GeForce GTX 760: Fan/Clock Speeds TOO SLOW

[SheistCannon]

I'm having some issues keeping my gpu cool, and I think it may have to do with my idle clock speed. According to Speccy, my gpu's at 135 MHz, whereas NVIDIA says the base clock speed should be at 980 MHz.

I've also noticed that my gpus' fan speed is abnormally low, for I can stop it by merely tapping it.

Do the issues correlate? How do I fix them?

 

[Nordein]

The clock speeds are lowered when not in use. So the speed at 135Mhz is perfectly fine idling, try to find their speeds at full use.

It would be silly to have all guns blazing when they are not needed.

While idling the fan speeds should also be low, however if this persists at full load, you may have an issue. What are your gpu temps while idling and under load? Use OpenHardware Monitor to find this out. You can do a quick google to find it.

 

[SheistCannon]

Idle: 37 C, Full load: ranges from 48-70 C. Also, idle, they run at 17%

 

[rakoja]

Hello,

I would recommend you to use an overclocking tool (like MSI afterburner or EVGA precision X). With this you can monitor your temperatures and change the fan speeds as you wish. For example you are able to say, that you want the fans to run at 50%, when the card is at 50 degrees celcius.

As Nordein mentioned above you dont need to worry about low clock speeds, open a game (or a benching tool) and it will look different.

 

[SheistCannon]

I thought the more favored choice would be to use SpeedFan. Tried it, though can't seem to figure out how to use it. All the guides I've seen also don't give clear examples, so that made it more difficult

 

[Nordein]

Sheistcannon, it seems that everything should be in order. I have a GTX 970, I idle between 30-40 C, and full load hits around 60-65 Celsius. That is with my side panel off since it will not fit anymore. 😛 My fans are set at 42% as of right now, with 6 browsers opened.

And as Rakoja said, MSI Afterburner is a good way to monitor the hardware while you fiddle with overclocking.

 

[rakoja]

Idle: 37 C, Full load: ranges from 48-70 C. Also, idle, they run at 17%

These values sound totally okay, as long as the fan speeds turn up in full load. Otherwise it might be that your card turns down it's power for holding the 70°C.

 

[SheistCannon]

Idle: 37 C, Full load: ranges from 48-70 C. Also, idle, they run at 17%

These values sound totally okay, as long as the fan speeds turn up in full load. Otherwise it might be that your card turns down it's power for holding the 70°C.

Usually, the case is that the fan speeds remain stagnant, regardless of what tasks I'm doing. Though I'll test it now to see if adjusting the curve helps