GTX 970 temps.

[kol12]

Is it normal for a 970 to run in the 70s?

 

[mrt3]

yes your temperature is normal, many of 970 user reaches 90c too

 

[Xemko]

70s at full load? What is the model/brand? Case/airflow?

 

[13thmonkey]

mines at 70 full load.

 

[kol12]

Yeah full load.. EVGA GTX 970 non superclock. Corsair Obsidian 450D, 2x noctua 140mm intake 2x 140mm exhaust.

I just replaced my R9 270X with this and man it's amazing.. The 270X would only reach about 60 at load. I thought the 970's were meant to run cool?

 

[13thmonkey]

the 900's max out at 98, whereas the AMds maxed at 85 and would struggle, 75 is easy to maintain on 970.

 

[mrt3]

Yeah full load.. EVGA GTX 970 non superclock. Corsair Obsidian 450D, 2x noctua 140mm intake 2x 140mm exhaust.

I just replaced my R9 270X with this and man it's amazing.. The 270X would only reach about 60 at load. I thought the 970's were meant to run cool?

if your 270x temps are lower than your 970 then you should check that there is any blockage in airflow or something..

 

[turbopixel]

Xemko asked the right questions. It depends on your case and its airflow, if you overclocked the gpu and if you reach that temperature at full load or on just web browsing. Which GTX model do you have?

My MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4 with a cool and good case reaches sometimes in stress tests and benchmarks the 71° temp (Unigine Valley and Fire Strike), even if I overclock it slightly. Without load and under normal daily web surfing, the temp is around 40° and thats without the spinning the fans (under 50° they stop).

I would only be worried, if yours would reach over 80° and if you don't know why.

Edit: Oh so many answers while I was typing. I was slow.

 

[Xemko]

😀
My Gigabyte 970 G1 Gaming running at ~70c in Unigine Valley/Heaven with Obsidian 750D (stock fans) in hot/high humidity country.
I wouldn't be worried about 70c. Which one do you mean by *non superclock?* There are many versions of EVGA 970 gtx.

 

[kol12]

I have the EVGA GTX 970 non overclock version. I just noticed the temp for the first time while running the Heaven benchmark at ultra with 70 degrees. Maybe that's normal.. It's currently idling at 33 degrees.. Haven't monitored gaming temps yet.

 

[kol12]

EVGA GeForce GTX 970 ACX 2.0 This one: http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=04G-P4-2972-KR

 

[Xemko]

It is totally normal.
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/81985-evga-geforce-gtx-970-super-superclocked/?page=10 - even though, ssc version, it has the same ACX 2.0 cooling setup.

 

[kol12]

So is it more power more heat?

 

[Xemko]

It is. Temps will vary with different GPU cooling setups.

 

[kol12]

So basically a more powerful chip is going to hotter?

 

[Xemko]

Basically yes. It will depends on architecture, cooling, power consumption and etc.

 

[turbopixel]

If same cooling setup and same chip architecture, then with more power more heat will be generated. But even that depends on the software you use and settings and probably overclocking.