Question Odd overheating issue with 2070 Super ?

[dirtywire69]

OS: Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit
GPU: Geforce RTX 2070 Super
Driver Version: 511.79


GPU is consistently hitting 80+ celsius even if the usage % isn't 80+ and I do not overclock too. Tried reinstalling drivers and installing older drivers and doing clean boot, same issue. This is a recent issue, I've had the GPU for over 2 years now and never had the GPU go over 70-73 celsius even on 90+ load. Even cleaned the GPU and case a bit but that did not do anything.

After couple of hours of troubleshooting and testing, I found the card is using WAY more power than necessary which is causing the temps to skyrocket. I changed the Maximum Power from Geforce overlay to 75% and the temps instantly fell back into the lower 70s and I even got better benchmark results (probably cause GPU was throttling at 80+)

Dropped the power usage from 200W+ to around 160W. This concluded me to believe its a software issue rather than a hardware one.

Screenshot of a R6 Benchmark after the Max Power change to 75%.


Like holy <Mod Edit> man, it even hits 83 Celsius on the main menu of the game with 70% usage.

This issue happens in every game. I have no idea how to fix this as changing max power is a temporary fix that only works by setting it 100 and then changing it back 75 every time. This has been happening for over a month now.

 

[Ralston18]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS version information.

PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original, new, refurbished, used?

History of heavy gaming use?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

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Power down, unplug, open the case.

Clean out dust and debris.

Verify by sight and feel that all connectors, cards, RAM, and jumpers are fully and firmly seated.

 

[dirtywire69]

PSU: Original - Cooler Master 850W

Haven't really gamed much for the past year, mostly generic use.

Already cleaned properly, dust seems to not be the issue and also reseated GPU and RAM during the cleaning

@Ralston18

 

[misslore]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS version information.

PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original, new, refurbished, used?

History of heavy gaming use?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

= = = =

Power down, unplug, open the case.

Clean out dust and debris.

Verify by sight and feel that all connectors, cards, RAM, and jumpers are fully and firmly seated.

I had this issue a few weeks ago and reconnecting the cables works out for me.

 

[Ralston18]

Use Task Manager and Resource Monitor to observe system performance.

Use both tools but only one at a time.

Objective being to determine what else changes when the temperature increases.

Overall, I think that the PSU may be starting to falter and fail. Possibly nearing its' designed in EOL (End of Life).

PSU now at some threshold where "Dropped the power usage from 200W+ to around 160W" makes a difference.

Eventually that drop will no longer resolve the problem.

Do you have access to another known working PSU to swap in for testing?

Remember: do not mix and match in cables from other PSUs.