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Are these temps normal?

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TXAG

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I'm running the following system:

i7 3770k (not overclocked) with a True Spirit 120 and Arctic MX-4
eVGA GTX 680 Superclocked

I have three monitors connected:
1 - 1080p in landscape orientation
1 - 1080p in portrait orientation
1 - 1680 x 1050 in portrait orientation

My CPU cores are idling at 35-37 C and my GPU is idling at 60 C.

Does this seem right? The temps went up to this when I connected three monitors. It looks like the GPU memory clock stays on max (1552.5 MHz) all the time.
 
My 680 idles around 40C, so I'd say yours is high (if it is idling all the way down). What is the core clock running at? It may just be that the card doesn't idle down all the way with three monitors connected.
 
Forceman said:
My 680 idles around 40C, so I'd say yours is high (if it is idling all the way down). What is the core clock running at? It may just be that the card doesn't idle down all the way with three monitors connected.
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The core runs at 549.6 MHz. The card does not idle down with the three monitors connected. The memory clock stays at the max of 1552.5 MHz.
 
Normally they idle at 324, so I'd say that's what it is. I'm not sure if that is normal behavior with multiple monitors connected or not.
 
Forceman said:
Normally they idle at 324, so I'd say that's what it is. I'm not sure if that is normal behavior with multiple monitors connected or not.
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It's by design and it's because you have disparate displays hooked up. I noticed this issue with my GTX275 a couple years ago and it's been the same problem with my GTX570 regardless of what drivers I install. Unplug all but one display and you'll see your temps go back to normal for idle. Plug in a second display that isn't identical to the first one and you'll see your clocks spike either to 3D perf mode or 2D perf mode and they won't drop unless the displays turn off for sleep. I've had to make manual profiles using MSI afterburner to deal with this since I discovered it.
 
^ what he said. It's because of the multiple monitors, though idling at 60c for a 680 seems a bit excessive. Your card has to be running full 3d clocks to manage that temp, but even then it shouldn't be that high simply because the card isn't really doing much.
 
MaelstromOC said:
^ what he said. It's because of the multiple monitors, though idling at 60c for a 680 seems a bit excessive. Your card has to be running full 3d clocks to manage that temp, but even then it shouldn't be that high simply because the card isn't really doing much.
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Since he never listed his ambient temp, you can't draw any conclusions. If he has a room that is warm and a case with less than ideal airflow, the card at 3D speeds (even without much of a workload) is going to be pretty warm as warm air builds up around the videocard.
 
SicKlown42012 said:
Since he never listed his ambient temp, you can't draw any conclusions. If he has a room that is warm and a case with less than ideal airflow, the card at 3D speeds (even without much of a workload) is going to be pretty warm as warm air builds up around the videocard.
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This is accurate. Without a custom profile to force my clocks down, just sitting at the desktop would have my 570 idling at 55C give or take 2-4C depending on the room's ambient temp ( anywhere from 23-26C, it gets hot during summer :-( ). That was with the original ref cooler set manually to run at 55% as well.
 
Those temps sound high. I have my 670 pushing 3 1200P monitors in sorround plus a 19" 720P on the side. This is my full-time setup on one 670 and it idles at 38-40 degrees.
My PrecisionX profile only kicks up the fans once it goes over 40°C.
 
When I have just one monitor the gtx 680 clocks down as it should and the temp is about 36 C. The CPU is about 33 C. My room temperature is 23 C.

Is there a way I can manually set up a profile that will make things run cooler with all three monitors when I'm not gaming?
 
TXAG said:
When I have just one monitor the gtx 680 clocks down as it should and the temp is about 36 C. The CPU is about 33 C. My room temperature is 23 C.

Is there a way I can manually set up a profile that will make things run cooler with all three monitors when I'm not gaming?
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I just make a custom profile in Afterburner with the clocks all dragged as far left as possible. I set the voltage slider to whatever the "default" voltage is supposed to be.

So for my card, 3D perf core is 732Mhz reference (I run it @ 800 OC'ed) with voltage at 0.975 (The 800 OC has it up at 1.025). With afterburner, I make a profile that runs the core clock down at 405Mhz with the voltage set to 0.975. Seems to work that way just fine. I just have to remember to change profile back to the OC'ed one for gaming or I'll load something up and wonder why the hell I'm getting 3fps :-P

I found this and will have to give it a try as well. Might solve your troubles as well.

*Update: I tried out the information given in the link above and it works! I have two displays hooked up and I'm now idling at a core clock of 51Mhz and my core temp is down to 25C. Even if I have to deal with this crap on a manual basis it's better than having the card run far harder than necessary for driving code::blocks, browser windows, and productivity software.
 
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