MSI DUKE GTX 1080 TI - Running Quite HOT

[Philballer17]

I have a 1080 TI DUKE, that Just gets hot! Out of the box it idles at 60 degrees, and as soon as it is under 99% load; It gets wild, peaking 80-84 degrees. I have to run fans at 95% speed in order to keep it at 77 degrees. Please help.

I don't notice any issues with frame-rates as I am getting great FPS in games. But these temps are monstrous.

I added an additional 120mm case fan on the top, and an additional one at the very bottom, pointing directly to the GPU. Case is elevated off of the ground with PSU fan pointing downwards.

-Corsair Carbide Series 500R
-EVGA SuperNova G3 850W
-AsRock z97 Anniversary
-Intel Core i7 4790k @ 4.5 GHZ: 1.230v
-Thermaltake NIC C5
-1x Samsung 860 PRO 512GB
-1x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB
-EVGA Super SC DDR3 2400 MHZ 16GB
-MSI DUKE Geforce GTX 1080 TI
-1x ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278QR (TN) 27" 1ms 165hz, 2560 x 1440 (G-SYNC)
-1x ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q (IPS) 27" 4ms 165hz, 2560 x 1440 (G-SYNC)
-1x ASUS VG278HV (TN) 27" 1ms 144hz, 1920 x 1080

 

[redgarl]

I am having the same card and it runs rather cool. At 4k and everything maxed except AA on The Witcher 3, I get max temp around 75C.

I am having optimal airflow with no obstructions.

Remove your OC and check if the card have the same temp.

 

[Philballer17]

I have no overclock applied

 

[norcalsc]

Is it new ?

 

[Philballer17]

Is it new ?

GPU was bought off ebay where seller stated it was used for Mining since October 2017. When it arrived to me, it looked brand new with no dust on it at all. Even the original box arrived looking brand new.

 

[Philballer17]

All of a sudden it seems to be performing well. Kind of weird but. W/e

 

[Phaaze88]

The problem is that you bought a card from a miner. It doesn't take much effort to clean the card and fix the packaging to look like new.
They likely gave it quite the workout before deciding to sell it off. Your system didn't have issues with temps before installing the 'new' card, right?
You uninstalled the old drivers and installed the new ones? Airflow wasn't an issue before either. Yet, you have to run the fans near, or at 100% to keep it reasonably cool? Sounds like an exhausted card to me. And it suddenly got better? Yea... it probably won't stay that way either.
Buying used cards(GTX 9xx/1xxx or RX 4xx/5xx) today is risky as the likelihood that a miner ran it to near end of life is high.

 

[aquielisunari]

Do you know how to adjust your fan curve? John across the street likes his system to be quieter so his fans are either off or at their minimum speed until the GFX card reaches 40c

. A GFX card usually idles below 40c so outside of gaming or other tasks that necessitates the GFX card's 3D performance the card'll be relatively quiet or silent.

Jane however likes to keep everything nice and cool so she has a more aggressive fan curve

allowing the fan(s) to spin up immediately and to 40% until 30c which means it'll be under load and will need more cooling. The ambient temp. is a little on the cool side.

Manufacturer's also offer different curves out of the box. Some fans today won't spin up until the card reaches 60c which'll be reflected with MSI AB's tools.

. A user could think their fan(s) are broke if they don't spin up sooner. There are many other GFX card utilities capable of changing the fan curve.

Dust and debris can cause issues over time leaving the card to slowly suffocate should the neglect continue. Keep it clean.

The manufacturer is also capable of sending out damaged goods. 60c at idle is cause for concern. Should it had not've self-corrected and all troubleshooting steps failed to find a cause the manufacturer can help with a RMA.

 

[Philballer17]

Do you know how to adjust your fan curve? John across the street likes his system to be quieter so his fans are either off or at their minimum speed until the GFX card reaches 40c

. A GFX card usually idles below 40c so outside of gaming or other tasks that necessitates the GFX card's 3D performance the card'll be relatively quiet or silent.

Jane however likes to keep everything nice and cool so she has a more aggressive fan curve

allowing the fan(s) to spin up immediately and to 40% until 30c which means it'll be under load and will need more cooling. The ambient temp. is a little on the cool side.

Manufacturer's also offer different curves out of the box. Some fans today won't spin up until the card reaches 60c which'll be reflected with MSI AB's tools.

. A user could think their fan(s) are broke if they don't spin up sooner. There are many other GFX card utilities capable of changing the fan curve.

Dust and debris can cause issues over time leaving the card to slowly suffocate should the neglect continue. Keep it clean.

The manufacturer is also capable of sending out damaged goods. 60c at idle is cause for concern. Should it had not've self-corrected and all troubleshooting steps failed to find a cause the manufacturer can help with a RMA.

The little stickers on the back plate on top of the screws show that it was never taken off so the warranty is still alive. When setting up a custom fan curve, things are also pretty stable. I'll see how holds up for a while. But so far, looks like it is running pretty handsome. I do GPU upgrades every 2 generations anyways, So if it can hold up until Nvidia's year 2021 x80 TI card release, than that'll be good enough for me.