Question GPU is always idle, even while heavy gaming, is there a way to fix this?

[ShwaBdudle]

GPU is always IDLE even when playing intensive AAA games(HWINFO64). I've also been having micro stutters in pretty much every single game that I play, could this be causing it? (my Reddit post about stuttering)

 

[Satan-IR]

Yes exactly. Although OP said this is taken 10 min after gaming stopped and with fans at 1400 I'd say it should drop a bit but it should be in the mid to high 30s. This is sort of too low for a 2060 I guess.

I have a 1070 and at idle and 0RPM fan it sits at around 37-40C (desktop, browsing). With fans at around 1400RPM it never goes below 32-33C (in my ambeint temp), no matter how long they run.

 

[ShwaBdudle]

It honestly depends on the fan. I've seen some that claim to pull 5W, and others that claim 20W. I've just never seen a GPU temp sub 30C. So I suspect the program isn't reading sensors correctly. Might be only the temp ones but not sure. Unless it's way cold in your room.

well I mean today I installed 2 extra fans and while idle my GPU reached 23 degrees. the GPU fan is at 40% percent (1450rpm) the rest of the fans are at 75 percent (3 fans at 1300 rpm, 1 fan at 1600 rpm and another fan at 1900 rpm). to me it just makes sense

 

[KyaraM]

Yes exactly. Although OP said this is taken 10 min after gaming stopped and with fans at 1400 I'd say it should drop a bit but it should be in the mid to high 30s. This is sort of too low for a 2060 I guess.

I have a 1070 and at idle and 0RPM fan it sits at around 37-40C (desktop, browsing). With fans at around 1400RPM it never goes below 32-33C (in my ambeint temp), no matter how long they run.

To be fair, my RTX 3070 Ti draws around 15W idle and goes down to around 28°C when I set case fans to high. Checked with both HWInfo and GPU-Z, both reported the same temps. CPU also idled at around 28 last night... room temperature was a regular 21°C. I don't like shivering, haha.

Still, what I want to say is, it's possible. Especially if the fans are always on.

well I mean today I installed 2 extra fans and while idle my GPU reached 23 degrees. the GPU fan is at 40% percent (1450rpm) the rest of the fans are at 75 percent (3 fans at 1300 rpm, 1 fan at 1600 rpm and another fan at 1900 rpm). to me it just makes sense

Not sure why set the fans so high for idle. That quite unnecessary tbh.

 

[ShwaBdudle]

To be fair, my RTX 3070 Ti draws around 15W idle and goes down to around 28°C when I set case fans to high. Checked with both HWInfo and GPU-Z, both reported the same temps. CPU also idled at around 28 last night... room temperature was a regular 21°C. I don't like shivering, haha.

Still, what I want to say is, it's possible. Especially if the fans are always on.


Not sure why set the fans so high for idle. That quite unnecessary tbh.

exactly, it's possible.
I will most likely change my fan speed a bit (to run slower on idle.

 

[Satan-IR]

To be fair, my RTX 3070 Ti draws around 15W idle and goes down to around 28°C when I set case fans to high. Checked with both HWInfo and GPU-Z, both reported the same temps. CPU also idled at around 28 last night... room temperature was a regular 21°C. I don't like shivering, haha.

Still, what I want to say is, it's possible. Especially if the fans are always on.


Not sure why set the fans so high for idle. That quite unnecessary tbh.

Yes OP said fans are running. Maybe I should have put it this way. I personally wouldn't really make the case sound like a hair dryer to keep the GPU below 30C at idle. Will it make it last longer? Maybe, maybe not. I can't really accurately know how much longer my card will live if it's constantly kept say 7 degrees cooler.

Whole passive cooling depends on the card design and build too. Some have bigger more effcient sinks and don't need a fan to run all the time. Some may require fans to work to achieve same idle temps as ones with bigger sinks. To me it's somehow a delicate balance between keeping the card in optimum temp range and not wearing the fans sooner than expected.

Yes fans are made to work long hours and last long. But if running fans at higher than average speeds would make them fail sooner I'd rather have my card sit at 36C instead of 29C at idle with passive cooling than have to go through the hassle of changing fans. Also the the decibels are an issue, at least for me. I really don't like having to listen to the drone of the fans 24/7. This might be a bit different per user though. If someone finds, despite the noise, having the card kept cooler reduces their stress about card longevity I guess they should do it.

 

[ShwaBdudle]

Yes OP said fans are running. Maybe I should have put it this way. I personally wouldn't really make the case sound like a hair dryer to keep the GPU below 30C at idle. Will it make it last longer? Maybe, maybe not. I can't really accurately know how much longer my card will live if it's constantly kept say 7 degrees cooler.

Whole passive cooling depends on the card design and build too. Some have bigger more effcient sinks and don't need a fan to run all the time. Some may require fans to work to achieve same idle temps as ones with bigger sinks. To me it's somehow a delicate balance between keeping the card in optimum temp range and not wearing the fans sooner than expected.

Yes fans are made to work long hours and last long. But if running fans at higher than average speeds would make them fail sooner I'd rather have my card sit at 36C instead of 29C at idle with passive cooling than have to go through the hassle of changing fans. Also the the decibels are an issue, at least for me. I really don't like having to listen to the drone of the fans 24/7. This might be a bit different per user though. If someone finds, despite the noise, having the card kept cooler reduces their stress about card longevity I guess they should do it.

I have sorted out the case fans' speed and yeah I have to admit, hearing my own thoughts over the fans is a much better experience lol.

 

[KyaraM]

Yes OP said fans are running. Maybe I should have put it this way. I personally wouldn't really make the case sound like a hair dryer to keep the GPU below 30C at idle. Will it make it last longer? Maybe, maybe not. I can't really accurately know how much longer my card will live if it's constantly kept say 7 degrees cooler.

Whole passive cooling depends on the card design and build too. Some have bigger more effcient sinks and don't need a fan to run all the time. Some may require fans to work to achieve same idle temps as ones with bigger sinks. To me it's somehow a delicate balance between keeping the card in optimum temp range and not wearing the fans sooner than expected.

Yes fans are made to work long hours and last long. But if running fans at higher than average speeds would make them fail sooner I'd rather have my card sit at 36C instead of 29C at idle with passive cooling than have to go through the hassle of changing fans. Also the the decibels are an issue, at least for me. I really don't like having to listen to the drone of the fans 24/7. This might be a bit different per user though. If someone finds, despite the noise, having the card kept cooler reduces their stress about card longevity I guess they should do it.

I mean, I'm not disagreeing at all and stated myself that the fan speed is a bit high for a card at idle. Just said that it's possible under the given conditions, not necessary. If I were TC, and I absolutely didn't want to turn fans off in idle (just as an hypothetical example, there are people out there who absolutely hate 0 fan mode; I like it), I would set them to very low rotation speed. Like, the absolute minimum possible.