New GTX 970 overheating during R6 Siege on any settings.

[Night-hawk03]

Rainbow six siege came bundled with my graphics card, but whenever I play the game I always run into problems.

Whenever I play the game on any settings, the card always gets hot. I know they released drivers update specifically for the game, but they didn't help

I could start the game on medium and my GPU maxes out and the temp goes up to 80. I am using a fan map, but the fans still blare.

Could anyone help me fix this problem?

My specs:
AMD FX 4.0 ghz 8 core
Bronze 620w 80+
16 gbs ram

 

[17seconds]

80c is the temp your card is designed to run at while gaming. It's perfectly normal. Turbo Boost is based on your temperature target of 80c. Below that, Turbo Boost clock speeds increase and heat up the GPU; above that Turbo Boost clock speeds decrease and cool the GPU. Check your Temp Limit variable in Afterburner to confirm.

 

[Night-hawk03]

My card almost maxes during other games, but the fans stay silent. When I play R6 the fans blare when hitting 80, but my case seems cool.

 

[17seconds]

You're probably getting higher GPU usage on R6. Put your fans on Auto, and allow the temperature to reach its factory preset target of 80c. See if that helps with the noise. Messing with the fan curve is naturally going to increase noise.

 

[Lexxor]

Nah if he turns settings down and is still experiencing the problem its not the game or the fact that its a new intensive title the problem is the GPU. Which 970 do u have? How old is ur PSU? What GPU are u coming from and did u ever have a temp problem with it? My 970 running at 1540mhz with power target, temp target and volts all the way up doesn't get above 65 degrees.

What res monitor do u have? Any 970 should be able to play that game maxed at 1080pp easily. Possibly even 1440.

 

[Night-hawk03]

I have an MSI Geforce GTX 970 4g. My PSU is about 1 1/2 year old. I had a Sapphire TOXIC radeon 280x, and yes, the card was warm and the fans blasted easily.

I'm currently use an HDMI cable for 1080p. My case isn't the best for cooling, but my card maxes its GPU when playing Siege on any settings.

 

[lowcountrysmoke]

hmm my card never goes over 60c and i'm clocked to 1460mhz on my msi 970. which 970 are you using and are you adding additional volts?

 

[Lexxor]

Additional volts don't really mean what they used to, crank the volts all the way up or all the way down, u won't see much of a difference anywhere except in the voltage graph obviously.

Your issue is the heat my friend - and what u are experiencing is thermal throttling. Once a card reaches a certain temp it will automatically downclock in an attempt to cool itself to prevent damage, there is no way to alter this short of bios flashing the card but this feature exists for a reason and u shouldn't look to change this.

I'd argue to say that either ur card took a shit or ur PSU did. My only other recommendation is to check ur PSU rails either in ur bios or some sort of hardware monitor program and make sure they are really close to their appropriate values. There are 3 rails values to check - a 12v, 5v and a 3.3v. Each value should be really close to their corresponding voltage, I think no more than a 5% difference is normal. Post ur PSU and Mobo make model too.

If these values check out, most likely the issue is a faulty GPU. How long have u had it the card? Time to RMA maybe or at least contact MSI - ur card should still be under warranty at least.

 

[17seconds]

What model of MSI card do you have? What is the fan speed at 80c in R6?

 

[Night-hawk03]

I actually figured it out. My MSI tool wasn't set to gaming mode, probably because I never toyed with it.

My GPU used to reach max and my card at 80 degrees. Now my card does blow air, but it never gets above 75 GPU usage while on ultra and my gpu sits at about 60 degrees. This is while my fan curve is on, it does blow air, but it's actually a lot better than before.

Also, I did check my bios and my PSU is spot on.