Gigabyte Founders Edition

[Anita_92]

Had this graphics card since august last year , been having problems with it heating when gaming , plus been getting fps drops and i have an 240hz monitor im getting like 100-90 fps

 

[Herc08]

Which founders edition?

 

[Anita_92]

Which founders edition?

GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition 8G

 

[Herc08]

Ok, so what temps are you seeing? Do you what is your clock speed? Do you have any case fans? What is your room temp?

 

[Anita_92]

Ok, so what temps are you seeing? Do you what is your clock speed? Do you have any case fans? What is your room temp?

Temps 81-82c, yeah i have 3 case fans, room temp is 12, graphics 1607 mhz, memory 5006mhz

 

[krells]

That is pretty normal for a reference cooled card. You can use Afterburner to create a custom fan profile to reduce the temperature and stop some of the boost clock throttling. If you really want to eliminate the cooling issues you can replace the FE cooler.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814998133&cm_re=EVGA_GTX_1080%2f1070_Hybrid_Waterblock-_-14-998-133-_-Product