Gpu getting too hot!

[Tjempo]

Hello everyone,

I have a RTX 2060 windforce (3 fans) from gigabyte. But it has problems. The card will reach 86'C
on the core and 107'C on the hotspot everytime I play a more demanding game like than minecraft.
I have good airflow and already adjusted the fan curve from the case fans.

I already replaced the dried up ash like thermal paste on the card and adjusted the fan curve.
My friend card {evga} will reach only 65 degrees and with dead silence. While mine sounds like is taking off.


Can someone help me on why mine is almost melting?
Thanks!

 

[Deleted member 215115]

Maybe there's a contact issue. Perhaps too much paste or screws not tight enough.

The slim, 2-slot version of the Windforce 3X cooler is trash unlike the beefier 2.5-slot version of the Gaming OC. I assume yours is the slim one.

 

[Calmmo]

Are all the fans actually spinning? Are you absolutely certain your current paste application and mounting pressure are excellent? (for example did you maybe replace thermal pads with thicker ones? that can screw up mounting pressure) These temps indicate one or more of these things I mentioned are problematic.

 

[Tjempo]

Maybe there's a contact issue.

I took the cooler apart and tightened the screws way harder. It does seem to help a bit, it heats up slower but still its at 86+ 'C.
The paste seems unlikely to me. I checked it and it looked good. Its from Corsair so not some weird budget paste.

I assume yours is the slim one.

Yes, it is the slim one, Gigabyte cut a lot of corners on this gpu: The fan curve, the 0 RPM mode, the cooler and even the fans themself.

Are all the fans actually spinning?

Yes they are, at a whopping 4400 rpm. Also if you block a fan it will go to max fan speed.

Are you absolutely certain your current paste application and mounting pressure are excellent?

Excellent is a big word, but its better than the factory application.
The thermal pad thickness is the same for sure.
I can check if one of the pads is misplaced.

 

[mstenholm]

I'm surprised that no-one suggested to test with the side panel off, well then I can do that Regardless how good you think the case flow are, it might be restricted. So the fan is maxed out leaving you with 86° C so you have to mend it as good as possible, like thermal paste, cold air and in some cases third party cooler. Gigabyte does seem to scrimp on the cooling on some of their models so if the normal fixes doesn't help then you either have to live with it or reduce the power limit. GL

 

[Tjempo]

side panel off

Tested it. 84 'c it works but the fans are more audible.
I can try to change the power limit but that means lesser fps, but if its living next to a helicopter or some less frames i'll take the second one.

 

[Nike_486DX]

If you dont mind the warranty u can put some beefier fans (that would almost certainly require permanent removal of the plastic shroud, so u will loose some of the aesthetics too). But its 100% guaranteed u will get a silent card. There is a nice reference

with temp graphs and stuff.

 

[mstenholm]

Tested it. 84 'c it works but the fans are more audible.
I can try to change the power limit but that means lesser fps, but if its living next to a helicopter or some less frames i'll take the second one.

Well it was expected to be more nosy, it was test and it seems like your flow is decent, so power-limit reduction or slap an aftermarket cooler on it. My experience with folding@home shows very little speed reduction at a 80% limit. Test it and please report back. I would love to see a huge cooler on it like in the video but that is not for everybody

 

[FreedomEclipse]

afaik. there is no 2060 triple fan windforce card unless its a 2060 SUPER variant. All 2060 Windforce cards are dual fan.

There is however a 2060 GAMING OC card which has a triple fan 'windforce' cooler mounted on it.

Unfortunately the Gaming OC cards are among the lowest tier of cards you can get and corners have been cut.

I have one of these Gaming OC cards and the cooler that came with it was trash. Even with the fans at 50-65% (which is really loud) my 1080Ti was still hitting 70-80'c. The fans at 40% are already pretty loud.

There are a few things you can do...

1. Buy a better card.

2. mount an aftermarket cooler.

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I have a case with excellent airflow. The card still ran hot with the stock windforce cooler. Slapped an aftermarket cooler on there and i cant even hear it when the fans are at 45% and temps max out at 60'c

 

[seth1911]

Hello everyone,

I have a RTX 2060 windforce (3 fans) from gigabyte. But it has problems. The card will reach 86'C
on the core and 107'C on the hotspot everytime I play a more demanding game like than minecraft.
I have good airflow and already adjusted the fan curve from the case fans.

I already replaced the dried up ash like thermal paste on the card and adjusted the fan curve.
My friend card {evga} will reach only 65 degrees and with dead silence. While mine sounds like is taking off.


Can someone help me on why mine is almost melting?
Thanks!

It isnt to ho sillicon have no problem with 100° degress, i have a GTX 480 it reaches while gaming 126° degress it works well with older Games if they dont need Vulcan or DX12 support.
Thats the point while i use the gloriuos GT 710 (Vulcan support).

My hotest GPU ive ever had was realy hot in 2 ways the Performance at theyr release was awfull and the Temp too,
GTX 295 Sandwich GPU Temp at about 136° degress

 

[looniam]

Tested it. 84 'c it works but the fans are more audible.
I can try to change the power limit but that means lesser fps, but if its living next to a helicopter or some less frames i'll take the second one.

not necessarily, because temps play a huge role in your boost speed. then consider a cooler chip will use slightly less power . . . i wouldn't be surprised if the clocks speeds increase = increased FPS.

its worth a shot to experiment with.

 

[GerKNG]

there must be some contact issues with the cooler.

i have a 2070S with basically the same cooler and it is like 30°C cooler on the hotspot and 20°C on the GPU.

 

[Tjempo]

Buy a better card.

Yes, im going to. but not in the market.

very little speed reduction at a 80% limit

I think it might be an answer. yes it did cut some fps but not as much as i'd thought and its at 79 'C (side panel off)
Also while talking about power. I have seen my Chip power go to 210 watt sometimes. Its rare tho but it happens sometimes. I doesn't seem to be a problem so i don't mind

there must be some contact issues with the cooler.

I don't think it is. The first time I had a bad mount because I didn't tighten the screw enough. It was 65 'C on idle so I didn't run a stress test.

But I might leave the power limit at 80 for the time being. In hopes that GPu's will soon be available again for normal prices
At least i'm not going gigabyte anymore. (I also have a gigabyte motherboard that lives its own life apart from my computer.)

 

[GerKNG]

At least i'm not going gigabyte anymore

superb decision.
gigabyte went downhill so far that i'd rather buy biostar and asrock before any gigabyte board/gpu

 

[Nike_486DX]

Yes, im going to. but not in the market.

I think it might be an answer. yes it did cut some fps but not as much as i'd thought and its at 79 'C (side panel off)
Also while talking about power. I have seen my Chip power go to 210 watt sometimes. Its rare tho but it happens sometimes. I doesn't seem to be a problem so i don't mind

I don't think it is. The first time I had a bad mount because I didn't tighten the screw enough. It was 65 'C on idle so I didn't run a stress test.

But I might leave the power limit at 80 for the time being. In hopes that GPu's will soon be available again for normal prices
At least i'm not going gigabyte anymore. (I also have a gigabyte motherboard that lives its own life apart from my computer.)

i would say thats still too high for a 2060, especially considering its a dual fan model. I have an rx 580 which is a... "piece of inefficient garbage" compared to an RTX 2060, but it runs at decent temps (mid 60s) with fans only spinning at 20% (1000rpm). Yes its got liquid metal on the gpu die, but its still a 200W card.

When u put the screws back after changing the thermal paste, did u tighten them all the way? (Always do it in cross pattern, tightening them evenly, at the very end when u feel the resistance u should give them a little final push, somewhere around 2nm of torque) And also, one last (maybe dumb) question: did u evenly spread the thermal paste instead of doing cross/dot thingie? Because with gpu dies spreading is the only option, if you dont cover the whole die ur hotspot temp will jump through the roof.

 

[Tjempo]

i would say thats still too high for a 2060, especially considering its a dual fan model

It is the 3 fan model. but that wouldn't have mattered because it was read from chip power not board power. That would make more sense. GPUZ information.

did u tighten them all the way?

Yes I did. I can't tighten them more because the screwdriver will slip. And I spread the paste as good as I could. The first time I missed one spot and the hotspot temp were insane. like core at 65 C and hotspot at 110 C. So that was a learning moment. I didn't have any fancy spreader stick so i made my own from some paper and tape. Worked surprisingly good tbh.

gigabyte went downhill so far

Yes with there exploding power supplies and trying to get a RMA was impossible. Also on a side note, I know there are a lot of RGB software around but Gigabyte by far has the worst one! When launching it has a 70% chance of a random blue screen. I built my PC one year ago but had my 2060 early. so my i7 3770 (that was running on a Gigabyte motherboard, and was rock solid! never crashed) had to put up with something way newer. But on that system the software wouldn't even launch.

Gigabyte.... Never again.

 

[Nike_486DX]

It is the 3 fan model. but that wouldn't have mattered because it was read from chip power not board power. That would make more sense. GPUZ information.


Yes I did. I can't tighten them more because the screwdriver will slip. And I spread the paste as good as I could. The first time I missed one spot and the hotspot temp were insane. like core at 65 C and hotspot at 110 C. So that was a learning moment. I didn't have any fancy spreader stick so i made my own from some paper and tape. Worked surprisingly good tbh.

Yes with there exploding power supplies and trying to get a RMA was impossible. Also on a side note, I know there are a lot of RGB software around but Gigabyte by far has the worst one! When launching it has a 70% chance of a random blue screen. I built my PC one year ago but had my 2060 early. so my i7 3770 (that was running on a Gigabyte motherboard, and was rock solid! never crashed) had to put up with something way newer. But on that system the software wouldn't even launch.

Gigabyte.... Never again.

Doesnt every thermal paste come with a spatula? cuz if you apply the paste with something that is not specifically designed for that, there is good chance the spread would be uneven and the temps wont look good. especially on a large die of 445mm^2 (RTX 2060). which is twice as big compared to rx 580 232mm^2. The good strategy is to spread the paste evenly with the spatula + leave some excess in the center, so after mounting the heatsink u will get a nice contact.

About Gigabyte: i wont blame them, as every company makes excellent products and horrible products, it happens. Just look at Asus, Msi, evga cards, there are a lot of poorly designed cards too (Like Msi rx 580 Armor, its got garbage cooling, a real contrast if u compare it to Gaming X version). And also, the gigabyte psu division which markets (they dont manufacture) power supplies is not the same division that makes graphics cards, and so on. Aaand the RGB software - is always garbage, either from asus, msi or gigabyte. For example i use X299 Tomahawk mobo, but i chose it only because its got the features i needed, (real dual bios, post indicator near the ram slots, and ofc tons of pcie lanes and native win7 support, it was also cheap due to old stock), it... just happened to be of msi brand so to speak.

 

[eidairaman1]

Dont buy gigabyte or msi.