'm trying to determine if it's those games in particular, or something hardware related.

So no, I've never looked at any reviews or benchmarks or anything for this or any other card...
 
If you look at Anandtech Bench, it lists the 670 as having 32ºC idle and 77-80ºC load
So that means theres nothing to worry about, though your idle temps are strangely high for some reason (were you watching a video or something? thats enough to ramp up the clocks and temperature)
 
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My cards hover around 70-75c most of the time in demanding titles. Depending on your airflow and ambient temperature it could be considered quite normal to see up to 80c.

Have you tried setting a custom fan profile with MSI Afterburner or EVGA PrecisionX? That may help a bit.
 
Geosurface said:
I am not a numbers guy or much of a tech guy... I've built a few PCs over the years, but my knowledge level (while higher than the average person, of course) is much lower than most here. I'm a casual PC geek, I guess.

I've been having some PC reboots lately in a couple of games and I'm trying to determine if it's those games in particular, or something hardware related.

So no, I've never looked at any reviews or benchmarks or anything for this or any other card...
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so for the THIRD time is this a reference card? you hardly ever see me start help threads or ask questions because I spend just few minutes researching first. that is what google is for. if I had a card and was curious about temps then it would take hardly no time to simply google and see if there are reviews for it and look at the temps. sorry if sounding rude but really searching before hand is not much more work then starting a thread.
 
toyota said:
so for the THIRD time is this a reference card? you hardly ever see me start help threads or ask questions because I spend just few minutes researching first. that is what google is for. if I had a card and was curious about temps then it would take hardly no time to simply google and see if there are reviews for it and look at the temps. sorry if sounding rude but really searching before hand is not much more work then starting a thread.
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I believe this is my exact card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130782

I start threads (though certainly not often, I think it's been months since my last one, and I have a grand total of like 3 in this subforum) because I enjoy interaction with others and the nuances of it, over static information. I did actually Google this question before I made the thread, but I like the feeling of verification with living human beings.

For those who don't approve of that sort of mindset, I guess I'd be puzzled why they were on a forum for exactly that purpose... and why they chose to reply to a thread they found so irritating that many times.

Nonetheless, all snark aside, I appreciate your replies. Thanks.
 
yes that is the reference card and yes your temps are just fine and even a couple degrees below what you see in reviews. lol that should have been mystery solved and not even needed a thread. 😛
 
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