Recently I bought the EVGA GTX 1060 Gaming (non SC). On stock settings with in EVGA PrecisionX the fan profile set to the preset aggressive, the card still reached 78C in Unigine Heaven, with the fan spinning at 98%. The case where i've put it in is the Cooler Master Silencio 352 and it's about 22C in my room. Are those temperatures normal for this card? 

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I've have checked the direction of the fans. I had an HD7950 in this case before and that one ran just fine. Cables are a bit messy because there is no space for cable management in this case, however the cables are out of the way.

Actually i dont see an issue with the case fans or the cpu cooler at all. If you got the know-how, i would try new thermal paste to see if it solves the issue.
What happens when the fan ist not spinning at 98% ? Does it reach the 80's or more? And the Non-SC card said to be a bit hotter than the SC card. But on almost 100% fan speed 78°C is too high for me.

i also wonder what happens when the fan is not at 98% or that's the default settings ? (not custom curve)
the case looks to me a bit problematic but that's me.
 
the PSU heat rising up to the GPU but there is nothing to dissipate heat that heat other then the gpu fans.
the the cpu is to close and pushing only his heat out and not the gpu's from what i can see.
 
the air flow is very tight in your case and not working at 100%.
i would have done one of 2 things if i were you.
 
1. bought a water cooling AIO for CPU (to free room on top of the gpu)
2. change the case.
 

lordaeron1

nielsvh99
The front fan is indeed blowing air in from the front and blowing air out at the back. I just checked the temperature that the card reached with the side panel removed and front panel set open. The card reached only 69 degrees under load with the fan speed a little bit below 90%. So it is indeed an idea to remove the hard drive cage (it is possible) and add another fan, I will take it into consideration. Besides that I tested the card at 85% fan speed under load (the max I can tolerate myself, 98% is definitely to loud) with the case closed. The card reached surprisingly 78 degrees as well and it didn't throttle. So maybe it isn't as bad as I thought it was.

still looks to hot to me. my room is at 22c \23c\ 
idle: 32C
Full load: 63\69c (the 69C with 68% Fan speed)
my fan curve will not pass 68% fan speed because at 70%+ the sound is irritating me.
can't hear the fan when his below 70%.
 
 

I had the same thoughts, but we are both comparing a 1080 FTW with 2 coolers vs a 1060 with one cooler - so the differences also might be caused by this, despite the 1060 needing less power. My 1080FTW also is ranging between 66-72 degrees with fan speeds between 66-71%. But I got a big case with many fans and a watercooled CPU, so it does not compare that well (pictures at my modsrigs-page) ;) Oh, and it is almost completely silent xD
 
However, I think the mod got some good ideas on how to improve his airflow, his choice which path he goes ;) 

nielsvh99
Recently I bought the EVGA GTX 1060 Gaming (non SC). On stock settings with in EVGA PrecisionX the fan profile set to the preset aggressive, the card still reached 78C in Unigine Heaven, with the fan spinning at 98%. The case where i've put it in is the Cooler Master Silencio 352 and it's about 22C in my room. Are those temperatures normal for this card? 

It is absolutely normal what you are experiencing. The non SC GTX 1060 by EVGA has got very, very poor cooling. It has a super basic heatsink, and it totally lacks copper heatpipes. It runs about 10C higher than the SC version of the same card.
 
Btw, 78C isn't really dangerous by any means for a GPU. The card is by default limited to 83C, but by design it can run up to 93C. God knows why EVGA cheeped out so much in terms of the cooler for the non SC version, but it is what it is.

I don't really feel comfortable changing the thermal compound of my GPU. I may buy an extra fan to increase airflow but not a complete AIO liquid cooler. The solution I'm using right now is lowering the power limit. I have changed it to 50% and overclocked the card after that (I couldn't undervolt it). The results:
TimeSpy Graphics score: 3742
FireStrike Graphics score: 12109
The temperature only reached 59C with a fan speed below 70%.
 

Cool GTX

nielsvh99
I don't really feel comfortable changing the thermal compound of my GPU. I may buy an extra fan to increase airflow but not a complete AIO liquid cooler. The solution I'm using right now is lowering the power limit. I have changed it to 50% and overclocked the card after that (I couldn't undervolt it). The results:
TimeSpy Graphics score: 3742
FireStrike Graphics score: 12109
The temperature only reached 59C with a fan speed below 70%.
 

Nice work

Thanks

nielsvh99
I don't really feel comfortable changing the thermal compound of my GPU. I may buy an extra fan to increase airflow but not a complete AIO liquid cooler. The solution I'm using right now is lowering the power limit. I have changed it to 50% and overclocked the card after that (I couldn't undervolt it). The results:
TimeSpy Graphics score: 3742
FireStrike Graphics score: 12109
The temperature only reached 59C with a fan speed below 70%.
 

May I ask actually why are you afraid of letting your GPU run at 78C? It's an absolutely safe temperature and is unlikely to severely affect the cooling of other components in your PC.

lordaeron1

himmatsj

nielsvh99
I don't really feel comfortable changing the thermal compound of my GPU. I may buy an extra fan to increase airflow but not a complete AIO liquid cooler. The solution I'm using right now is lowering the power limit. I have changed it to 50% and overclocked the card after that (I couldn't undervolt it). The results:
TimeSpy Graphics score: 3742
FireStrike Graphics score: 12109
The temperature only reached 59C with a fan speed below 70%.
 

May I ask actually why are you afraid of letting your GPU run at 78C? It's an absolutely safe temperature and is unlikely to severely affect the cooling of other components in your PC.

it is safe but ... the hotter the card is the less boost you have and for less time to maintain it.
the cooler the better i always say :D

So? With a hot card you may be able to have a boost of 1820MHz, but when you limit the power to 50% I can guarantee the boost is no higher than 1720MHz (possibly much lower). Worth it?

himmatsj

lordaeron1

himmatsj

nielsvh99
I don't really feel comfortable changing the thermal compound of my GPU. I may buy an extra fan to increase airflow but not a complete AIO liquid cooler. The solution I'm using right now is lowering the power limit. I have changed it to 50% and overclocked the card after that (I couldn't undervolt it). The results:
TimeSpy Graphics score: 3742
FireStrike Graphics score: 12109
The temperature only reached 59C with a fan speed below 70%.
 

May I ask actually why are you afraid of letting your GPU run at 78C? It's an absolutely safe temperature and is unlikely to severely affect the cooling of other components in your PC.

it is safe but ... the hotter the card is the less boost you have and for less time to maintain it.
the cooler the better i always say :D

So? With a hot card you may be able to have a boost of 1820MHz, but when you limit the power to 50% I can guarantee the boost is no higher than 1720MHz (possibly much lower). Worth it?

not sure if your reply was to me or to original thread user but if it was to me then :
why would i want to limit the power ?... i am talking stock as is.
more heat = less boost and for less time boosting.
not talking about changing anything other then cooling the card.
have 1080 and when i fire it up it's 2025 when it hits 46C it's 2000 when it hits 50+ its 1870 when its 65 its 1780 when it's 70C its down to default clock speed of 1700.
after adding cooling solutions to my case i never go lower then 2000Mhz. (and i like to have it at 2000+ but not lower)
 
to the original thread user: i don't see any point of lowering your card's performance (it's like your throwing money out of the window... you paid for higher performance)
all you need is to sort your cooling out and you will be much happier with your card. (at lower temps that is)
 
 
about what was stated before me ... i actually agree on letting your card run hot then underclocking\undervoltaging\underpowering.