Is gaming on the GTX 1080 at 80C too hot?

[garethhughes36]

Hi

My card when playing games sits at about 80C

It’s fans at this temps is usually around 70%

But is that right that temp? It’s the MSI GTX 1080 gaming x

Thanks

 

[13thmonkey]

not a problem, the fans would be at 100% and desperate to keep it down if it was a problem, get worried in the high 80's, the low 80's are normal. They are built to run warm.

 

[honluke0]

It's definetly higher then is should,but don't be worried.It's right for a 1080.

 

[13thmonkey]

It's definetly higher then is should,but don't be worried.It's right for a 1080.

It's really not, every nvidia card i've had has sat at 80-85 at gaming load. The clue is in the fan speed, that's the stock profile and at 70% it's not trying very hard, so the bios isn't worried about the temp.

 

[aquielisunari]

Hi

My card when playing games sits at about 80C

It’s fans at this temps is usually around 70%

But is that right that temp? It’s the MSI GTX 1080 gaming x

Thanks

What about GPU boost 3.0? It applies a dynamic? OC to the core clock. When my 1080 Ti hits 56c my core clock drops from 2000MHz down to 1987MHz. No big thing. That is until 25c later and those 13MHz penalties in favor of better cooling have added up. I'd use MSI AB and watch the temp and core clock. Watch what happens as the temperature climbs. To be clear, the downclocking only limits the OC. It doesn't underclock itself until 94c. That's when you meet thermal throttling.

It is however a completely safe operating temperature. You can adjust its fan curve with MSI AB. Maybe a little faster at lower temperatures. Find that medium between noise pollution and cooling.

That's my opinion.

I'm saving up for a new TV but playing Far Cry 4, with ultra settings applied at 1080p and 60Hz brings the GPU to a scorching 39c. Superposition brings it up to 49c

. It has a few advantages

. When I game at faux 1440p compliments of Nvidia DSR it gets warm enough so I needed to adjust my fans to keep it below 56c