Extremely High GPU Temperatures:

[Haydest]

Out of curiosity, I was curious what temperatures people are running this game on? I checked both the EVGA Precision Tool and the MSI Afterburner and my GTX560ti has been reading at near 80-88c consistently! Now I realize this card is supposedly capable of running up to 105c, but I'll be honest and say I panicked a little when it actually reached 92c one night.

For starters, here is my setup:

i7 2600k, overclocked to 4.2 GHZ
EVGA Superclocked 560ti DS @ stock settings
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHZ DDR3 RAM
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM
Crucial M4 128GB SSD Sata 3
ASUS Z68 Pro Motherboard (I forgot the exact model number...but you get the idea)

The case is a Thermaltake Commander; not the best thing out there...but until I get some funds for a HAF, I am compensating but placing some extra casing fans to draw and push out the excess hot air.

So all in all, I thought this setup would be more than fine to run FFXIV at max settings; I get that the 560ti could be replaced with a GTX580 or something along those lines...but here's thing:

I get perfectly fine FPS, and the only time I really lag is when I run through the Bazaar/Market Wards area in Ul'dah.

The CPU is staying perfectly fine at roughly 45-48c under load. Here are my settings: (in no particular order)

Texture Filtering: Highest
Model Texture: High
Shadow Details: Highest
General Drawing: 8 (for some reason, I get a huge drop in performance at max)
Background Drawing: 5 (High)
Multisampling: 8x CSAA
Window Size: 1920x1080 (native resolution)

AO is set to OFF
DoF is set to ON (for reference, I tried turning this off and saw no temperature change)

I have been Googling the last few days and it seems other people have the issue of this game making their GPU run extremely hot. I get that the code is not very well optimized, but I'm wondering if there's a particular setting I should be turning down?

I have forced vsync and triple buffering on via NVidia Control Panel and saw about 2-5c drop, so that has helped a little bit. For testing purposes, I actually turned a few settings way down--standard drawing, background, shadows, and model textures as well as multisampling to 4x. To my surprise, I saw nearly a 20c drop!

I'm not sure if it's just one of those culprits causing the GPU to heat up or if it's a combination...I've even tried forcing the GPU fans to 100% and it was still easily going past 75c. I have been running a custom fan profile to begin with, where the fan's ramp up 20% or so at every 20 degrees higher than 40 up to 100%. I'm just really boggled here as I've purchased numerous steam games over the holiday break and I've ran each and every one of them flawlessly at maxed settings without my GPU temps exceeding the 65-70c range.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, and if you require more info--I'll be more than happy to give them.

EDIT: I am running the game in windowed mode, for additional info's sake.

[TheFatHousecat]

Using a laptop that barely meets requirements for the game ;D

GPU usually gets to around ~90C or so normally when running around gathering and whatnot, ~70-80C when fighting NMs

The hottest I ever saw it get to was 113C ; ; I need a new computer.

[Soukyuu]

MSI afterburner includes that.. combuster app, was it called? Test your GPU on full load with it, if you land on roughly the same temps then i guess it's normal for your card?

Interesting thing is, I run the game with AO/DoF off, 8xMSAA and both general and drawing distance set to max on a 260GTX (MSI twin frozr) and I'm not having any significant performance drops (40-50fps, 30 in crowded places). Only difference I see is you playing windowed mode and me playing fullscreen. It does make a difference, but it shouldn't be that big.

Even though I kinda doubt it, it could be a hardware defect of some sort, producing higher load on your GPU. You could try running OCCT instead of combuster, it has an error checking mode.

My temps are 60-64°C btw.

[Coldfire]

The hotter the hardware the better the heatsink works <.<
80°C is pretty normal for a desktop GPU running this game. 100°C is normal for a mobile CPU running this game. If you don't like that your only option is to get a better heatsink :P

[Signy]

The hotter the hardware the better the heatsink works <.<
80°C is pretty normal for a desktop GPU running this game. 100°C is normal for a mobile CPU running this game. If you don't like that your only option is to get a better heatsink :P

Not really... The normal maximum temp of every GPU is in the 90~°C. If you hit around that you should be worried...

[Coldfire]

Not really... The normal maximum temp of every GPU is in the 90~°C. If you hit around that you should be worried...

Wrong. The maximum temperature for GPUs is often over 100°C. Only some newer nvidia models can't take that much and end up with a maximum temperature of 99°C. And what in that post of me that you quoted there are you even denying???
I don't see any claims about any maximum temperature there. I just stated what is normal for GPUs in this game.
But as I said there is no need to worry as long as your fan works correctly. It will spin up before reaching the maximum temperature and the hotter the GPU is the easier is it to cool it down.

[Signy]

Well you can keep it over 100°C and still be functional but after a long period the hardware will start failing and you will get a nice BSOD or some artifacts. Again, you can leave it hot and will work but is not advisable. OP you should check your fans are fine and if the coolers are clean. If you still get to that kind of temperature you should consider get and aftermarket cooler (with a good thermal paste).

This one is good:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835186046

[ShadowCadja]

Using a laptop that barely meets requirements for the game ;D

GPU usually gets to around ~90C or so normally when running around gathering and whatnot, ~70-80C when fighting NMs

The hottest I ever saw it get to was 113C ; ; I need a new computer.

Exactly the same with me... Damn laptop. Q Q

I don't even wanna imagine how hot it will get when Hamlet Defense comes... /watcheslaptopexploding

[BigCajonez88]

Don't know if this helps you or not but im running a EVGA 460 GTX SE @ 60-70 degrees under 90%+ load, setting are very similar to yours, but I do have DoF off. Also have a Coolmaster HAF you mentioned, you wanted.

Now my CPU on the other hand is different. Under 60%+ load my cpu temp reaches high 80's to sometimes low 90's. Freaks me out. CPU is i5 2500k. Redid my thermal paste on stock heatsink, thinking about aftermarket heat sink now...

Does anyone know how much difference Windowed to Full screen mode helps?

[REDace0]

Oh man I understand that situation. I had something similar which my CPU, though it was an AMD Phenom II instead. The stock cooler and the paste it came with were both garbage, running hot and noisy whenever I launched FFXIV. I bought some good paste (in a nail polish bottle), paste remover, and a nice aftermarket sink. Now it's quiet and never goes above 45C. It was running 60-70C before.