50% gpu usage gpu temp 70 degrees?

[tyetyemac]

Just wondering if this is normal or not?

 

[RRichards]

That may be due to bad airflow mixed with a hot running card. Try cleaning out any dust in your system, adding more intake fans if they’re not already there, and if you’re using a case with terrible airflow maybe look into getting a new one, something like the fractal meshify c is great for cooling. Hope this helps!

 

[tyetyemac]

That may be due to bad airflow mixed with a hot running card. Try cleaning out any dust in your system, adding more intake fans if they’re not already there, and if you’re using a case with terrible airflow maybe look into getting a new one, something like the fractal meshify c is great for cooling. Hope this helps!

Thanks for the reply I just cleaned out all my PC and still getting the same temps, the GPU usage was even going to 39% and the temp was around 65 degrees,

 

[feelinfroggy777]

70C is fine for a GPU underload. Typically, when a GPU usage is low it is because the CPU is bottllenecking it. What are your system specs and what games are you running when you see the 50% usage? What resolution and detail level are you playing at? The lower the resolution and detail level, the lower the GPU usage.

If you are playing a CPU heavy game, such as BF1 on a subpar CPU, you are going to have low GPU usage.

 

[tyetyemac]

70C is fine for a GPU underload. Typically, when a GPU usage is low it is because the CPU is bottllenecking it. What are your system specs and what games are you running when you see the 50% usage? What resolution and detail level are you playing at? The lower the resolution and detail level, the lower the GPU usage.

If you are playing a CPU heavy game, such as BF1 on a subpar CPU, you are going to have low GPU usage.

Hi, my cpu is an i7 3770, 12gb RAM and my gpu is a EVGA gtx 1060 6gb. The game I'm playing is fortnite and I play at 1080p.

I also just have textures on high and view distance on epic everything else is on medium/low (prefer most settings on low, for fortnite anyway)

 

[feelinfroggy777]

That is fine for that game. Fortnite is not a hard game to run and it does not require a lot of GPU horsepower. Especially with most of the settings on low.

 

[tyetyemac]

That is fine for that game. Fortnite is not a hard game to run and it does not require a lot of GPU horsepower. Especially with most of the settings on low.

but why is it reaching 70 degrees if it doesn't require much power?
thanks for the reply btw
this is with my fan at 70% aswell...

 

[feelinfroggy777]

First, 70C is not hot for a GPU. There are many factors that go with the temperature. What type of card do you have? If it is a smaller card, it will be hotter. Overclocking will have a big impact on heat, and not just overclocking at home. Most cards come factory overclocked. That will increase heat.

Ambient temps have a big role in temperature. It is summer where I live and temps are crazy high right now. My system will be hotter.