Warning: Overheating Video Cards

[GrizzlyTank]

You should use GeForce control panel to set fps cap.

I have set it to 60 so my 3070 never goes above 60C and fans are quiet enough not to be audible through headphones.

Yeah always cap it to monitors cap in the GPU's setting directly. Had certain cases (Crash 4 ) where the LOADING SCREEN of all things would tell the gpu to go full force netting me 400 fps 100% gpu usage and massive coil whine...

[Larirawiel]

You should use GeForce control panel to set fps cap.

I have set it to 60 so my 3070 never goes above 60C and fans are quiet enough not to be audible through headphones.

You should cap the fps around 3 fps under the monitor refresh rate. So if you have a 60 hz monitor then set the fps cap to 57 fps. It is a reliable method to prevent tearing without enabling vsync.





Cheers

[kaynide]

Looking through google, and bug reports, I'm seeing a lot of problems on XBox, PS5 starting up, in addition to others having other weird issues. I'm not convinced it's all related or SE's fault, but it's something to keep in mind. Very likely it's just the minimum spec requirements have gone up and some devices might not be doing well with that, for whatever reason.

I would say, if anyone is having issues go through the above and/or google. There's a lot of good advice here!

Worst case, maybe wait for the first patch I assume to be inbound this week as the expac launches "for reals".

[Malthir]

I think your setups must be wrong or you're cases need a good cleaning. I'm running an old 1080TI. max graphics no issue, GPU temp 84C max and CPU 60C.

[Shiin]

Did you monitor your GPU temperature before that including hot spot?
Most probably it was overheating due old thermal paste/pads. Just cleaning dust may not be enough for old GPUs. Last year I repasted my old MSI RTX 2080 bought in 2018 and it dropped temps by about 15-20 degrees.
No GPU should die from continuous 100% workload (unless it overclocked that can cause early degradation) if it being maintained properly and has no hardware defects.
DT is demanding and sometimes can use 100% of 20 series GPU.

[Rehayem]

I see, so that's why my GTX 1060 was being so loud to the point it made me feel concerned. Limiting in game FPS to 60 lowers the noise and temperatures immediately.

[Eluvyel]

The thing people in these situations don't want to hear, is that there is simply no way for a properly cooled and well ventilated PC to overheat. Components are designed to run at 100% load for prolonged periods of time. The game is more taxing than it has ever been, yes but that is very much a user issue.

[Shialan]

If it would really be doing this, we would see FAR more reports than just a couple comments on the forum.



Also, I am running Dawntrail in 3440x1440 on medium to high settings with 40-60 FPS on a RX 6600 and no heat issues.

[Larirawiel]

Hihihi, that's the reason why i love the FF14 benchmark as an instability test. Because it can spoil issues, which other tests don't.

And if the GPU overheats then replace the thermal paste/pad. If it still overheats then your air circulation in your computer case is very bad.



Cheers

[MXMoondoggie]

What you describe doesn't just happen out of nowhere, a game isn't going to make your components blow up and melt. Modern components are made in a way that they will downclock themselves if they begin to hit temps that are too high, it doesn't just keep getting hotter until it melts. This is more in the realms of an electrical fault. Even if you had one of those teeny tiny zoomer cases that are popular right now that cram everything into a tiny space it'll downclock or shut down long before it bursts into flames even in a hotbox like that. Locking framerate to your display in the settings is a good way to reduce heat as the GPU doesn't have to work as hard to maintain that framerate instead of going full power to give you 300fps for no reason. You can also undervolt with Afterburner or a program that allows you to do so if it's toasty. My 3080 in game running my 144hz display at a constant 144fps gets to about 65 and it's summer here so the room is pretty warm alone.

If your temps are out of control somethings either very old and full of dust or fixing framerate lower will fix it.