Are my Gtx 980 strix temps to high?

[impet25]

My gpu sits around 42C idle, but when i game temps hit as high as 93C with fans to 100%. I have temp target set to 80C and fans set to auto. Is this normal? should I be worried, I have a full tower case with plenty of airflow. My old 780 doesnt go past 83C full load and 80% fanspeed with the same settings in precision x. If anybody can tell me what I should do, i appreciate it. And btw I got this second hand so I probably cant RMA it.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

That's a little HIGH \ 93C.

As we alluded to earlier, NVIDIA has maintained the familiar 80C default temperature limit for GTX 980 that we saw on all other high-end GPU Boost 2.0 enabled cards.

www.anandtech.com

The ASUS GTX 980 STRIX DC II OC idled at 27c with its fans off. The fans do not kick on until the GPU core temperature begins to rise. This demonstrates how well the video card is designed to save power, and also its efficiency. When we load into game and increase the system to full load, the ASUS GTX 980 STRIX DC II OC's temperature rose to 65c. The fans kicked on here and ran at 44%. With our max overclock applied, we also increased the fans to 100% to maximize GPU Boosts capacity. The temperature only reached 62c with fans at 100% and the overclock applied.

The ASUS ROG R9 290X MATRIX-P ran much warmer, idling at 32c with its fans running at 30%. With the system under full load the temperature shot up to 81c. This is 16c warmer than the ASUS GTX 980 STRIX DC II OC. Overclocking the ASUS ROG R9 290X MATRIX-P increased the temperature another 13c up to 94c, even with fans at 100%.

Both of these video cards have an excellent cooling device from ASUS. What this comparison really pulls into the picture, is how much more efficient the GTX 980 GPU is compared to the R9 290X. The results are in, and the numbers don't lie.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/12/29/asus_gtx_980_strix_dc_ii_oc_video_card_review

 

[impet25]

That's a little HIGH \ 93C.

As we alluded to earlier, NVIDIA has maintained the familiar 80C default temperature limit for GTX 980 that we saw on all other high-end GPU Boost 2.0 enabled cards.

www.anandtech.com

The ASUS GTX 980 STRIX DC II OC idled at 27c with its fans off. The fans do not kick on until the GPU core temperature begins to rise. This demonstrates how well the video card is designed to save power, and also its efficiency. When we load into game and increase the system to full load, the ASUS GTX 980 STRIX DC II OC's temperature rose to 65c. The fans kicked on here and ran at 44%. With our max overclock applied, we also increased the fans to 100% to maximize GPU Boosts capacity. The temperature only reached 62c with fans at 100% and the overclock applied.

The ASUS ROG R9 290X MATRIX-P ran much warmer, idling at 32c with its fans running at 30%. With the system under full load the temperature shot up to 81c. This is 16c warmer than the ASUS GTX 980 STRIX DC II OC. Overclocking the ASUS ROG R9 290X MATRIX-P increased the temperature another 13c up to 94c, even with fans at 100%.

Both of these video cards have an excellent cooling device from ASUS. What this comparison really pulls into the picture, is how much more efficient the GTX 980 GPU is compared to the R9 290X. The results are in, and the numbers don't lie.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/12/29/asus_gtx_980_strix_dc_ii_oc_video_card_review

So what do you think I should do any suggestions?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The card needs to run a little cooler , what case do you have.

 

[impet25]

thermaltake chaser mk-1 full tower

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Nice case hard to believe it's running that hot.

You might need to set a better fan profile , and maybe it was sold because of this slight thermal issue.

 

[impet25]

Yea I was thinking that, also failed to mention that 1 of the heatpipes is slightly bent. You think maybe that my have something to do with it.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Shouldn't make much of a difference , but I bet they new it has running hot.

 

[George Phillips]

This card should run cooler that 90C when playing games if the case is really well ventilated. I owned regular GTX980 and also an ASUS GTX970 Strix that has the same cooler like GTX980 Strix, and the cooler cools down the card really well and better than the regular blow-fan version. This sounds to me that the heatsink may not be in proper contact with the GPU or the bent heatpipe is not working properly. By the way, the side panel for my case is removed, so the airflow is perfect.

 

[George Phillips]

I just ran my OEM GeForce GTX 980 again with some overclocking (Core 1448MHz Memory7300MHz).
The GPU temperature while running GPUZ PCI-E test is about 80C. The card is not modified in anyways. Check out this screenshot:
http://imgur.com/ToLhaH0

 

[impet25]

Well I wound up calling asus and it turns out that they will honor the warranty, so I will rma and hopefully get this resolved with them.