GPU still over-temping

[nigelmcelwee]

Originally Posted by 335th_GRAthos

#1. At least you could bother to tell us what is your video card. OK you are boasting you paid $500 for it so it narrows down the list but you are still not there...

#2. Go to Google and find out what is the thermal limit of your videocard.

#3. Seeing screenshots of GPUs in the 50s and 60s actually means that the game does not fry anything, YOUR CONFIGURATION has the problem! (otherwise everybody's GPU would be frying, right?)

#4. 99% GPU usage means that your GPU is working. At least something is done; Had it been in the 50% you would be posting "THIS GAME DOES NOT USE MY GPU CARD"

#5. If you can hear the sound of the fan while wearing your headphones then you either have lousy headphones or you spent the $500 on the wrong card...

#6. Having worked on points 1-5 the next best thing is to work a bit on the cooling of your PC: Is your card properly "aired" Some people stuck their cards between other cards and the fan does not get proper air to cool the system.
Do you have a fan on the chassis (low) throwing air inside the case towards the GPU?

Happy Flying!

Sorry guys I forgot to do my sig in theses forums. I usually post on SIMHQ. Ok here are my specs:

EVGA X58 Classified board
Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition @ 4.2 ghz
Megahalems Rev. B Intel CPU Cooler
PNY GTX 580 263.09 WHQL
6 GB Corsair DDR3 oc'ed with xmp 1.2 profile
Obsidian Series 800D ATX Gaming Case
Samsung 24.6" @1920x1080

My GPU runs at about 40 Celcius normal...under a load in Rise of Flight, WOP, Call of Duty, FSX, DCS A10, DCS Black Shark, or BFBC2 it runs at about 70 celcius. I can tell you, my case is not the problem. My cooling is not the problem. My GPU is not the problem. I have three, yes three extra cooling fans in the case. two blowing on my CPU and my GFX card, and one pulling hot air out. This is the ONLY game where temps go above the mid 70s. I even ran Rise of Flight for three hours the other night and checked and not once did my card peak above 73 celcius under load.

My headphones arent the problem either. Have you ever heard a GTX 580 fan running at above 4000 RPM?? Its insanely loud. THe auto fan control is running this high to keep the GPU from frying.

So saying that my configuration, oh wait im sorry..let me say it like you did, MY CONFIGURATION is the problem is quite a stretch considering that my configuration seems to work in every other single game I play, not to mention every other game I dont play anymore such as IL2-1946, SH4, Mafia II, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor,...shall I continue the list?