Question When I exit a program GPU-Z marks my PerfCap Reason as Thermal Throttling is that something to worried about?

[doctorrichford1]

Just got a used EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra today and was checking it out in GPU Z. It seems to be working great except for the topic title. The clock speed doesn't fluctuate massively and the GPU hasn't gone above 80C in all of my benchmarks, but it still has me a little freaked out. In this screenshot you can see the thermal indicator in the perfcap reason still there from my last Superposition benchmark, it occurred right as I closed the program. I'm likely just paranoid right? My superposition score (1080P Extreme) was 10920 if anybody cares

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[CountMike]

Just got a used EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra today and was checking it out in GPU Z. It seems to be working great except for the topic title. The clock speed doesn't fluctuate massively and the GPU hasn't gone above 80C in all of my benchmarks, but it still has me a little freaked out. In this screenshot you can see the thermal indicator in the perfcap reason still there from my last Superposition benchmark, it occurred right as I closed the program. I'm likely just paranoid right? My superposition score (1080P Extreme) was 10920 if anybody cares

https://imgur.com/a/6KRvhdC

View: https://imgur.com/a/6KRvhdC


PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8VT4Xy

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor ($144.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($127.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 3 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive ($30.50 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA FTW3 ULTRA GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 10GB 10 GB Video Card ($999.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT H510 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit
Total: $1848.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Doesn't look bad. temps usually jump a bit after heavy use as fans spin down. You can do couple of things, undervolt a bit and set fan curve to nax out at lower temps.