Zotac 1080ti AMP running at 85c with fans at 100%

[Kazus]

Hey everyone. So I've had a 1080ti AMP (regular, not extreme) for a few months now and for the most part everything has been great. However I would really prefer to get the temperature a bit lower, and it seems like more airflow isn't making a difference. Even with the fans running at maximum speed the temperature hovers around 85c in more demanding games.

I have a single 120mm fan in the front as an intake, a 120mm fan in the back and a 200mm fan in the top both as exhaust. I even tried taking the side off of the case and using a desk fan to blow a ton of air through the case as suggested in other threads I looked at, but it didn't seem to have any effect on the GPU temperature.

Now I am running at 1440p and 144hz when those options are available in games which I understand is pretty demanding. I'm just wondering at this point if I possibly have a card with a faulty cooler. I realize airflow is important but it really doesn't seem to have much of an effect on the temperature even with the GPU fans maxed out and even more air being moved through the case with an external fan. I really appreciate any help I can get on the matter!

 

[The prime mediocre]

You might not like it, but: that sounds fine for a 1080Ti at that resolution and/or refresh rate. Is it terribly loud?

Re: case airflow: it doesn't matter a huge amount as long as you've got consistent circulation, which it sounds like you do. If you want to try to improve it, you could remove the 200mm fan and replace it with a front-or-bottom-mounted intake. To my knowledge, a side mounted intake doesn't help much with open-air GPUs, and top-mounted exhaust is not much use if you've got a lot of open vents to begin with.

 

[Kazus]

You might not like it, but: that sounds fine for a 1080Ti at that resolution and/or refresh rate. Is it terribly loud?

Re: case airflow: it doesn't matter a huge amount as long as you've got consistent circulation, which it sounds like you do. If you want to try to improve it, you could remove the 200mm fan and replace it with a front-or-bottom-mounted intake. To my knowledge, a side mounted intake doesn't help much with open-air GPUs, and top-mounted exhaust is not much use if you've got a lot of open vents to begin with.

Thanks for the quick reply! I had a feeling that it might just be something unavoidable with that resolution/refresh rate combo. The sound really isn't awful considering how fast the fans are moving; certainly more quiet than an FE card maxed out.

One last thing of note is that while the fans ramp up to maximum when the card is at 85c, manually reducing the speed to even 50% doesn't seem to affect the temperature much either. I'm assuming that hitting those temperatures is more or less inevitable in more demanding games regardless of airflow, but I did think that it might be a good thing to mention.

 

[The prime mediocre]

No problem. I agree that it's necessary for that resolution and refresh rate and depends on the game. I have a reference 1060, and before that a 770. I saw 80C+ temps in some games at 1440p, especially when I left the frame rate uncapped. Others stuck to the low 70s.

It also depends on where you live.

I, uh, run reference cards at stock speeds so I don't have to worry about temperatures or stability (lol). As long as I know my case is well-ventilated, I avoid the temperature-optimization mania. I'm not suggesting this strategy, just thought I'd sort of commiserate.

 

[Kazus]

No problem. I agree that it's necessary for that resolution and refresh rate and depends on the game. I have a reference 1060, and before that a 770. I saw 80C+ temps in some games at 1440p, especially when I left the frame rate uncapped. Others stuck to the low 70s.

It also depends on where you live.

I, uh, run reference cards at stock speeds so I don't have to worry about temperatures or stability (lol). As long as I know my case is well-ventilated, I avoid the temperature-optimization mania. I'm not suggesting this strategy, just thought I'd sort of commiserate.

I really appreciate your input, it's just good to hear that it isn't unusual to be running those temperatures when playing demanding games. And yeah it's probably best not to get too caught up in getting crazy low temperatures as long as it's at something acceptable. Thanks again for the information.