XFX 7970 Heat Spikes

[Chad11491]

Hey all,

I've had an XFX 7970 for about 3 months now. It just recently (an hour ago) started getting ridiculous heat spikes of up to 60*c when completely idling. It has NEVER done this, usually idling at my case's (Fractal Define R4) internal heat, which is about 33*c. My CPU which is a 3570k @ 4.4 GHZ idles at 33-35*c. So I know it's not my case or airflow. I am LITERALLY doing nothing and all of a sudden the fan starts spinning up to about 40-50% , which is what it normally does under FULL LOAD in games. The card is now idling at 42*c . I looked and fans are all spinning unobstructed. Any clues as to what this may be? It's driving me crazy.

 

[devilofdeaths]

if there is any dust take a can of air or just blow it out that should decrease the temps

 

[Chad11491]

Thanks, there's pretty much zero dust in the case. It's almost as if it's getting a load but in reality there's nothing going on that I can think of or see in the task manager. The system is literally just sitting there. I appreciate the help.

 

[smeezekitty]

Keep an eye on GPU load in CCC.

 

[Chad11491]

CORRECTION:

Apparently it does jump up to 88% load for a split second and then back to zero......

 

[Chad11491]

Ok, I fixed it apparently. It was a problem with the Virtu MVP software. I uninstalled it, and reinstalled the latest version instead of what came with my motherboard (Asrock Extreme 4). This stopped it. Hope this helps if anyone else has the same problems.