What are proper temps for a RTX 2070 in a laptop?

[nirrtix]

I have an ASUS ROG Strix and I had overheating issues, (more than likely die to the dust I removed.) Since removal of said dust from the fans, the videoboard peaks at 89c on Witcher 3. IS that bad or still within reasonable temps? its non gaming temps range from low 40's to high 40's.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

89c on the GPU at load, is kinda high even for a gaming laptop. You would expect average temps to be about 70-75, maybe 80c if your CPU is also at full pelt.

How did you clean the fans? Did you disassemble and take them out to clean? If not, it's still possible the fans may be clogged and still not fully clearing the heat.

You can try a few things to help further.

1. Laptop Cooling pad - A decent one with the right fan placement can really help reduce temps by about 3-5c.

2. Its possible to change the thermal paste, which can also reduce temps further.

3. If you have an Intel CPU you can look at undervolting, which can have double the benefit by reducing voltage (which reduces heat/temp) which can the allow your CPU to boost higher and for longer.

You can do something similar with AMD chips, but I'm not 100% sure how that works, as I don't have a mobile AMD laptop/cpu to test.

 

[nirrtix]

so, undervolt the CPU some so that the GPU can use more and have less heat? I assume that is in the BIOS.... I guess the real question is how to jsut undervolt the CPU, as I Am sure if there is an option it is the whole PC.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

so, undervolt the CPU some so that the GPU can use more and have less heat? I assume that is in the BIOS.... I guess the real question is how to jsut undervolt the CPU, as I Am sure if there is an option it is the whole PC.

Hey,

So there are a couple of options for undervolting. If you've an Intel CPU, you can use Intel XTU or Throttlestop to undervolt the CPU. Whilst this doesn't undervolt the GPU (you can do that seperately) because the heat pipes and small thermal envelope in a laptop are kinda shared, if your CPU is hot, it will add a couple of degrees to the GPU too. For the GPU you can use MSI Afterburner to set up a fan/voltage curve to reduce your GPU temps in much the same way as the CPU. Here's a vid that might help with that:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wAuM8VDnbI


In desktop CPU's it's possible to do it in the bios, but for a laptop the two options above do the same.

All of the things I've mentioned (laptop cooling pad, thermal paste, undervolt and very importantly cleaning your system regularly with compressed air) will get your temps a good bit lower.

 

[nirrtix]

Ill check out out thanks