GPU getting EXTREMELY hot?

[Fixy]

I have a well ventilated PC. 3 Chassis fans including CPU fan and GPU fan. One Chassis fan is right next to my GPU. No matter what graphics I play this game at, I have to turn my fan speed onto 100% or else it will go into the 80s and start freezing my pc.

Whether I'm on drawing quality 1 with 0 AA and no background detail or Medium-High graphics, I get the same exact FPS with the same exact heating problems.

I just cleaned my whole case out of dust yesterday... I'm afraid this game is going to ruin my graphics card.


GPU = Nvidia Geforce GTS 250

[Coldfire]

The polygon count is the problem. The devs (whatever the kupo they were thinking) have not included any setting to reduce the polygon count. So whatever settings you apply you will still have 10000000 fantastillion polygons needing to be rendered.
Workaround: Reduce gpu memory clock.

[Cobyn]

since its a 250 i'm guessing you have had it for over a year? if so, you might want to change the thermal compound in the graphics card if you know how and if you have been running it hot for awhile. Ive had my 460 for close to a year now and the card gets hotter and hotter from playing the game( started at 70c and got as hot as 99c). changing the compound helped get it back to the 70's.

also lowering the resolution of the window helps some, coldfire's suggestions would also work. you can change the clock speed in the nvidia control panel

[Fixy]

I have already put my gpu memory clock to 750 from 1000 before i posted this, did not work.

[Leon_Aerhart]

I have two 460s in SLI and if I sit in the bar at Limsa Lominsa the temp of my main GPU will go into the 90's. I will admit though that I have my settings up pretty high and my cards overclocked a fair bit.

I can play The Witcher 2 at max (minus ubersampling) and my temps often stay below 70C.

[Eunys]

I have two 460s in SLI and if I sit in the bar at Limsa Lominsa the temp of my main GPU will go into the 90's. I will admit though that I have my settings up pretty high and my cards overclocked a fair bit.

I can play The Witcher 2 at max (minus ubersampling) and my temps often stay below 70C.

I use 2x 460's as wel with settings all on high and only hover around 70-75c. What drivers are you using? If it's the new 280.26 ones I'd roll back to 275.33. Many other people are getting hotter temps since updating the past week.

[Coldfire]

Even if three people have a 460 the temperatures may differ due to the OEMs putting different cooling systems on them. If it's really that bad you might consider replacing it.

[Leon_Aerhart]

I use 2x 460's as wel with settings all on high and only hover around 70-75c. What drivers are you using? If it's the new 280.26 ones I'd roll back to 275.33. Many other people are getting hotter temps since updating the past week.

I was actually using the drivers right before 280.26. I just installed the latest drivers and I'm about to try things out.

I'm mostly blaming my overclock. 1087mV voltage, 870MHz core, 1740MHz shader, and 2054MHz memory.

Well, that and having Nvidia 3D Vision on.

[Frein]

The OP has a rather old video card, so I suspect he has a thermal paste/cooler connection issue. I'd recommend replacing the paste and making sure the cooler is properly attached. Alternatively, good third party GPU coolers, such as the Arctic Accelero XTREME Plus II (they need to immediately fire the person who came up with that name), can provide huge improvements to both temperatures and noise levels.

I was actually using the drivers right before 280.26. I just installed the latest drivers and I'm about to try things out.

I'm mostly blaming my overclock. 1087mV voltage, 870MHz core, 1740MHz shader, and 2054MHz memory.

Well, that and having Nvidia 3D Vision on.

That's quite the brew you've got going there and I'm not at all surprised it's boiling.

I'm another 460 user and I typically get 60-70C except when GPU usage gets close to 100%, at which point I can get up to ~80C. I now use a table fan to blow cool air into the open case when playing FFXIV, so I don't really go above 76C even during full load. This is still unusally hot and FFXIV does for some reason give very high temperatures.

My settings:
Voltage 975 (default)
Core 760
Shader 1520
Memory 1800

[Fixy]

My reason for concern is im getting a lot of artifacts (screen tearing) as if im overclocking really high when im not at all.