EVGA GTX 570 running a little toasty! (81c)

[MrInferno]

I recently got a EVGA GTX 570 from a friend and it's been working great so far, but I have only one concern. The card seems to be running pretty damn hot, it hits 81c while playing World of Tanks for about 10 minutes. I've set the fans to run relative to the degrees so if its 50c then 50% etc... Anyways I want to know if these are safe temps to be running the card at? If you need any other info, feel free to ask.

Exact Graphics card model: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130593

 

[Eximo]

That isn't terrible, and well within expectations of a 570 with a blower style cooler.

You should start getting concerned at 90C or so, though it should be perfectly fine up to 100C.

 

[Jester Maroc]

Agreed. That card is a hot running card. I have a GTX580 and it used to run high 70's low 80's all the time when gaming (hours on end). Temps like that are totally fine, the card is designed to run in that range. My GTX470 used to reach low 90's! It was fine though I was not very comfortable with the temps myself.

I managed to reduce the temps (in the GTX580) by replacing the thermal paste (do this only if you are comfortable totally disassembling your GPU) and running a more aggressive fan profile in MSI Afterburner.

 

[MrInferno]

Ah okay that's a sigh of relief, but I have one last question. Should I bother replacing the thermal paste on the GPU? Only problem I would have is the thermal pads, I don't have any currently (I could have sworn I had some but oh well). I have a feeling that the pads will disintegrate once I lift up the big heatsink.

 

[Eximo]

That depends on how much you want to spend on an old card. Re-doing the paste might be a good idea. The pads should be replaced if removed.

I only managed $75 shipped for my DCUII GTX580 (Triple slot) ran considerably cooler. It was in use up until a few months ago with my friend, but he started running into games that used more than 1.5GB of memory or needed some hardware feature that was lacking. GTX580 have a limited use for CUDA calculations since the follow on GTX680, GTX770, and GTX980 are artificially limited, of course there are reasonably priced Quadros that can fill in now.

 

[MrInferno]

That depends on how much you want to spend on an old card. Re-doing the paste might be a good idea. The pads should be replaced if removed.

I only managed $75 shipped for my DCUII GTX580 (Triple slot) ran considerably cooler. It was in use up until a few months ago with my friend, but he started running into games that used more than 1.5GB of memory or needed some hardware feature that was lacking. GTX580 have a limited use for CUDA calculations since the follow on GTX680, GTX770, and GTX980 are artificially limited, of course there are reasonably priced Quadros that can fill in now.

I have the thermal paste (MX-4), but I just need to order some pads. I am looking at the Arctic pads which come in 1mm and 1.5mm, which one would be better choice?

Here is amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Thermal-Pad-0-5-Conductivity/dp/B00UYTT3I2?th=1

 

[Eximo]

That may vary by the heatsink, or even the memory/vrm packages, so it is hard to say. It is possible they used different thicknesses depending on what they were cooling.

A case of basically finding someone who has taken that particular model apart and documenting it or just doing it and hoping the pads you buy are thick enough. (Worst case you have to double up somewhere, but then you lose some efficiency)

In a little while I could go and measure the Reference GTX980 cooler I have sitting (I think the pads are still stuck to it). No idea if they would be the same though.

I recently bought some of that Arctic pad, but haven't gotten around to using it. Not sure what I bought actually. Also picked up some fujipoly from Performance PC. That is going on the 1080 at some point, looks like I'll be working this weekend, again.

 

[Jester Maroc]

The pads from my PNY GTX580 which is a reference design is 1.5mm. I didn't measure them but from how I remember they were a bit deeper than 1mm. I simply replaced the thermal paste and reused the pads as they were in great shape (and I cannot buy new ones where I live).