Question Sudden GPU temperature spike when launching a new game ?

[jerbae]

Hey there,

I've been happily running an Asus TUF 4070 TI in my system.

Today, I started a new game for the first time (the rumoured crappy-but-so-crappy-it's-good "Wanted: Dead"), and something occured that I've never seen before: my GPU, for just a few seconds, instantly shot to 83 degrees, fans on full blast, instantly thermal throttling. It's the first time I've ever seen this behavior, and something that i cannot replicate again on subsequent launches.

I thought my card might be broken, so I ran the following tests:

OCCT 3D standard test: 78-79 degrees, 30 minutes, no errors
Furmark: 75 degrees
Superposition benchmarks: 3 or 4 runs, nothing out of the ordinary
Cyberpunk Path Tracing: Let it sit for 30 minutes on a busy intersection, 99% GPU usage: 70-72 degrees
Alan Wake Path Tracing: Let it sit in the forest section of the game for 15 minutes: 99% GPU usage, 70-72 degrees

What can be the cause of this weird spike? Am I being too concerned?

 

[Colif]

if its only happened once and it doesn't happen every time you play the game, I wouldn't be worried about it. GPU max temp is around 100c so its hardly a problem

i don't see anything tying that game to high temperatures.

The game probably needs to do something with shaders on its first load, and that might explain temp spike. And why it doesn't happen now.

 

[jerbae]

if its only happened once and it doesn't happen every time you play the game, I wouldn't be worried about it. GPU max temp is around 100c so its hardly a problem

i don't see anything tying that game to high temperatures.

The game probably needs to do something with shaders on its first load, and that might explain temp spike. And why it doesn't happen now.

Thank you. If there was something really amiss with my card, the other tests wouldn't come back normal, right?

 

[Colif]

You would think so.

just keep an eye on it, I wouldn't worry if its rare.

 

[beyondlogic]

Hey there,

Been happily running a Asus TUF 4070 TI in my system.

Today, I started a new game for the first time (the rumoured crappy-but-so-crappy-it's-good "Wanted: Dead"), and something occured that I've never seen before: my GPU, for just a few seconds, instantly shot to 83 degrees, fans on full blast, instantly thermal throttling. It's the first time I've ever seen this behavior, and something that i cannot replicate again on subsequent launches.

I thought my card might be broken, so I ran the following tests:

OCCT 3D standard test: 78-79 degrees, 30 minutes, no errors
Furmark: 75 degrees
Superposition benchmarks: 3 or 4 runs, nothing out of the ordinary
Cyberpunk Path Tracing: Let it sit for 30 minutes on a busy intersection, 99% GPU usage: 70-72 degrees
Alan Wake Path Tracing: Let it sit in the forest section of the game for 15 minutes: 99% GPU usage, 70-72 degrees

What can be the cause of this weird spike? Am I being too concerned?

Some games can push the GPU when optimising performance the fact it doesn't happen again makes me believe the GPU was being hit hard by gaming software just to see what settings to crank it to. Had a similar experience with no man sky and cyber punk when both of them first launched.