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@beanoslim Thank you for responding back to my previous question so quickly. I'll just have to keep an eye on it. If I can't find a logical solution then I may simply swap out parts until I find the cause. I hope it has nothing to do with the EKWB Predator 360, as I'm already beyond the return / exchange date. Also, I only have the CPU on the water loop at the moment.
 
@EXT64 Question: Instead of manually setting fan profile to 90 - 100%, could a target GPU temperature be set, to prevent throttling and also keep fan noise as low as possible? If so, what would that temp (or some other variable) be?
 
That is essentially what you are doing if you set up a fan curve in e.g. Afterburner. The higher the temps the louder the fan gets until they reach equilibrium.
 
Yep rcald2000, I do that when I am in Windows using Afterburner. My 780ti is currently running on a Linux box though, so I referred to a manual fan speed.

I believe the throttling temp varies by card generation. Are you asking for your 980ti?
 
Are they overclocked? I do not have a 980ti so I can't test, but I have seen some reference a throttle temp at 84C (so the higher fan speed combined with lower clocks will hold that temp) and others say (at least when overclocked) they have seen clock throttling as low as 60-65C. Up to low 80s C should be "safe" (it will reduce card life, but still probably be longer than you plan to use it for). The real key is finding when/if your card is throttling so you can find the best balance of performance/temperature/fan-speed. I think some of the monitoring apps report what factor (voltage, temp, etc.) is causing the card to throttle, which can help in diagnosing throttling issues. I would assume both GPU-Z and MSI Afterburner can monitor this for you.
 
Just set you 980ti to default speed and let it fold a while and heat up.

Then set your fan to 90-100% and sit and watch the temps and core speeds.

When the core speed jumps up, that's the thermal throttling being disengaged, check the temp it happens, that's your limit.

I did that with mine and it was 64C so now I set my fan profile to ramp up around the 60C mark to keep it below.
 


I've had to move home so everything got powered down for a couple of weeks and the Internetz only came back online 45 minutes ago so for the moment only the 970's are folding.
 


im sure your system needed the rest. poor things running 100% all the time. 😉
 


One of my PSU's got so bored with the "rest" it went and died! 🙁
 


Jesus,that sucks large
 


Tell me about it! A HX620 bought in 2006 and heavily abused for a mere 9 years and 11 months and the damn thing went and died, I reckon I should get a huge monetary payout and a cuddle at the very least.
 


See, that wouldn't have happened if you had went a with a CX series in the first place.
 
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