New to this card, I have noticed the card will not downclock when not running anything (just at desktop)? stays at 1721 & 5005 is this normal, GPU temp stays at 38. It will start downclocked than after a few goes up.
 
Thanks

 

Cool GTX
Welcome to the Forums WeGone
How is your system setup ?
What OC software?
Nvidia control panel - make any changes from stock ?  Power Management Mode is set to ?
What monitor & settings ?
Tell us some details about your PC

 
First Thank you for your reply. long time PC builder starting back in the 8088 days!
 
Using Pecision Xoc ver: 6.1.1 stock setting with the exception of fan curves.
W10 with balanced power settings OS on SSD
 
 
Asus Maximus VIII Hero Alpha Z170
I7 6700K @ 4.5/water cooled
Seagate Constellation ES.3 ST2000NM0033 2TB 7200 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5
32G DDR4 Ram @3000
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 GAMING iCX, 8GB GDDR5X (had card for 6 days)
EVGA 750 P2 power supply
ASUS PG279Q @2560x1440 144Hz G-Sync

What is your Global Power Profile set to in the Nvidia Control panel??
 
Set it to Optimal or Adaptive and it should downclock when Idle...     If it's set to Max Performance mode it will stick to the base 3d clocks at all times.

I had an issue with not downclocking / you can see my thread here http://forums.evga.com/Precision-XOC-stopped-downclocking-fixed-m2617590.aspx
Short story I think it was my internet browser using hardware acceleration...I disabled that (firefox) and all has been well since.

DuRKe
I had an issue with not downclocking / you can see my thread here http://forums.evga.com/Precision-XOC-stopped-downclocking-fixed-m2617590.aspx
Short story I think it was my internet browser using hardware acceleration...I disabled that (firefox) and all has been well since.

Good suggestion, but I doubt it's the issue as the OP stated nothing was open on the desktop.

WeGone

Cool GTX
Run through the list and give some feedback on your situation,  GL

#4 Power management mode inside the nvidia control panel is set to prefer maximum performance. Fix: Set power management mode to adaptive then reboot your computer.
This fixed it, must have been left over from my 1070
Not installed 
#7 Shadowplay is enabled inside geforce experience. Fix: Disable shadowplay inside geforce experience OR completely uninstall geforce experience from your machine (highly recommended)
 
TY guys for your assistance.  

No problem.

Back to Forza 3, Love this card runs everything on ultra settings.

Hi, 
Is it safe to use Nvidia Inspector?
I am worry it my damage the monitors or the graphics card.
 
Thanks
 

Sajin
Here are the top causes of why a GPU would run at full clocks at idle...

#1 You're running multiple monitors. Fix: 
#2 Your machine has a virus. Fix: 
#3 One or more programs running in the background are using your GPU. Fix: 
#4 Power management mode inside the nvidia control panel is set to prefer maximum performance. Fix: Set power management mode to adaptive then reboot your computer.
#5 Running a resolution of 2560x1440 @ 144Hz. Fix: Change refresh rate to 120Hz.
#6 K-Boost is enabled inside Precision X. Fix: Disable K-Boost.
#7 Shadowplay is enabled inside geforce experience. Fix: Disable shadowplay inside geforce experience OR completely uninstall geforce experience from your machine (highly recommended)