EVGA GTX 980 SC high idle temps?

charlesgreever said:
I got here because I had idle temps in the 50+C range. Turns out I had turned on KBOOST in the EVGA PrecisionX software. That forces full speed on the chip regardless of what's happening on the machine. I turned it off and idle temp was 29-30.
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what is KBOOST and how to turn it on/off?
I'm idling at 50c too...
 
RCantw3ll said:
I ran into this exact same issue, but was able to fix it for myself. I exhausted every single available option with the exception of OS re-install and RMA. My card itself has been running fantastically and has an additional 80mhz on top of the factory OC and 400mhz more on the memory as well.

The change that ended up fixing my issue was a change of refresh rate. At 144hz my GPU would idle at 1ghz, memory would be maxed out and voltage would be up, but after lowering to 120hz or lower (currently at 120hz) the card began to downclock/lower voltage correctly. Obviously you should also make sure that the power management option in the control panel is set to the default of "Adaptive" and not "prefer maximum performance", but its worth mentioning to make sure, as those are the only two settings that raised my idle clock speed and voltage.

I am not in an open air scenario like most reviews would be, and I do have a GTX680 being used as physx right below my GTX980, so my temps are not going to be quite as low as others, but i sit right around 35 - 36 (always sub 40) after finishing a session of a game. It is closer to 30 on first boot before any 3D usage. I also have a custom fan profile that keeps my fan at 40% minimum and 80% maximum (depending on temp of course), but that same profile is used regardless of my settings.

TLDR: 144hz caused my problem, changing it to 120hz or below fixed it. Also make sure to leave "power management" in the control panel to "Adaptive" no other fix worked after trying every plausible. Hopefully future drivers will correct this issue. Cheers!

EDIT: Another suggestion in order to get 144hz in games would be to go ahead and set your desktop refresh rate to 120hz so you can manage to downclock/lower voltage when not in game, and then in the "manage 3d settings" / "global settings" area of the nvidia control panel, set preferred refresh rate to "highest available". That way when in desktop you will be at 120hz and idle correctly, then when in game you will be at 144hz and your card will move up speed like it is suppose to.
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Mine is also set to 144 but still idles at 30c
 
killerc4 said:
I just got my 980 in the mail and set it up for benchmark testing. The first thing I noticed is the idle temp is way higher than I read in reviews. Most reviews say 34c-ish and I'm getting 52c. Room temprature is 21c.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7637606/temps.jpg

When I run a benchmark, GPU usage goes to 100% and temp quickly caps at 80c and the PerfCap starts to throttle due to temp.

Is this normal?
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Definitely not normal. Both my EVGA reference idle much lower and so should your superclock reference version.

Kboost

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See the upper right and make sure where it says kboost it's Off (on the 0 instead of I) <-- didn't think I needed to say that but just in case ;)
 
Has this been solved yet? I only have the increased core (1000mhz each card) when surround is enable. With a single monitor my core clocks will reduce to 130ish for both cards. This was also on a fresh install of win 7, latest drivers.
 
When running 3 monitors in surround or not, Nvidia cards do not down clock on idle, they stay full tilt.
It was like this on my 680s, my 780s, and now my 980s. It's been like this for a while now.
 
Well my 680's would downclock in surround. My 980's do downclock just not under 1000mhz, which there is no need to idle at this core speed.
 
FM_Fixxxer said:
When running 3 monitors in surround or not, Nvidia cards do not down clock on idle, they stay full tilt.
It was like this on my 680s, my 780s, and now my 980s. It's been like this for a while now.
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Not completely true, but it was worth mentioning. My cards downclock but 1 card doesn't downclock as much. They definitely do not run at full tilt. I'll check my clocks when I get home to say the specific clock the higher of the 2 cards runs.
 
I'm experiencing this same issue with my 3x GTX 980s. I have a dual link DVI monitor plugged into each card for 5760x1080 120Hz surround, and all the cards are idling at 1000MHz core at around 40-47C. I remember my SLI GTX Titans downclocking correctly when idle in surround, although that was when I only had 2 cards and had 2 monitors plugged into the 1st card and the other into the 2nd card. I'm currently running 344.16 drivers.
 
Lord_Exodia said:
Not completely true, but it was worth mentioning. My cards downclock but 1 card doesn't downclock as much. They definitely do not run at full tilt. I'll check my clocks when I get home to say the specific clock the higher of the 2 cards runs.
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I'm saying this from 100% experience and owner ship. The cards do not down clock from their stock clocks on 3 monitors. I have 3x24" and a u3011 I tested this with both the 680 sli and 780sli, I did not have the u3011 when I had my 580s, but when i ran 1 monitor for games that did not support surround, they throttled down as normal.

So I would say yes, it's true, across many cards, and 2 builds, and many lcds, the situations were the same.
 
Huh... I am using 4 screens now on my PC (2 DVI, 1 HDMI and 1 DP) and is that why my clocks are always high, regardless of anything running or not? Interesting.. I was wonder why my memory clock is always around 4000. My core clock is at 899 right now, no games open. But my idle temps are between 25-32C.
 
come promesso ecco il 3Dmark fire strike extreme:
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e visto che è uscito proprio questa sera, il 3Dmark fire strike extreme 4K:
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FM_Fixxxer said:
I'm saying this from 100% experience and owner ship. The cards do not down clock from their stock clocks on 3 monitors. I have 3x24" and a u3011 I tested this with both the 680 sli and 780sli, I did not have the u3011 when I had my 580s, but when i ran 1 monitor for games that did not support surround, they throttled down as normal.

So I would say yes, it's true, across many cards, and 2 builds, and many lcds, the situations were the same.
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Sorry but you're wrong. This is not always the case, and this is not how they run in multi monitor setups for everyone. It is probably something specific to your hardware configuration that is causing your cards to not clock down. I also owned a pair of GTX 680s I didn't have 780s. On my last and even on my current setup with 980s they down clock. not to the lowest clocks in their power table located in the bios but to the one just above it. Here is the screenshot I promised and failed to deliver in a timely fashion. My last setup was P67 and this one is Z97.

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As you can see above I'm running @ 3240x1920 I also have 120hz since my monitors are 120hz Nvidia 3d ready. First thing you'll notice is that the Apply buttons are grayed out indicating these are my current settings. You can see that my core clocks are 911 mhz, shit even my vram clocks are throttled down from full tilt settings.

So to correct your generalized statement. They run full tilt for you ;)
 
Cool, you win, all the other people with the same situations are all wrong too. Maybe they run DOWNCLOCKED for YOU? How about that?
 
Even with downclocking a card will run hotter if it has to output to more ports. Even while idling at 135MHz my 980 will idle at 5-10C higher if I have a second output cable hooked up even if its not displaying anything than a extended desktop.

I idle 35-37C at 135MHz with 1 DP 1.2 hooked up to my monitor.

If I run a HDMI cable to my receiver to the 980, and just output a basic extended desktop, at 135MHz idling the GPU runs at 44-48c.
 
FM_Fixxxer said:
Cool, you win, all the other people with the same situations are all wrong too. Maybe they run DOWNCLOCKED for YOU? How about that?
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They are not wrong because they didn't make a general statement saying "Nvidia drivers do NOT downclock cards with Triple screen!, it leaves your system's gpus at full TIlt, I say this from ownership experience."

SOME may experience this same anomoly but are not trying to force that down everyones throats as a fact for EVERYONE. That is where you went astray my friend. ;)
 
Lord_Exodia said:
They are not wrong because they didn't make a general statement saying "Nvidia drivers do NOT downclock cards with Triple screen!, it leaves your system's gpus at full TIlt, I say this from ownership experience."

SOME may experience this same anomoly but are not trying to force that down everyones throats as a fact for EVERYONE. That is where you went astray my friend. ;)
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Cool dude. I hope you feel loads better about yourself, keep up the good fight of correcting everyone on the internet! You're doin' good!

https://www.google.ca/search?q=nvid...&channel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=Y-I_VPCnPIfM8gf93IFY

All these people must be wrong too. Not to mention my brand new 980's are also doing it, as tested not 15 minutes ago. Done with you.
 
FM_Fixxxer said:
Cool dude. I hope you feel loads better about yourself, keep up the good fight of correcting everyone on the internet! You're doin' good!

https://www.google.ca/search?q=nvid...&channel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=Y-I_VPCnPIfM8gf93IFY

All these people must be wrong too. Not to mention my brand new 980's are also doing it, as tested not 15 minutes ago. Done with you.
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I've had the same experiences as Lord, for the most part. My GTX 480's / 680's in sli would downclock as normal but 980's for some reason won't downclock lower than 1000mhz in surround.

But to say sli doesn't downclock period is not the case. It's worked for me in the past but like you I can't get it work with the 980's.
 
Just wanted to post my experience on this as well.

Card: MSI GTX 980 Gaming

Dual monitors:
2560x1440 monitor @ 100hz
1920x1200 monitor @ 60hz

While at 100hz refresh on the main monitor the card down not downlock below around 970mhz and idle temps are around 43c.

If I switch the main monitor to 2560x1400 @ 60hz the card properly downclocks to 135mhz and an idle temp of ~33c.

Driver version: 344.16
 
EVGA 970 SC - with two monitors having the same issue.

Normally run one @ 144Hz and one @ 60Hz and card would never down clock below 912mhz and idle around 50C
Clock the first one down to 120 and 60 and card drops down to 135mhz with in seconds and the temp falls to normal ranges.

Buggy driver needs to be debugged... (running 344.48)
 
Same situation. Two 970's that won't clock down in three monitor Surround and idle around 45 degrees. Also have two 680's that do clock down in three monitor surround when there's not much going on. It's not a big deal as I only run the computer when gaming.
 
Cards: 2x Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming
Monitor: 1x Asus VG248QE 1920x1080
Driver: 344.11

Both cards downclock to 135MHz when idling, whether at 100Hz, 120Hz, or 144Hz, fresh boot, restart, or after gaming. Monitor connected through DisplayPort. Top card idles at 28C, bottom card idles at 29C.
 
set your card to adaptive in your nvidia control panel. when you set it to prefer high performance it won't downclock.
 
When I ran 660 Ti's, they downclocked properly in 60Hz surround. My 780s downclock to 324/162MHz core/mem even now that I run 120Hz Surround connected via DVI. atm I only have 2 of 3 780s installed alongside a 750Ti, but even when I tested with all 3 780s installed, all of the cards downclocked properly at idle. There's definitely something specific software-wise going on for people who can't get their cards to settle down.

 
Zoson said:
set your card to adaptive in your nvidia control panel. when you set it to prefer high performance it won't downclock.
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Already checked this, mine has been set to Adaptive the entire time yet it still does not downclock.
 
I didn't read the whole thread (just skimmed the first and last pages) so maybe this has been addressed, but what's your case setup?

Overly cramped? Limited airflow? Rotated motherboard?


I've tried my 970 in a Siverstone FT03 and an EVGA Hadron. The FT03 is roomier and has better airflow, but the card runs significantly cooler in the Hadron. I think that it's a result of the heatpipes not being as efficient when rotated in the FT03.
 
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